New study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, by postdoctoral researcher James Cavanagh helps explains the a distinctly human mechanism of cognition. Read more…
Archive for the ‘Biology’ Category
Brainwaves reflect ability to beat built-in bias
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013Psychiatrists waste 1 million hours getting patients admitted
Thursday, April 25th, 2013Child psychiatry fellow and lead author, Dr. Amy Funkenstein, collected the data over a three-month period and the results were published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Read more…
Invasive crabs help Cape Cod marshes
Thursday, April 4th, 2013New paper in Ecology, by Mark Bertness chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology shows the invasive green grab is helping to restore the marsh by driving away the predators. Read more…
Misregulated genes may play a role in both rare and general forms of autism
Friday, March 22nd, 2013Finding of a new study by Dr. Eric Morrow, professor of biology, psychiatry and human behavior suggests a new genetic pathway to investigate in general autism research. Read more…
Dr. Andres Matoso receives prestigious pathology research award
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013Dr. Matoso, a Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellow received the Stowell-Orbison Award from USCAP, which is given in recognition of outstanding pathology research by pathologists-in-training. Read abstract…
Brown researchers build robotic bat wing
Monday, February 25th, 2013Professors Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz have uncovered flight secrets of real bats. Read more…
Three Brown scientists win NSF CAREER awards
Thursday, February 21st, 2013Eric Darling, Erika Edwards and Eunsuk Kim receive five-year grants which start this month. Read more…
Study in mice yields Angelman advance
Friday, February 15th, 2013A new study by John Marshall, professor of medical science, lays out a neurological signaling breakdown in Angelman syndrome. Read more…
Brown approves a School of Public Health
Thursday, February 14th, 2013Terrie “Fox” Wetle, associate dean of medicine for public health, will serve as the school’s inaugural dean. Read more…
Fruit Fly Mutations Help Researcher Explain Human Diseases
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013A new study by Brown and Indiana University researchers finds a gene mutation in fruit flies which may help explain how human diseases change over time. Read more…