Yang Tan Collective
@yangtancollective.bsky.social
The Yang Tan Collective accelerates collaboration in basic science, research, and engineering to realize translative strategies and technologies that achieve a healthy mind in a healthy body and improve human wellbeing at a global scale. yangtan.mit.edu
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: Did you guess Day 4’s gift? I won’t leave you hanging, its…
4 distinct neural pathways interact with the brain’s striatum region in order to finely tune dopamine levels to motivate or inhibit action.
📚⬇️ Link to read it below
4 distinct neural pathways interact with the brain’s striatum region in order to finely tune dopamine levels to motivate or inhibit action.
📚⬇️ Link to read it below
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: Did you guess Day 4’s gift? I won’t leave you hanging, its…
4 distinct neural pathways interact with the brain’s striatum region in order to finely tune dopamine levels to motivate or inhibit action.
📚⬇️ Link to read it below
4 distinct neural pathways interact with the brain’s striatum region in order to finely tune dopamine levels to motivate or inhibit action.
📚⬇️ Link to read it below
What if aging didn’t have to mean a weaker immune system? 🧬🛡️ Feng Zhang & researchers in the Yang Brain-Body Center have found a way to reawaken immune strength.
🔗 Read the article about the study: yangtan.mit.edu/new-study-su...
🔗 Read the article about the study: yangtan.mit.edu/new-study-su...
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What if aging didn’t have to mean a weaker immune system? 🧬🛡️ Feng Zhang & researchers in the Yang Brain-Body Center have found a way to reawaken immune strength.
🔗 Read the article about the study: yangtan.mit.edu/new-study-su...
🔗 Read the article about the study: yangtan.mit.edu/new-study-su...
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: Today’s gift comes from the GEAR Center! ☀️💧
5 times per second: the Yang GEAR Center’s solar-powered desalination platform senses and responds to changing sunlight as often as 300 times per minute, maximizing efficiency in real time.
⬇️ article linked below!
5 times per second: the Yang GEAR Center’s solar-powered desalination platform senses and responds to changing sunlight as often as 300 times per minute, maximizing efficiency in real time.
⬇️ article linked below!
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: Today’s gift comes from the GEAR Center! ☀️💧
5 times per second: the Yang GEAR Center’s solar-powered desalination platform senses and responds to changing sunlight as often as 300 times per minute, maximizing efficiency in real time.
⬇️ article linked below!
5 times per second: the Yang GEAR Center’s solar-powered desalination platform senses and responds to changing sunlight as often as 300 times per minute, maximizing efficiency in real time.
⬇️ article linked below!
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: For Day 6, we have...
6 distinct functions are integrated in a single hair-thin fiber developed by Polina Anikeeva’s group! Read what the functions are in the graphics ⬇️
6 distinct functions are integrated in a single hair-thin fiber developed by Polina Anikeeva’s group! Read what the functions are in the graphics ⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: For Day 6, we have...
6 distinct functions are integrated in a single hair-thin fiber developed by Polina Anikeeva’s group! Read what the functions are in the graphics ⬇️
6 distinct functions are integrated in a single hair-thin fiber developed by Polina Anikeeva’s group! Read what the functions are in the graphics ⬇️
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: we posted about this one recently! Gift #7 is…
7 tasks, from simple arithmetic to complex grid-transformation problems, required the same amount of thinking by both humans and a computational model to reach a solution!
⬇️ article below
7 tasks, from simple arithmetic to complex grid-transformation problems, required the same amount of thinking by both humans and a computational model to reach a solution!
⬇️ article below
December 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: we posted about this one recently! Gift #7 is…
7 tasks, from simple arithmetic to complex grid-transformation problems, required the same amount of thinking by both humans and a computational model to reach a solution!
⬇️ article below
7 tasks, from simple arithmetic to complex grid-transformation problems, required the same amount of thinking by both humans and a computational model to reach a solution!
⬇️ article below
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: what does the Yang Tan Collective boast eight of? Gift #8 is—of course—the EIGHT centers!! 🧑🔬🧠
Can you name all eight?
Can you name all eight?
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: what does the Yang Tan Collective boast eight of? Gift #8 is—of course—the EIGHT centers!! 🧑🔬🧠
Can you name all eight?
Can you name all eight?
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: Gift #9 🧬🧰
9 tiny units of genetic code make up each part of the TIGR guide RNA. These TIGR systems, discovered by Feng Zhang’s lab, are biological tools that can be reprogrammed to target any DNA sequence of interest, expanding the genome-editing toolbox!
9 tiny units of genetic code make up each part of the TIGR guide RNA. These TIGR systems, discovered by Feng Zhang’s lab, are biological tools that can be reprogrammed to target any DNA sequence of interest, expanding the genome-editing toolbox!
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: Gift #9 🧬🧰
9 tiny units of genetic code make up each part of the TIGR guide RNA. These TIGR systems, discovered by Feng Zhang’s lab, are biological tools that can be reprogrammed to target any DNA sequence of interest, expanding the genome-editing toolbox!
9 tiny units of genetic code make up each part of the TIGR guide RNA. These TIGR systems, discovered by Feng Zhang’s lab, are biological tools that can be reprogrammed to target any DNA sequence of interest, expanding the genome-editing toolbox!
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: what will Gift #10 have in store for us today?
That’s right! It’s 10 future clinicians who are advancing through the Yang Center for Bionics training program! 🥼🦿 The featured picture shows a few trainees receiving their white coats 👏
That’s right! It’s 10 future clinicians who are advancing through the Yang Center for Bionics training program! 🥼🦿 The featured picture shows a few trainees receiving their white coats 👏
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: what will Gift #10 have in store for us today?
That’s right! It’s 10 future clinicians who are advancing through the Yang Center for Bionics training program! 🥼🦿 The featured picture shows a few trainees receiving their white coats 👏
That’s right! It’s 10 future clinicians who are advancing through the Yang Center for Bionics training program! 🥼🦿 The featured picture shows a few trainees receiving their white coats 👏
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: did you guess Gift #11? It’s…
11 ICoN Center Postdoctoral Fellows who are tomorrow’s leaders in computational neuroscience! 🧠Learn more about these iconic ICoN fellows at yangtan.mit.edu/icon/icon-center-researchers/
🎁 Any guesses for Gift #10?
11 ICoN Center Postdoctoral Fellows who are tomorrow’s leaders in computational neuroscience! 🧠Learn more about these iconic ICoN fellows at yangtan.mit.edu/icon/icon-center-researchers/
🎁 Any guesses for Gift #10?
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Twelve Days of Yang Tan Collective: did you guess Gift #11? It’s…
11 ICoN Center Postdoctoral Fellows who are tomorrow’s leaders in computational neuroscience! 🧠Learn more about these iconic ICoN fellows at yangtan.mit.edu/icon/icon-center-researchers/
🎁 Any guesses for Gift #10?
11 ICoN Center Postdoctoral Fellows who are tomorrow’s leaders in computational neuroscience! 🧠Learn more about these iconic ICoN fellows at yangtan.mit.edu/icon/icon-center-researchers/
🎁 Any guesses for Gift #10?
Happy December☃️✨! Join us as we celebrate the Collective’s amazing people, centers, & research! (I know the song starts off with 1 gift, but it’s ok if we start off with 12, right?)
🎁#12, we have: 12 @harvardmed.bsky.social faculty members!
Can you guess what Gift #11 might be?
🎁#12, we have: 12 @harvardmed.bsky.social faculty members!
Can you guess what Gift #11 might be?
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Happy December☃️✨! Join us as we celebrate the Collective’s amazing people, centers, & research! (I know the song starts off with 1 gift, but it’s ok if we start off with 12, right?)
🎁#12, we have: 12 @harvardmed.bsky.social faculty members!
Can you guess what Gift #11 might be?
🎁#12, we have: 12 @harvardmed.bsky.social faculty members!
Can you guess what Gift #11 might be?
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor the many ways people move throughout the world and celebrate human potential in all its forms. View this short video to see the incredible research the Yang Center for Bionics is doing & how they celebrate every body!
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor the many ways people move throughout the world and celebrate human potential in all its forms. View this short video to see the incredible research the Yang Center for Bionics is doing & how they celebrate every body!
(3/3) ✍️ Applications for Fall 2026 are open now and until Feb 13, 2026: bcs.mit.edu/postbac1
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
(3/3) ✍️ Applications for Fall 2026 are open now and until Feb 13, 2026: bcs.mit.edu/postbac1
(2/3) Scholars will gain valuable gain valuable lab experience, develop professional skills, and be part of a vibrant neuroscience community! 🧠🔬
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
(2/3) Scholars will gain valuable gain valuable lab experience, develop professional skills, and be part of a vibrant neuroscience community! 🧠🔬
(1/3) Check out this short Q & A about the K. Lisa Yang Post-Baccalaureate program, especially if you or someone you know is a recent college grad who needs more experience before applying to PhD programs.
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
(1/3) Check out this short Q & A about the K. Lisa Yang Post-Baccalaureate program, especially if you or someone you know is a recent college grad who needs more experience before applying to PhD programs.
✨Featured videos✨
5. Mass General Brigham World Medical Innovation Forum
6. The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)
5. Mass General Brigham World Medical Innovation Forum
6. The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
✨Featured videos✨
5. Mass General Brigham World Medical Innovation Forum
6. The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)
5. Mass General Brigham World Medical Innovation Forum
6. The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)
(2/3) ✨Featured podcasts✨
1. Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior (BAWarrior360)
2. Tilly Talks Tech
3. The Trajectory
4. Frameshifts with Benjamin Arya
1. Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior (BAWarrior360)
2. Tilly Talks Tech
3. The Trajectory
4. Frameshifts with Benjamin Arya
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
(2/3) ✨Featured podcasts✨
1. Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior (BAWarrior360)
2. Tilly Talks Tech
3. The Trajectory
4. Frameshifts with Benjamin Arya
1. Be-YOU-tiful Adaptive Warrior (BAWarrior360)
2. Tilly Talks Tech
3. The Trajectory
4. Frameshifts with Benjamin Arya
(1/3) For the past few months, we've highlighted conversations Yang Tan Collective fellows and faculty have taken part in & we’ve collected all the podcasts and videos in one neat post in case you need something inspirational to listen to during the holidays (or whenever!)
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
(1/3) For the past few months, we've highlighted conversations Yang Tan Collective fellows and faculty have taken part in & we’ve collected all the podcasts and videos in one neat post in case you need something inspirational to listen to during the holidays (or whenever!)
A new cross-species atlas created by Yang Tan researchers reveals how astrocytes—star-shaped cells and the brain’s most abundant non-neuronal cells—change across space and time. This resource gives scientists an essential lens for probing brain development, function, and disease.
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A new cross-species atlas created by Yang Tan researchers reveals how astrocytes—star-shaped cells and the brain’s most abundant non-neuronal cells—change across space and time. This resource gives scientists an essential lens for probing brain development, function, and disease.
(1/3) Read about Jinyoung Kang and Margaret Schroeder (@meschro.bsky.social)'s collaboration in developing a new imaging technique that can provide scientists across many fields with “clearer pictures of biological machinery”, originally featured in the Summer 2025 Newsletter.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
(1/3) Read about Jinyoung Kang and Margaret Schroeder (@meschro.bsky.social)'s collaboration in developing a new imaging technique that can provide scientists across many fields with “clearer pictures of biological machinery”, originally featured in the Summer 2025 Newsletter.
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➡️ Interested in learning more about the Yang Tan Collective fellows & their research? Sign up for our newsletter on yangtan.mit.edu.
Words & content from Yang Tan Collective Summer 2025 Newsletter and website profile. Portions may have been edited for brevity.
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➡️ Interested in learning more about the Yang Tan Collective fellows & their research? Sign up for our newsletter on yangtan.mit.edu.
Words & content from Yang Tan Collective Summer 2025 Newsletter and website profile. Portions may have been edited for brevity.
#yangtancollective
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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➡️ Interested in learning more about the Yang Tan Collective fellows & their research? Sign up for our newsletter on yangtan.mit.edu.
Words & content from Yang Tan Collective Summer 2025 Newsletter and website profile. Portions may have been edited for brevity.
#yangtancollective
➡️ Interested in learning more about the Yang Tan Collective fellows & their research? Sign up for our newsletter on yangtan.mit.edu.
Words & content from Yang Tan Collective Summer 2025 Newsletter and website profile. Portions may have been edited for brevity.
#yangtancollective
(1/3) Kyla Nichols, in her Yang Tan Collective Summer 2025 Newsletter feature, gives us an overview of her research on the gut-brain connection and what she wants to uncover about “why there might be strong sex-based differences in mental health disorders,”
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
(1/3) Kyla Nichols, in her Yang Tan Collective Summer 2025 Newsletter feature, gives us an overview of her research on the gut-brain connection and what she wants to uncover about “why there might be strong sex-based differences in mental health disorders,”
