Sackler Brain Bench One-day University: Illuminating the Brain At the Museum of Natural History

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    October 18, 2014 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
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    Sackler Brain Bench One-day University: Illuminating the Brain At the Museum of Natural History @ New York | New York | United States

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    Sackler Brain Bench One-day University: Illuminating the Brain

    At the Museum of Natural History

    Saturday, October 18, 2014

    9:00 am–4:00 pm

    Linder Theater
    Enter at 77th Street

    Tickets: $95 ($85 Members)

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    Your brain contains a web of billions of neurons, linked together through more connections than there are stars in our galaxy. How does this complex network enable us to talk, feel, and breathe? How do scientists use imaging technologies to unravel this vast complexity, and what promises do future technologies hold? Modern brain research and treatment have flourished through the use of high-resolution temporal and spatial neuroimaging methods. These informative and often beautiful images hold clues to the elusive inner workings of the brain on the anatomical, cellular, electrical and genetic levels. Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of the methodologies used by neuroscientists and neurologists to visualize how our brains function, and sometimes break down. The field of neuroscience has experienced dramatic advances in imaging technologies over the past 20 years; join us for a day of deciphering these images and illuminating the brain.

    Guest experts include:

    – Susan Gauthier, Associate Professor of Clinical Neuroscience / Clinical Neurology, Weill-Cornell Medical College.

    – Linda A. Heier, Professor of Clinical Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College.

    – Soha Ashrafi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Institute, New York University.

    – Carl Schoonover, Axel Laboratory, Columbia University.

    This course was organized in collaboration with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.