Summary: Kristen Harris receives NSF BRAIN grant to design a new electron microscope that can map in detail the structure of neuronal synapses, the tiny points of contact between neurons throughout the brain.

Figure: Image from an electron micrograph through a single section plane illustrating spiny dendrites (yellow), nonspiny dendrites (orange), excitatory axons (green), excitatory synapses (red), astroglia (light blue), microglia (dark brown). Kristen Harris