neuron

Visitors see how nanomaterials are able to form tiny structures called nanoscaffolds that help the body repair damaged muscle, bone, and nerve tissues. In the interactive, an injured nerve is unable to communicate messages. After injecting nanoparticles, visitors can watch...

Do you want an activity to energize your professional audience on thought provoking topics around now & near-future brain research and technologies? Use this quick icebreaker where participants vote with their feet and seats by standing up, or sitting down...

Step into the Shoes of Stakeholders is a role-playing exercise for professional audiences that encourages participants to consider how they and others would prioritize public engagement efforts on emerging neuroscience research & technology topics. Participants vote on topics using sticker dots as...

Neuroscience is rapidly advancing, presenting new frontiers for researchers, patients, and public audiences alike. A global community of international brain research projects has sought to embed neuroethics in both practical and theoretical aspects of scientific progress and technological development. Given...

In January 2018 the NISE Network, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation, held a two-day strategic planning conference at The Franklin Institute to conceptualize a national informal science education initiative around brain science. Working with the Society for Neuroscience and...