Larry Young – Miniature Brain Machinery

December 15, 2020January 25, 2021

Larry Young to give April 7 Frontiers in MBM Lecture

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 …

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.