Biohub Investigators

Mind-blowing science: ‘Star Wars-style’ holograms to communicate with the brain

About 20 years ago, neuroscientists, recording from electrodes implanted in the medial temporal lobe, identified human brain cells that respond only to photos of Jennifer Aniston. It was a headline-grabbing development in a long arc of achievements by ...

Biohub Investigators March 8, 2024

Obsessed with the nucleus

Hawa Racine Thiam was 22 years old when her obsession with cell nuclei began. It was early in her master’s studies, at a poster session hosted by her university, that Thiam first learned that certain cells can contort their bodies to travel through tiny ...

Biohub Investigators October 23, 2023

Diversity in academic hiring, a success story

In the summer of 2020, after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, many institutions around the country were reflecting on how systemic racism perpetuates inequality. But for Polly Fordyce, Aaron Streets, and Jason Sello, professors ...

Biohub Investigators July 26, 2023

Seeing the big picture

In science, hyper-specialization is often the path to a successful career. Dedicated researchers can devote decades of their lives to answering a specific question or studying a single protein or organism, chipping away at sharply defined biological ...

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