Chemistry professor Evan Miller and his co-investigators are the recipients of the NeuroNex Innovation Award for research on Chemical and Genetic Methods to Measure and Manipulate Neurons with Light.
This project will develop and apply new methods for non-invasively measuring electrical signals underlying brain cell communication.
Understanding the human brain remains one of the great challenges of modern science. The scope of disciplines required to understand brain structure and function—chemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, biophysics, electrical engineering, computational science, cognitive science and psychology—to say nothing of the fields of inquiry and exploration that are influenced by this understanding—such as religion, art, music, philosophy, sociology and literature—is far-reaching.