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Created by Columbia University to be the world's foremost neuroscience institute, we are deciphering the brain—how it develops, works, endures and recovers

03/27/2026

How do brains change with age? By analyzing brain activity throughout the lives of mice, Itamar Kahn, Gagan Wig, Ezra Winter-Nelson & team found that the rodent’s brain ages similarly to that of a human. Studying mice could therefore be a powerful way to learn more about how our brains decline as we grow old.

https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/understand-how-human-brain-ages-science-reveals-new-insights-mice

03/20/2026

🧠⚙️ Saturday Science: The Human Machine

How does your brain help you think, move, learn, and adapt to the world around you?

Join us on Saturday, March 28 from 1–4 PM to explore the incredible systems that make the human brain work. Through hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations, discover how our brains form connections, power movement, and help us grow stronger over time.

Families, students, and community groups are all welcome. Come explore the science of the brain with us.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-science-the-human-machine-tickets-1982657357528?aff=oddtdtcreator

📍Jerome L. Greene Science Center

🕕 March 28 | 1–4 PM

03/18/2026

Curious about the mind and brain? Join us during and learn more about the questions our scientists are asking about the brain. Be curious with us!

https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/curiosity-corner-program

03/16/2026

It’s ! We are part of s an international campaign to celebrate the wonders of the mind and brain. Join us for free public events!

https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brain-awareness-week-2026

03/13/2026

How do jazz musicians keep time together? How does the brain stay in sync with the rhythms of day and night?
Join us at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem featuring:

🎹 Bill Buchman – pianist and painter
🧠 Rachel Estrella – neuroscientist at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute
🎤 Hosted by Amanda Humes

Come experience how art and neuroscience meet in the rhythm of jazz.

🗓️ March 19, 2026 | 7–8 PM
📍 National Jazz Museum in Harlem
58 W 129 St, New York, NY

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-on-the-brain-shades-of-time-tickets-1983344154757?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/06/2026

Our Saturday Science program welcomed the 10,000th brainy visitor last month! Join us at our next free, public event on March 28! Have some hands-on fun and explore how the brain helps us think, move and learn. Register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-science-the-human-machine-tickets-1982657357528?aff=oddtdtcreator

📸 Photos by Sirin Samman

03/04/2026

What’s the best way to work as a team across continents on some of the biggest challenges in ? Our researchers and colleagues at the International Brain Laboratory, reveal 20 lessons from their partnership: https://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(26)00011-5

03/04/2026

Today, Cancer Grand Challenges has announced five new world-class teams that will come together to think differently and take on some of cancer’s toughest challenges.

We’re excited to reveal that team InteroCANCEption led by Leanne Li at the Francis Crick Institute has been selected by Cancer Grand Challenges to receive up to $25m over five years to take on one of cancer’s toughest challenges. Congratulations to our own Charles Zuker and all the teams!

https://www.cancergrandchallenges.org/new-teams-announcement

02/17/2026

Neuroscientists are always looking for new tools that can bring the brain into sharper focus. For postdoc Daniel Du, that means shooting lasers at state-of-the-art microscopes to take better snapshots of molecules that are the building blocks of the brain:

https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/science-life-daniel-du

His story is the latest in The Science Life, an illustrated series that explores the cutting edge of neuroscience and the people helping us better understand our minds, brains, and behaviors. Read more about his research, recently published in the journal eLife.

02/17/2026

How do you make one of the best microscopes in biology even better? Postdoc Daniel Du of the Fitzpatrick lab zapped electrons with a laser. The new research in with ’s Maxson lab promises improved close-up snapshots of the brain:

https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/making-world-s-best-microscopes-biology-better

02/05/2026

This Valentine’s week, find out what fighting fish and jazz soloists have in common. 🐟🎷❤️

Join us for Music on the Brain: The Dance Before the Embrace, an evening of live jazz and brain science. Neuroscientist Zach Mayer and saxophonist Patience Higgins reveal surprising parallels between courtship rituals, emotional cues and jazz improvisation—hosted by Harlem jazz tour guide Amanda Humes.

🗓️ Thursday, Feb 12, 2026
⏰ 7–8pm
📍 National Jazz Museum in Harlem
58 W 129th St, NYC

https://bit.ly/MotBFeb2026

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