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Miniature Brain Machinery

Understanding the Brain: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Engineering and Deciphering of Miniature Brain Machinery

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Author: amckinn@illinois.edu

Posted on November 29, 2022March 20, 2023

Frontiers in MBM: Paul Selvin, March 22

Paul SelvinPaul Selvin, Professor of Biological Physics at Illinois, will lecture on “Live Brain Slices & Neurons at Nanometer-resolution” at 4:00 pm March 22  on ZOOM ONLY.  Shannon Berneche, MBM trainee and PhD candidate, will give an introduction.

The lecture …

Posted on November 29, 2022December 2, 2022

Webinar Review: Reproducibility in fMRI: What is the problem?

Our trainees review webinars in their given fields and share abstracts to help colleagues outside their discipline make an informed choice about watching them. As our program bridges diverse disciplines, these abstracts are beneficial for our own group in helping …

Posted on November 25, 2022November 1, 2022

Webinar Review: Debunking Publishing Myths: 10 Tips for Publishing in ACS Journals

Our trainees review webinars in their given fields and share abstracts to help colleagues outside their discipline make an informed choice about watching them. As our program bridges diverse disciplines, these abstracts are beneficial for our own group in helping …

Posted on November 22, 2022November 1, 2022

Webinar Review: Multicellular Engineered Living Systems (M-CELS): What’s in the Dish?

Our trainees review webinars in their given fields and share abstracts to help colleagues outside their discipline make an informed choice about watching them. As our program bridges diverse disciplines, these abstracts are beneficial for our own group in helping …

Posted on November 18, 2022October 6, 2022

Webinar Review: Knowledge is power: The urgent need to internationalize databases for rare disease patients

Our trainees review webinars in their given fields and share abstracts to help colleagues outside their discipline make an informed choice about watching them. As our program bridges diverse disciplines, these abstracts are beneficial for our own group in helping …

Posted on November 17, 2022December 12, 2022

Frontiers in MBM: Catherine Christian-Hinman January 25

Catherine Christian-HinmanCatherine Christian-Hinman, Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology at Illinois, will lecture on “Sex, cycles, and seizures: Reciprocal relationships linking epilepsy and the reproductive neuroendocrine axis” at 4:00 pm January 25 in 2269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom. An …

Posted on November 17, 2022February 23, 2023

Frontiers in MBM: Monica Fabiani April 26

Monica FabianiMonica Fabiani, Professor of Psychology at Illinois, will lecture on “Taking the pulse of aging: The role of cerebrovascular risk factors in cognitive decline and dementia” at 4:00 pm April 26 in 2269 Beckman Institute and on Zoom. MBM trainee …

Posted on November 17, 2022February 23, 2023

Virtual Frontiers in MBM Lecture: Brain-on-a-chip for modeling human brain diseases

Seungwoo ChoSeung-Woo Cho, Professor of Biotechnology at Yonsei University in South Korea, will give a virtual lecture March 1, 2023 on “Brain-on-a-chip for modeling human brain diseases” at 5:00 pm CST on Zoom. MBM trainee and PhD candidate, Olawale Salaudeen, will …

Posted on November 15, 2022October 6, 2022

Webinar Review: Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry

Our trainees review webinars in their given fields and share abstracts to help colleagues outside their discipline make an informed choice about watching them. As our program bridges diverse disciplines, these abstracts are beneficial for our own group in helping …

Posted on November 11, 2022

Recap: Aadeel Akhtar’s Return to Illinois

Aadeel Akhtar, Illinois alumnus and the CEO/Founder of PSYONIC, Inc., returned to Illinois November 9 to give a Frontiers in Miniature Brain Machinery lecture on his company’s innovations in prosthetic technology.

After the lecture, Dr. Akhtar invited attendees to interact …

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Overview

Discoveries relevant to our brains, which influence and control such a wide range of actions, emotions, and thoughts, have relied on two complimentary approaches: cognitive and behavior studies and brain cell and tissue biology studies. Our research traineeship program utilizing miniature brain machinery, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), combines these two paradigms to train the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce to advance discovery. Our students are recruited from neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, molecular and integrative physiology, chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering, and psychology to foster a culture of innovation and translational research, and will significantly impact efforts to understand and control brain activities ongoing at other institutions.

Contact

Dorothy Gordon
Program Manager, NRT-MBM
2215 Beckman Institute, MC-251
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
405 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
dorothyh@illinois.edu | 217.300-3638
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