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  • How to Get Reeled in By Neuroscience - a Mathematician’s Guide (Part I)
    Education
    How to Get Reeled in By Neuroscience - a Mathematician’s Guide (Part I)
    • December 7, 2020
    • by Jelena Ciric
    What lies at the intersection of math and medicine? Why many things, of course. Certainly more than could possibly fit into a blog post! But today, I am going to talk about the connection between brain function and numbers.
  • Neuroscience Pushes Autonomous Cars Forward - Backyard Brains CEO Discussion With TED & Lexus
    Education
    Neuroscience Pushes Autonomous Cars Forward - Backyard Brains CEO Discussion With TED & Lexus
    • November 5, 2020
    • by Jelena Ciric
    Can you imagine riding on an autonomous car that knows your emotions and thoughts better than you do? Neither can we, but our co-founder and CEO Dr. Greg Gage can, and he isn’t freaked out by the prospect. On the contrary, he’s quite optimistic about it. How come? Human-centered technology is the keyword here. As Senior TED […]
  • Apply Now for Brain Awareness Week Outreach Grants - Cerebrate the Brain!
    Education
    Apply Now for Brain Awareness Week Outreach Grants - Cerebrate the Brain!
    • October 26, 2020
    • by Jelena Ciric
    Are you a member of an organization or institution committed to celebrating the wonders of the brain and bringing them from academic heights down to your local community? If yes, now is the time to apply for Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Outreach Grants for US and Canada! Grantees will be awarded up to $1,500 that they […]
  • Harvard Study Reveals Our Hands-On Remote Labs Really Work
    Education
    Harvard Study Reveals Our Hands-On Remote Labs Really Work
    • August 21, 2020
    • by Jelena Ciric
    Fully remote, fully in-person, or somewhere in a sweet spot between the two. Those are the main safety concerns that are being laid right now in front of the decision makers, on behalf of students, parents, teachers and everyone around them, right at the kickoff of the new academic year. But whichever model prevails, it […]
  • Apply Now for IEEE Brain Virtual Summer School - YaIEEE!
    Education
    Apply Now for IEEE Brain Virtual Summer School - YaIEEE!
    • July 8, 2020
    • by Jelena Ciric
    A two-week online course on neural engineering spruced up with some signal processing and machine learning – is there a better way to spend two weeks of August? Plus, you’ll tinker with a BYB Heart and Brain SpikerBox – and you’ll get to keep it too! Full details here. If you’re as hyped up about FREE […]
  • Dr. Greg Gage joins Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts for Free X-STEM Sessions on
    Education
    Dr. Greg Gage joins Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts for Free X-STEM Sessions on "Science that Saves Lives"
    • May 12, 2020
    • by Will Wharton
    Welcome To X-STEM All Access Join us on Monday, May 18th (5/18/2020) for a special live-stream featuring Backyard Brains co-founder Greg Gage, breakthrough cancer researcher Dr. Mika Sovak, and Dr. Anthony Fauci as they address the subject Science that Saves Lives. Register for the free event HERE! These live presentations and Q&As are part of a series […]
  • Khan Academy contest offers MASSIVE Scholarship for Student Videos
    Education
    Khan Academy contest offers MASSIVE Scholarship for Student Videos "Explaining Challenging Concepts"
    • April 17, 2020
    • by Will Wharton
    The Khan Academy “2020 Breakthrough Junior Challenge” comes at a time when student engagement in STEM is more critical than ever. If you are a remote student or are a professional (or maybe parent!) educator attempting to transition rapidly into remote/home teaching strategies, this could be an excellent opportunity to turn an at-home-assignment into a […]
  • Two 99 Million-Year-Old Cockroaches Found in Amber - and They Uncannily Resemble Modern Roaches
    BYB Neuroscience News
    Two 99 Million-Year-Old Cockroaches Found in Amber - and They Uncannily Resemble Modern Roaches
    • March 20, 2020
    • by Jelena Ciric
    Kafka couldn’t have imagined it better. Two specimens of the cockroach phylum were going about their business in a Myanmar cave about 99 million years ago. One day they got trapped in tree resin, which then turned to amber and preserved their little bodies to this day to tell us an impressive tale of time, […]
  • Teacher Feature: Jess S.'s Superb Teacher Research!
    Education
    Teacher Feature: Jess S.'s Superb Teacher Research!
    • March 3, 2020
    • by Will Wharton
    With our impending (PAID!) Summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET), based on our previous successful Summer Research Fellowships, we wanted to highlight the successes of our pilot teacher for this upcoming program. Meet Jessica S., Neuroscientist, Plant Scientist, and Pea-Pod Costume Designer Extraordinaire! Jess participated in the Summer of 201’s undergraduate research fellowship as our first teacher […]
  • Neurorobot: Scientific Paper Published
    Education
    Neurorobot: Scientific Paper Published
    • February 20, 2020
    • by Caitlin Clayton
    Start the presses! Backyard Brains has a new publication! Our Neurorobot paper is titled “Neurorobotics Workshop for High School Students Promotes Competence and Confidence in Computational Neuroscience.” You can read the article in its entirety on the Frontiers in Neurorobotics website–because we believe neuroscience knowledge is for everyone, and no one should have to pay […]
  • 2020 Summer Fellowship for 5-12 Grade Teachers
    Education
    2020 Summer Fellowship for 5-12 Grade Teachers
    • February 17, 2020
    • by Caitlin Clayton
    New from Backyard Brains: An in-depth summer training experience to help bring NGSS-aligned neuroscience lessons into your classroom. Do you want to learn how the brains of animals like crawdads or praying mantises work? Do you want to develop your own innovative experiments to take back to your students? Would you like to learn to […]
  • How the SpikerBox Revolutionized K12 STEM Education... and just what is a SpikerBox?
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    How the SpikerBox Revolutionized K12 STEM Education... and just what is a SpikerBox?
    • February 17, 2020
    • by Caitlin Clayton
    How the SpikerBox Revolutionized K12 STEM Education… and just what is a SpikerBox? Backyard Brains exists today because of a once-lofty goal: To turn a $40,000+ rack of graduate-level electronics into a $100 kit that students could use in the classroom to perform real, hands-on neuroscience experiments. A decade later, we have developed four lines of products […]
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