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The US Department of Defense Funds New Direction in Monitoring and Stimulating Neurons for Directly Interfacing with the Brain

Jun 08, 2017

Jun 8, 2017, San Diego: Scintillon Institute Associate Professor Nathan Shaner is part of a nine-laboratory team that has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative. This project, dubbed “IBIS: Implantable bioluminescence interface system for an all-optical neuroprosthesis to the visual cortex,” will be funded under DARPA’s Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program. Ultimately, the IBIS team seeks to develop a neural interface system capable of simultaneously recording from more than one million neurons and stimulating more than one hundred thousand neurons in regions of the human sensory cortex. Accomplishing this goal will be a huge leap forward from existing neural interfaces, which are limited to much smaller numbers of neurons, and are too bulky and invasive to be used in human therapies. Continue reading

Christopher K. Glass, M.D. Ph.D.

Mar 02, 2017

Tomorrow, March 3, 2017, Christopher K Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Professor of Medicine (UCSD) will present “Genome-wide approaches to defining microglia identity and function” at 1:15pm in the 6868 Nancy Ridge Drive seminar room. Continue reading

A new potential target for anti-aging discovered in protective protein

Nov 07, 2016

07 November 2016 For Immediate Release A new potential target for anti-aging discovered in protective protein San Diego, CA Research from the Scintillon Institute identifies a promising new target for future drug treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Continue reading

Michael Karin Ph.D.

Oct 24, 2016

Scintillon Institute proudly hosts Michael Karin, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, Ben and Wanda Hildyard Chair for Mitochondrial and Metabolic Diseases, American Cancer Society Research Professor (UCSD) “Positive and Negative Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Implications on Cancer, Aging and Neurodegeneration” on October 24th at 1pm Scintillon seminar room at 6868 Nancy Ridge Drive Continue reading

Alan S. Verkman, M.D. Ph.D.

Oct 17, 2016

Scintillon Institute proudly hosts Alan S. Verkman, M.D. Ph.D. Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Development Program at University of California, San Francisco, former Established Investigator for the American Heart Association, and Senior Staff Member of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at University of California, San Francisco “Cystic fibrosis drug discovery and assay methods” Continue reading

Charles (Chuck) F. Stevens, M.D. Ph.D. to present tomorrow

Jun 09, 2016

On June 10th Scintillon Institute proudly hosts Charles F. Stevens, M.D. Ph.D. the Vincent J. Coates Professor at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, former investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and member of US Academy of Sciences Continue reading

Dr. Erkki Ruoslahti presents at Scintillon Institute's Friday lunchtime seminar today

Feb 26, 2016

Scintillon Institute proudly invites you to attend today's Friday lunchtime seminar. Dr. Erkki Ruoslahti, former President of Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Institute (1989 to 2002) and member of US Academy of Sciences will present "In vivo phage display in targeting disease" today at noon Scintillon seminar room at 6868 Nancy Ridge Drive Continue reading