Michael C. Crair

Dec 10, 2024 | news.yale.edu | Jenny Blair |Michael C. Crair

What do underwater navigation, drug safety, and air traffic control have in common? Each creates challenges that can be solved with quantum science and technology. In Connecticut, the unique public-private partnership , which is led by Yale and the University of Connecticut (UConn), is accelerating research to meet those challenges head on — and to position the state as a global quantum technology hub.

Aug 15, 2024 | science.org | Fabian Ripka |Naoyuki Matsumoto |Daniel Barson |Michael C. Crair

Editor’s summaryHow spontaneous activity sculpts fine-scale functional circuit connectivity before the onset of sensory experience is a fundamental question in neuroscience. Matsumoto et al. performed simultaneous imaging of retinal waves and spontaneous activity in neonatal mice while measuring morphological changes in retinal ganglion cell axons (see the Perspective by Somaiya and Feller).

Mar 11, 2024 | courant.com | Michael C. Crair |Pamir Alpay

The elusive world of quantum physics, first uncovered a century ago, is driving a technological revolution today. Quantum technologies are based on peculiar properties of subatomic particles and already help power medical imaging machines and microchips. These technologies are advancing rapidly and extending their impact.

Jan 2, 2024 | nature.com | Hadi Vafaii |Francesca Mandino |Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire |David H. O’Connor |Xinxin Ge |Peter Herman | +3 more

AbstractLarge-scale functional networks have been characterized in both rodent and human brains, typically by analyzing fMRI-BOLD signals. However, the relationship between fMRI-BOLD and underlying neural activity is complex and incompletely understood, which poses challenges to interpreting network organization obtained using this technique. Additionally, most work has assumed a disjoint functional network organization (i.e., brain regions belong to one and only one network).

Nov 30, 2023 | nature.com | Hadas Benisty |Daniel Barson |Michael C. Crair |Jessica A. Cardin |Gal Mishne

AbstractExperimental work across species has demonstrated that spontaneously generated behaviors are robustly coupled to variations in neural activity within the cerebral cortex. Functional magnetic resonance imaging data suggest that temporal correlations in cortical networks vary across distinct behavioral states, providing for the dynamic reorganization of patterned activity.