New research from the Witten and Peña labs at PNI explores the possibility that food and social motivations can interact at a cellular level.Animals are motivated by a combination of external and internal factors, which together promote behaviors that…

Research led by PNI's Andy Leifer has provided thus far the most comprehensive description of how signals flow through the brain. The findings could provide new information that helps advance our understanding of how neurons work together as interacting components to process information.

Five new instruments that will unlock discoveries across the sciences and engineering have been selected to receive funding through the Provost and Dean for Research Transformative Equipment Initiative.

Assistant Professor Fenna Krienen participated in an international consortium, funded by the BRAIN Initiative, to uncover cellular diversity in human and nonhuman primate brains.

The latest exploration of music in the natural world is taking place in Mala Murthy’s lab at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.

David Tank and Sebastian Seung, are among a group working to develop technologies to map the connections across the brain.

Ilana Witten, a professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, has been selected to receive a Director's Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.

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Fenna Krienen, Assistant Professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, was awarded a 2023 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship. Through its collaboration with the Simons Foundation, the 

Every day, we face the challenge of balancing our wants and needs, prioritizing essential requirements while efficiently utilizing our resources. PNI researchers initiated a project that explored the efficiency and scalability of utilizing modular “selves” compared to a single “self” model.

The Princeton Neuroscience Institute celebrated the Class of 2023 Neuroscience majors during its annual Class Day Ceremony on May 29th. The event recognized graduating seniors for their academic accomplishments, as well as those that received honors and senior thesis prizes.

PNI faculty members, Lindy McBride and Jesse Gomez, along with graduate student Jessica Ye (Buschman lab), honored with awards for outstanding mentoring (McBride) and teaching (Gomez and Ye).