brain slice – Miniature Brain Machinery

November 29, 2022March 20, 2023

Frontiers in MBM: Paul Selvin, March 22

Paul 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 …

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.