Understanding the Brain: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Engineering and Deciphering of Miniature Brain Machinery
Join us for the 4th annual Miniature Brain Machinery Retreat! We will have some great plenary lectures by David Boas, Manu Platt, Franklin Carrero-Martinez, and Michael Levin, along with lightning presentations by our program trainees William Baker, Sara …
Roy Dar, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, will lecture on “Modulating Gene Expression Fluctuations to Bias HIV Decision-Making and Stem Cell Fate Determination.” Jennifer Walters, MBM trainee and PhD student in Neuroscience, will give an introduction.
The lecture is free and …
Alison Bell, Getz Professional Scholar and Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, will lecture on “The evolution of behavior in sticklebacks.” Shannon Berneche, MBM trainee and PhD student in Neuroscience, will give an introduction.
The lecture is free and open …
Jonathan Sweedler, the James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Director of the School of Chemical Sciences at Illinois, will lecture on “Measuring the chemical mosaic of the brain: the high throughput chemical characterization of individual neuronal cells.” …
Neal Cohen, Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, will lecture on “Memory, Disorders of Memory, and the Human Brain.” Taylor Jorgensen, MBM trainee and PhD student in Neuroscience, will give an introduction.
The lecture is free and open …
Xinzhu Yu, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, will lecture on “The other half of the brain — Unlocking astrocyte roles in circuits and behavior.” Miles Norsworthy, MBM trainee and PhD student in Cell & Developmental Biology, …
Noo Li Jeon, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University, will speak on “Microfluidics and Neuroscience: From 2D Compartmented PDMS Chips to 3D Injection Molded Devices.”
The lecture is free and open to the public via Zoom at 4:00pm, …
Hee Jung Chung, Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, will speak on the following topic:
“Novel mechanisms by which Kv7 channel and STEP enzyme control seizure susceptibility, and future directions to employ human organoids to test the …
Larry Young, William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, will lecture on “The Neural Circuitry of Social Bonding and Empathy: Implications for Autism.”
The lecture is free and open to the public via Zoom at …
Rashid Bashir, Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering, will speak about “Forward Engineering of Cellular Systems and Biological Machines.”
The lecture is free and open to the public via Zoom at 4:00pm, March …