Neurotech 2017

One of the greatest challenges of our time is to reverse engineer the brain. Achieving this will vastly expand our understanding of cognition and perception, as well as our ability to treat brain disorders by repairing, controlling, and even designing new neural structures.  The Center for Neurobiological Engineering brings together MIT's unique, transdisciplinary set of engineers and scientists to tackle the challenges of this field. The Center advocates creation of next-generation tools for comprehensive and systematic experimental investigation of the nervous system, as well as strategies for engineering neurons, neural tissue, and their interactions with other cells, devices, and prosthetics, and novel engineering-based strategies for the analysis of neural systems and data. Education and exchange of ideas at the interfaces between neurobiology and engineering is also a key goal. CNBE aims to disseminate technology widely, with the goal of helping the neuroscience community at MIT and beyond to discover fundamental principles of brain operation, as well as new approaches to the treatment and diagnosis of the disease.

MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering

The Neurotech 2017 symposium presents eight talks by neurotechnology pioneers whose cutting-edge innovations are changing the face of neurobiological research from molecules to cognition.
Date: Tuesday November 28th, 2017
Time: 9 am - 5 pm I Reception: 5 pm - 6 pm
Location: Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Bldg. 46-3002 Singleton Auditorium 
Questions: Contact Denise MacPhail at dharring@mit.edu 
Registration is required and space is limited. 
Event Schedule 
8:30 am                       CHECK-IN / COFFEE IN ATRIUM
9:00-9:10 am               ED BOYDEN & ALAN JASANOFF, MIT
                                    Welcoming remarks
MORNING SESSION 
CHAIR: Alan Jasanoff, MIT
9:10-9:55 am              <A HREF="https://palmerlab.colorado.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Amy Palmer</A>  University of Colorado Boulder
                                   Illuminating and quantifying biochemistry in living cells                  
9:55-10:40 am             <A HREF="https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/maharbiz.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Michel Maharbiz </A>, University of California, Berkeley
                                   Recent advances in neural dust: An ultrasonic platform for interfacing to nerves and organs
10:40-11:00 am           BREAK
 CHAIR: Elly Dedivi, MIT
11:00-11:45 am           <A HREF="http://www.laurawaller.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Laura Waller</A>, University of California, Berkeley
                                    Computational microscopy for neural activity tracking
11:45-12:30 pm           <A HREF="http://vaziri.rockefeller.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alipasha Vaziri</A>, Rockefeller University
                                    Optical tools for unraveling whole-brain neuronal circuit dynamics underlying behavior 
12:30-1:30 pm             LUNCH
AFTERNOON SESSION
CHAIR: Mark Harnett, MIT 
1:30-2:15 pm               <A HREF="https://www.janelia.org/lab/karpova-lab" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alla Karpova</A> HHMI Janelia Research Campus
                                    Expanding the toolkit for circuit dissection                           
2:15-3:00 pm               <A HREF="http://zadorlab.cshl.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Anthony Zador</A> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
                                    Sequencing the connectome
3:00-3:20 pm               BREAK
3:20-4:05 pm               <A HREF="http://www.suzanaherculanohouzel.com/lab" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Suzana Herculano-Houzel</A> Vanderbilt University 
                                    The human advantage: Technology begets more neurons
                                    beget more technology 
4:05-4:50 pm               <A HREF="https://toliaslab.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andreas Tolias </A> Baylor College of Medicine
                                    The fabric of the neocortex: Reverse engineering
                                    neocortical intelligence
4:50 pm                       RECEPTION IN ATRIUM
Sponsored by:
<A HREF="http://mit.edu/cnbe/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering</A>
Co-Sponsored by:
<A HREF="http://www.media.mit.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MIT Media Lab</A>, <A HREF="http://be.mit.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Department of Biological Engineering</A>, <A HREF="http://bcs.mit.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences</A>, <A HREF="http://mcgovern.mit.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">McGovern Institute for Brain Research</A>

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