Photo Credit: Jennifer Peters, Ph.D., and Michael Taylor, Ph.D. at the Cell and Tissue Imaging Center at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
This may look like a tangle of holiday lights, but it’s actually a peek inside the developing brain of a live zebrafish. NIH-supported researchers created this award-winning picture by labeling the brain’s
Ever wonder what is it that makes you, you? Depending on whom you ask, there are a lot of different answers, but these days some of the world’s top neuroscientists might say: “You are your connectome.”
Grid of major pathways in human brain’s left hemisphere. Using diffraction spectrum imaging, which tracks movement of water through
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., was officially sworn in on Monday, August 17, 2009 as the 16th director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Collins was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 8, and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 7.