What if our genes don't contain a blueprint for the brain, but instead a recipe for building one? In an essay for @_TheTransmitter, neuroscientist Ila Fiete, director of the Yang ICoN Center, challenges conventional thinking about how the brain develops.

thetransmitter.org/neurodevelopme…

Read Ed Boyden's @eboyden3 newest Substack post, where he discusses how applied laziness can help advance, and even solve, the hard problems you’re working on. ⬇️

engineeringx.substack.com/p/the-principl…

(1/2) Across the Yang Tan Collective at MIT, Harvard, and Cambridge, UK, scientists are investigating many parts of the body to improve lives worldwide. Some are featured in the diagram below! ⬇️

(2/2) This image is non-exhaustive, but you can learn more about their research at our news page yangtan.mit.edu/news-stories 🧍📰

(2/2) This image is non-exhaustive, but you can learn more about their research at our news page yangtan.mit.edu/news-stories 🧍📰

A new study from the Yang Center for Bionics has shown the successful first results from an ongoing clinical trial that evaluates measuring muscle movement with implanted magnets, known as magnetomicrometry, in participants with below-knee amputations.

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Feng Zhang, co-director of the Yang-Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience at MIT, discusses with Nature Reviews Chemistry his life in science – what inspired his career path, what guides his research, and what’s next for him.

⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4157…

Former K. Lisa Yang ICoN Graduate Fellow @GretaTuckute discussed her research about the brain, language, and AI on the podcast 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 with host Jekaterina Novikova 🧠 💬

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youtube.com/watch?v=efnZkH…

We’re spotlighting work in the Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research at MIT, where Guoping Feng and his team are developing a gene therapy for Phelan-McDermid syndrome, offering new hope for children and families affected by this devastating disorder.

USA Today spotlights Yang Center for Bionics Co-Director Hugh Herr's efforts to connect bionic limbs to nerves and muscles, creating a natural extension of the body.

usatoday.com/story/news/202…

How does the brain know when drinking is quenching thirst 🧠🚰? Introduced by Yang Brain-Body Center Director Polina Anikeeva, Prof. Sung-Yon Kim @syk_net of Seoul National University discussed his research with the MIT community at the Yang Brain-Body Center Seminar on Oct 13.

Researchers from Yang ICoN Center, including ICoN postdoc fellow @qianli_liao, were successful in designing a self-organizing computational neural network that approaches learning like a brain — adjusting itself as it learns without outside input.

news.mit.edu/2026/how-artif…

Congratulations to K. Lisa Yang ICoN Postdoctoral Fellow @devarda_a, who has been named one of the 2026 @statnews #STATWunderkinds! 👏🎉

🔗 Read more: statnews.com/wunderkinds/an…

Join us next week for the K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center at MIT seminar with Professor Sung-Yon Kim @syk_net from Seoul National University. We hope to see you there!

💬 How Does Drinking Rapidly Quench Thirst?
🗓️ Tuesday, October 13 | 3-4 PM
🔗 yangtan.mit.edu/about-us/our-e…

Recap of the Alumni Talk Series: @NogaZaslavsky gave career advice at an intimate lunch with the Collective community and discussed her research 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱: 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘀𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀! 💬

Thank you everyone for joining this event and we hope you see you at the next talk!

Join us for the Yang Tan Collective Alumni Talk Series featuring Noga Zaslavsky, a former ICoN Postdoc Fellow; she’s currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University. ⬇️

🔗 For more information, please visit: yangtan.mit.edu/about-us/our-e…

📚 Noga's research integrates information theory, machine learning, + cognitive science to study the computational principles underlying language, learning, and reasoning in humans and AI.

Former Yang ICoN Fellow and current assistant professor in the CMU School of Computer Science @aran_nayebi talks about neuroscience + AI in Does Compute, a podcast presented by Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and GeekWire Studios.

youtube.com/watch?v=-U7S6l…

A gene therapy developed by Guoping Feng & team at the Tan-Yang Center for Autism Research is now in clinical trials for Phelan-McDermid syndrome. In this talk at the @Phelan_McDermid Family Conference, Feng shares the science behind the therapy ⬇️

🔗📺 bit.ly/4xyDz7M