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Cornell researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences developed WILD, a tiny wireless device that records brain activity in animals moving through natural environments. The open-source technology enables long-term neuroscience studies of social behavior beyond traditional laboratory settings.
“To me, queen cells [growth chambers] have long seemed important,” he says. Odors from a growing queen may permeate its walls, he says. This might mark these cells as “very special spots that workers recognize and don’t accidentally damage.”, as quoted by Thomas Seeley, Horace White Professor in Biology, Emeritus from the neurobiology and behavior…
Eusociality, a major transition in behavioral evolution, features reproductive division of labor between a primary reproductive individual (queen) and daughters that forego their own reproductive effort (workers). This inherent mother-daughter conflict is often mediated through Queen Pheromones (QPs) – compound blends that trigger helping behavior by workers and delay or abolish their own reproductive maturation.…
"We discovered that, when the rats were deliberating which path to take, a brain structure called the hippocampus produced a pattern of neuronal activity that represented potential routes through the maze," as quoted by Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Associate Professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences from neurobiology and behavior at Cornell…
As psychedelic drugs gain more support from the medical community as a potential treatment for severe depression, Cornell researchers, including some in the College of Arts and Sciences, are making crucial discoveries that explain how compounds such as psilocybin work on the brain.
Thomas Seeley, Horace White Professor in Biology Emeritus in the Department of Neurobioogy and Behavior gives talks to the Bee Club at Cornell.
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
Five Cornell faculty members are among 126 early-career researchers across North America who have won 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Cornell Researchers are studying mice in an outside enclosure where they are allowed to roam freely. As quoted by Matthew Zipple, postdoctoral researcher in the neurobiology and behavior department, "We put them in the field for a week, and they returned to their original levels of anxiety behavior"
When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell’s campus, something remarkable happens.
The mice could remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten – a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Assistant Professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences of neurobiology and behavior and Azahara Oliva, Assistant Professor of neurobiology and behavior found a pattern of ripples in Brain activty during sleep that affects memories. Azahara Oliva said, “This study advance our understanding of memory processing in the brain".…
Howard Howland, Ph.D. ’68, a neurophysiologist who studied the eyes of humans and animals, died Oct. 26 in Ithaca. He was 92.
The event was an example of Cornell’s interdisciplinary commitment to advancing the frontiers of neurotechnology.
Cornell researchers and collaborators have developed a neural implant so small that it can rest on a grain of salt, yet it can wirelessly transmit brain activity data in a living animal for more than a year.
Azahara Oliva has been named one of the 20 new Science and Engineering Fellows for 2025. Read the entire story in Forbes.
"The brain rarely works alone to control our behavior or physiology. From the rhythm of our heartbeat to the flutter of ‘butterflies’ in our stomach, it is in constant dialogue with our body," quoted by author Nilay Yapici, Associate Professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator and Fellow in the Life Sciences and Fellow…
Zhao researches the neural mechanisms of parrot vocalizations in the Goldberg lab.
The unrestricted fellowship funds enable Oliva and the 19 other fellows named this year to “test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact.”
Some plant traits are so unusual that they compel physiological or even behavioral comparisons to animals. For example, the prodigious heat and fragrance production of giant water lilies are fueled by metabolic rates comparable to those of hummingbirds. Studies of such phenomena often reveal unexpected mechanisms. We explored one such case, in which the oversized…
Frank Rosentblatt, former associate professor of neurobiology and behavior in the Division of Biological Sciences aided in the creation of one of the early breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence. Read the entire story in the Guardian.
Zhilei Zhao, Postdoctoral Associate of the neurobioloby and behavior department at Cornell University is a recipient of 2025 Fellows to Faculty award. Read the complete story in Simons Foundation.
"Musicians have told me it sounds like a - a didgeridoo", quoted by Andrew Bass, Horace White Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior in the neurobiology and behavior department at Cornell University. Andrew Bass is being interviewed on the Little Island in NYC about a fish that sings in the night and one that doesn't.
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..