Month: February 2022

US Senate Confirms Biden’s FDA Nominee Califf Despite Concerns

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner after some Senators had argued his ties to the pharmaceutical industry or views on birth control made him unfit for the role.Califf, 70, is a well-regarded… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]

Published on February 15, 2022

Memory formation influenced by how brain networks develop during youth

In a new, rare study of direct brain recordings in children and adolescents, scientists have discovered as brains mature, the precise ways by which two key memory regions in the brain communicate make us better at forming lasting memories. The findings also suggest how brains learn to multitask with age. Historically, a lack of high-resolution […]

Published on February 15, 2022

The Brain Observatory Storage Service and Database (BossDB): A Cloud-Native Approach for Petascale Neuroscience Discovery

Technological advances in imaging and data acquisition are leading to the development of petabyte-scale neuroscience image datasets. These large-scale volumetric datasets pose unique challenges since analyses often span the entire volume, requiring a unified platform to access it. In this paper, we describe the Brain Observatory Storage Service and Database (BossDB), a cloud-based solution for […]

Published on February 15, 2022