Electron Microscopy

A new manuscript from Gornet et al. describes their work using a serial electron micrograph-derived Drosophila connectome to simulate motion-detection in neurons in the T4 area of the optic lobe: [...]

It is sometimes claimed that it is impossible for people without strong wet-lab skills in biology and/or neuroscience to personally contribute to research associated with brain preservation. As [...]

Let me start this post with a disclaimer: I am not a trained neuroscientist. As VP and co-founder of the BPF, I enjoy following the scientific literature on neuroscience topics. I am instead a [...]

Executive Summary Brain Preservation Prize competitor Shawn Mikula just published his whole mouse brain electron microscopy protocol in Nature Methods (paper, BPF interview), putting him close to [...]

Biography: Peter Gouras, M.D., Ph.D. h.c., is a Professor of Opthamology at Columbia University. He is a pioneer in the transplantation of retinal pigment epithelial cells and successfully [...]

Biography: Shawn Mikula (Lifeboat Foundation Bio) is a neuroscientist devoted to comprehensively mapping mammalian whole-brain connectivity. He completed his Ph.D. in neuroscience at the Johns [...]