Fun Read

 

The late physicist Steven Weinberg has four golden lessons for students at the start of their scientific careers. [PDF]

Cajal’s advice for a young investigator. Read it critically and please do not get offended: he wrote this in 1898. [PDF]

Daniel Kahneman’s profound and entertaining book about decision making: Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Do only what is needed - A distinct approach to understand how the brain works: Principles of Neural Design.

Teleportation can be dangerous. So is sleep. This video explains why you need to stay awake to avoid any gap in consciousness.

Animals notice and care if their partners get more reward for doing the same work. Watch this funny video to find out how monkeys react to inequality.

Lab Events

Goodbye Nate - Have fun in the new semester! Please come back next year to build your lab mug collection ;) - September 2024

Some ice cream after lab lunch on a perfect sunny day - July 2024

Happy Birthday Herbert and Yuan! - July 2024

Myungji setting up the Faraday cage:) - Jun 2024

Yuan, Tessa, and Alvi represented our lab with posters at the Friedman Brain Institute Retreat - Apr 2024

Has it been another year already? Happy birthday Tessa! - Jan 2024

Christmas dinner! - Dec 2023

Boo! Pumpkin painting :) Oct 2023

Another fun day hiking! This time with our collaborators at Radulescu lab - Sept 2023

Hiking in the rain was eventful! Plus kbbq to warm back up at the end - Sept 2023

Happy birthday Alvi! - Aug 2023

Delicious lab barbecue on Governor’s Island - July 2023

More birthdays, happy birthday Herbert and Yuan! - July 2023

We hosted the Center for Excellence in Youth Education’s Medical and Scientific Exploration Program (MSEP)! Many thanks to Alvi for taking the lead on this!

We hosted the Center for Excellence in Youth Education’s Medical and Scientific Exploration Program (MSEP)! The MSEP neurology week serves 9th-11th grade including many underprivileged students. Many thanks to Alvi for taking the lead on this! - July 2023

We escaped the room! We really couldn’t have done it without Alvi - June 2023

Missing our beloved Tessa who is busy preparing for her MCAT (best of luck!)

Picnic in Central Park with the Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana Lab! - May 2023

Bowling event with Sai and Yang labs! - Mar 2023

New lab tradition - birthday cake! - Jan 2023

Hiking trip! - Oct 2022

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