Observing the Human Brain in Action
The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is a vibrant neuroimaging research hub at the University of Maryland, College Park. Housed in a spacious facility in the Gudelsky Building, adjacent to the main College Park campus, the center has been designed to foster collaboration among neuroscientists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, engineers, and physicists. A special focus of the center is on understanding mechanisms of brain development and neural plasticity in typical and atypical populations, and in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying expert abilities that serve critical national priorities. The MNC is available to researchers from the University of Maryland and other regional centers.
MNC houses a state of the art research-dedicated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, ideal for mapping brain structures and the location of brain activity.
January 30th Seminar on the Entangled Brain Featuring Dr. Luiz Pessoa
Dr. Luiz Pessoa is holding a seminar on January 30th, starting at 10:15am. The seminar will be held in the Bioscience Research Building, in room 1103. The seminar is on how cognition, motivation and emotion are woven together. It is free, and open to the public. It...
Spatial Biology Symposium at the Alumni Center
A Spatial Biology Symposium is being held at the Alumni Center on January 23rd. The event starts at 9am and concludes at 5pm, with a happy hour from 5pm to 7pm. The Symposium includes a Developmental Biology Session from 10:30am to 12pm, followed by a Cancer Session...
Stella Alumonah Named 2026 ARO Scholar
Stella Alumonah, a student reasearcher in the REACH program and member of Dr. Simon's lab, was one of four undergraduate researchers named a 2026 ARO Scholar. The ARO Scholars Program provides funding for undergraduate researchers to conduct Summer research and attend...
Paige Didier Received Department of Psychology’s Open Science Award
Paige Didier received the Department of Psychology's Open Science Award for her master's project. Paige is a PhD student and member of the Shackman Lab at UMD. You can learn more about her master's project here.
Neuroethics Lecture on Responsible Conceptualization on November 20th
Dr. Arleen Salles will be giving a Neuroethics lecture for the NSF funded project EFRI BEGIN OI: Spatiotemporal Learning in 3D Neuronal Organoids. The lecture is titled Responsible Conceptualization: Thinking about Concepts in Research and Innovation. The lecture will...
Enabling Parents and Professionals to Monitor Children’s Brain Development
At a typical pediatric visit, parents are given information about their child’s height and weight, compared to that of other children, and are often shown a scale of their child’s growth on a national curve. Professor Tracy Riggins of the Department of Psychology in...