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<h2 class="views-field views-field-title blog-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news-events/blog/brain-initiative-alliance-toolmakers-newsletter-november-2023" hreflang="en">BRAIN Initiative Alliance Toolmakers Newsletter November 2023</a></span></h2><div class="views-field views-field-field-simple-date"><div class="field-content blog-date"><time datetime="2023-11-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Wednesday, November 29, 2023</time>
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</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body blog-item-body"><div class="field-content">Technology is the backbone of the National Institutes of Healths (NIH) Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® Initiative, or The BRAIN Initiative®. In a virtuous cycle of technology and knowledge, new tools open doors for discovery, which in turn drive the design of new and better tools.</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-categories category-list"><div class="field-content"><div class="item-list"><ul class="list-group"><li class="list-group-item">Neuroscience Research and Technology</li></ul></div></div></div>
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<h2 class="views-field views-field-title blog-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news-events/blog/deadline-extension-10th-annual-brain-initiative-conference-symposia-submissions" hreflang="en">Deadline extension for 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference symposia submissions</a></span></h2><div class="views-field views-field-field-simple-date"><div class="field-content blog-date"><time datetime="2023-11-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Tuesday, November 21, 2023</time>
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<p>In our final blog post for our series highlighting the various events at this years Society for Neuroscience (SfN) <a href="https://www.sfn.org/meetings/neuroscience-2023">annual meeting</a>, we showcase below a collection of lectures, symposia, and other sessions featuring BRAIN Initiative investigators, Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) members, and BRAIN Initiative Alliance members.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-categories category-list"><div class="field-content"><div class="item-list"><ul class="list-group"><li class="list-group-item">Neuroscience Research and Technology</li></ul></div></div></div>
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</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-body blog-item-body"><div class="field-content">Dr. Alex Lesicko is an F32 award recipient who used the funding opportunity to investigate auditory neuroscience. The F32 funding opportunity supports the research training of promising postdoctorates early in their postdoctoral training period.</div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-categories category-list"><div class="field-content"><div class="item-list"><ul class="list-group"><li class="list-group-item">Neuroscience Grants and Funding</li><li class="list-group-item">Neuroscience News</li></ul></div></div></div>
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<h2 class="views-field views-field-title blog-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news-events/blog/now-open-10th-annual-brain-initiative-conference-symposia-submissions" hreflang="en">Now open! 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference symposia submissions </a></span></h2><div class="views-field views-field-field-simple-date"><div class="field-content blog-date"><time datetime="2023-10-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Tuesday, October 24, 2023</time>
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