The medical consequences of traumatic brain injuries are well-studied and affect millions of Americans every year. But one of ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully grown living brain tissue in a laboratory setting. This advancement not only opens new doors for neuroscience but also raises ...

Growing simplified, miniature versions of human brains in the lab can provide researchers with an invaluable model for studying cognitive disorders and how disease takes hold in this incredibly ...

In recent years, mini–brain organoids have been used in the lab to model a variety of diseases, from Alzheimer’s to COVID-19. With no standard process for creating these organoids, some more ...

Our laboratory studies the neurobiology of learning, memory, and emotion. We use a multi-disciplinary approach including in vivo electrophysiology, in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, chemogenetics ...

Dr. Wen-Jun Gao received his PhD from Shanghai Brain Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997. He did his first postdoctoral training with Dr. Sarah L. Pallas at Georgia State University ...

In recent experiments, rat brain cells filled in for lost neurons in mouse brains, raising new possibilities for growing donor tissues across species. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

In the College of Health Sciences’ Human Anatomy Lab, students perform cadaver dissections — a unique learning opportunity ...

Students in Anatomy and Physiology learn the structure and function of the body’s organ systems (digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, etc.). Students dissect animal specimens and analyze ...