Cal-BRAIN Awards
126 proposals were received from 24 different non-profit California research institutions. The proposals were reviewed by experts outside of California, to reduce the possibility of conflicts of interest. They were first assessed by Cal-BRAIN’s out-of-state scientific advisory board which then made recommendations on relevant subject experts, also out-of-state, to conduct detailed reviews. The review criteria included scientific quality, significance, innovation and scalability. Final selections were based primarily on the reviews and also on relevance to the Cal-BRAIN mission.
OUT OF STATE ADVISORY BOARD
Emery Brown - Massachussetts Institute of Technology
John Donoghue - Brown University
Kristen Harris - University of Texas Austin
Alan Jasanoff - Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Paul McEuen - Cornell University
Arto Nurmikko - Brown University
Brian Salzberg - University of Pennsylvania
Olaf Sporns - Indiana University
Institution |
# |
University of California San Diego |
28 |
University of California Los Angeles |
13 |
Stanford University |
11 |
University of California Irvine |
10 |
University of California, San Francisco |
9 |
University of California Davis |
9 |
USC/University of Southern California |
8 |
University of California Riverside |
7 |
University of California Santa Barbara |
4 |
California Institute of Technology |
4 |
Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
3 |
University of California Santa Cruz |
3 |
University of California Merced |
3 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
2 |
University of California Berkeley |
2 |
NASA Ames Research Center |
2 |
Scripps Research Institute |
1 |
David Gladstone Institutes |
1 |
Shriners Hospitals for Children - N. California |
1 |
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute |
1 |
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
1 |
Casa Colina Hospital for Rehabilitative Medicine |
1 |
Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
1 |
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope |
1 |
Institution |
# |
University of California San Diego |
2 |
University of California Los Angeles |
2 |
Stanford University |
2 |
University of California Irvine |
1 |
University of California, San Francisco |
1 |
University of California Davis |
1 |
USC/University of Southern California |
1 |
University of California Riverside |
1 |
University of California Santa Barbara |
1 |
California Institute of Technology |
1 |
University of California Santa Cruz |
1 |
University of California Merced |
1 |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
1 |
AWARDS
Principal Investigator | Institution | Title | Abstract |
Andersen, Richard | California Institute of Technology | Engineering Artificial Sensation | View |
Andrews, Anne | University of California, Los Angeles | Nanoscale Neurotransmitter Sensors | View |
Bloodgood, Brenda | University of California San Diego | A novel toolkit for visualizing and manipulating activity-induced transcription in living brain. | View |
Chaumeil, Myriam | University of California, San Francisco | In vivo metabolic imaging of neuroinflammation using hyperpolarized 13C | View |
Cleary, Michael | University of California, Merced | Capturing physiological maps of neural gene expression | View |
Cohen, Bruce | University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Nano-optogenetic control of neuronal firing with targeted nanocrystals | View |
Dai, Hongjie | Stanford University | Deep brain imaging of single neurons in the second near-infrared optical window | View |
Hall, Drew | University of California, San Diego | Magnetic Monitoring of Neural Activity using Magnetoresistive Nanosensors | View |
Krubitzer, Leah | University of California, Davis | An integrated system to monitor, image, and regulate neural activity | View |
Kubby, Joel | University of California, Santa Cruz | Three-Photon Microscopy with Adaptive Optics for Deep Tissue Brain Activity Imaging | View |
Melosh, Nicholas | Stanford University | Parallel Solid State Intracellular Patch-Clamping with Biomimetic Probes | View |
Park, B. Hyle | University of California, Riverside | Label-free 4D optical detection of neural activity | View |
Portera-Cailliau, Carlos | University of California, Los Angeles | High-speed interrogation of network activity with frequency domain multiplexing | View |
Shanechi, Maryam | University of Southern California | Control-Theoretic Neuroprosthetic Design Using Electrocorticography Signals | View |
Smith, Will | University of California, Santa Barbara | Whole brain imaging in a primative chordate | View |
Wood, Marcelo | University of California, Irvine | Epigenetic PET tracer for cross-species investigation of age-related memory dysfunction | View |