Events

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain hosts a West Coast group meeting to bring together postdocs and PhD students interested in neural coding and dynamics. This month's speaker is:

Yatang Li
Postdoctoral Researcher, Meister Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Functional Architecture of Motion Direction in the Mouse Superior Colliculus

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain hosts a Boston-area group meeting to bring together postdocs and PhD students interested in neural coding and dynamics to discuss ideas and data. This month's speaker is:

Tiago Marques
Postdoctoral Researcher, DiCarlo Laboratory
MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
What does the primary visual cortex tell us about object recognition?

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain holds a virtual program-wide postdoc and student group meeting to bring together trainees interested in neural coding and dynamics to discuss ideas and data. Our speaker is:

Cheng Xue
Postdoctoral Researcher, Cohen Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh
Decisions in an ever-evolving world: how the brain makes perceptual judgements under dynamic belief states

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain hosts a postdoc-focused Boston-area group meeting every other month to bring together postdocs interested in neural coding and dynamics, to discuss ideas and data.

Zeinab Fazlali
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Integrative Neuroscience, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute
Locus Coeruleus Modulation of Brain State and Sensory Coding in Rat Barrel Cortex

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain hosts a West Coast group meeting to bring together postdocs and PhD students interested in neural coding and dynamics to discuss ideas and data.

Christina K. Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ting Laboratory
Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Stanford University
Optical and molecular approaches for accessing activated neural ensembles

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain hosts a postdoc-focused Boston-area group meeting every other month to bring together postdocs interested in neural coding and dynamics, to discuss ideas and data.

Srinivas Gorur-Shandilya
Postdoctoral Researcher, Marder Laboratory
Brandeis University
Mapping the structure of circuit dynamics during function and disruption

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain hosts a NYC-area group meeting to bring together postdocs and PhD students interested in neural coding and dynamics to discuss ideas and data. This month's speaker is:

Michael Notaras
NHMRC CJ Martin Biomedical Fellow, Colak Laboratory
Center for Neurogenetics, Brain & Mind Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Unlocking Novel Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms of Schizophrenia Utilizing Cerebral Organoids

This series of workshops, co-hosted by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, brings together researchers with broad expertise to discuss the state of the art in mapping complete neural circuits, the opportunities for advancing connectomics technologies, and the challenges that need to be addressed to generate comprehensive maps of brain connectivity – “wiring diagrams” spanning the entire mammalian brain. Each workshop will be livestreamed for attendees using NIH Videocast; streaming links available here.

The other workshop dates are March 17 and March 31.

This series of workshops, co-hosted by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, brings together researchers with broad expertise to discuss the state of the art in mapping complete neural circuits, the opportunities for advancing connectomics technologies, and the challenges that need to be addressed to generate comprehensive maps of brain connectivity – “wiring diagrams” spanning the entire mammalian brain. Each workshop will be livestreamed for attendees using NIH Videocast; streaming links available here.

The other workshop dates are March 31.

This series of workshops, co-hosted by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative and the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, brings together researchers with broad expertise to discuss the state of the art in mapping complete neural circuits, the opportunities for advancing connectomics technologies, and the challenges that need to be addressed to generate comprehensive maps of brain connectivity – “wiring diagrams” spanning the entire mammalian brain. Each workshop will be livestreamed for attendees using NIH Videocast; streaming links available here.

Techniques to record neuronal data from populations of neurons are rapidly improving. Simultaneous recordings from hundreds of channels are possible while animals perform complex behavioral tasks. The analysis of such massive and complex data becomes increasingly challenging. This advanced course aims at providing deeper training in state-of-the-art analysis approaches in systems neuroscience. Applications are due by January 31, 2021

This meeting will gather researchers to discuss how various sensory pathways interface with the neural circuits controlling states: where in brain and body they converge, the dynamics of those interactions and the consequences for behavioral outcomes. Work in diverse species, including mouse, fruit fly and human, will be covered. Deadline to apply: May 20, 2020

UPDATE:
This event has been postponed to June 2021. Stay tuned for more information.

TENSS concentrates top-level international expertise to teach a dozen students techniques and concepts in experimental systems neuroscience. We focus on modern optical and electrophysiological methods to study the connectivity and function of neuronal circuits. The course is designed to be intensive and highly interactive, including both lab sessions and theoretical lectures. Coursework will take place in a land of myth and legend, beyond large forests (Transylvania), on the shores of a picturesque natural reserve called Pike Lake. Applications are welcome from interested (and interesting) graduate students and postdocs. Application deadline: March 1st 2020

The BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting convenes BRAIN Initiative awardees, staff, and leadership from the contributing federal agencies (NIH, NSF, DARPA, IARPA, and FDA), plus representatives and investigators from participating non-federal organizations, and members of the media, public, and Congress. The purpose of this open meeting is to provide a forum for discussing exciting scientific developments and potential new directions, and to identify areas for collaboration and research coordination.