Tag: Florian Engert

  • Nation & World

    ‘I am currently on the high seas … your email will definitely not be read’

    Professors who are also good friends join Clipper Round the World yacht race

    3 minutes
    Crew members aboard the 70-foot Washington, DC.
  • Nation & World

    How to feel the heat

    A team of researchers was able to show how sensory neurons in the face detect temperature, and how this information is later passed on to the hindbrain of zebrafish, where it is processed to produce behavior.

    4 minutes
    Martin Haesemeyer, on left, and Florian Engerts
  • Nation & World

    Unraveling the brain’s secrets

    Harvard scientists are among those who will receive more than $150 million in funding over the next five years through the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Whole brain imaging

    New research led by Professor Jeff Lichtman opens a path to deeper insight on brain action behind certain behaviors.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A boost for understanding the brain

    Two groups of Harvard scientists will be among the first researchers nationwide to receive grant funding through the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative launched last year by President Obama.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Funding international science research

    Six Harvard faculty members received Human Frontier Science Program awards to fund international collaborative science research.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Funding innovation

    Nine researchers from across Harvard have received more than $15 million in special National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants designed to foster innovative research with the potential to propel fields forward and speed the translation of research into improved public health.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Biology researcher’s on a roll

    Florian Engert, a new professor of molecular and cellular biology in Harvard’s Bio Labs, works and plays hard.

    4 minutes
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    Overjoyed

    Taking his audience on a musical journey through time, Harvard music professor Thomas Kelly explored the first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Harvard Allston Education Portal.

    4 minutes