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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience / Translational Brain Mapping Program for Translational Brain Mapping Explore the Brain This tool allows you to learn about the function and structure of the human brain. Learn more Patient Stories Dan, a musician and music teacher, went through our program for personalized music mapping. Learn more Scientific Advances Every patient that we study advances our understanding of the human brain. Learn more In the News New Research URMC: New Study Reshapes Understanding of How the Brain Recovers from Injury Preserving Dan's Music Abilities Learn about Dan, a musician and music teacher, who went through our the Translational Brain Mapping Program to remove his tumor while preserving his music abilities. URMC: A patient plays his saxophone during brain surgery NPR Health: This music teacher played his saxophone while in brain surgery Democrat and Chronicle: Still on operating table, patient plays sax to show surgery was success People Magazine: Music teacher played his sax during brain surgery after surgeons save his music function Facebook Seeker: This music teacher is undergoing brain surgery while playing the saxophone NBC Health News: Musician plays sax during brain tumor surgery New Atlas: Mid-surgery sax solo sounds success for retaining musical ability Predicting Vision Recovery After Brain Tumor Removal Understanding vision's recovery process could have implications for many different injuries of the central nervous system. URMC: New imaging technique helps predict how vision recovers after brain tumor removal Futurity: Images show how brain heals itself after tumor WHEC News 10: Greece native defends thesis in cognitive neuroscience 12 years after aneurysm URMC: Surviving a stroke propels career in brain research URMC: Student work opens the brain to help surgeons remove tumors Resident and Former SMD Student Wins Cadbury Award Neurosurgery Resident and Former SMD Student David Paul (M.D. ’16) Wins National Cadbury Award for Academic and Volunteer Achievements. Pilot research offers new insights about how the brain fixes itself