Hi all & FYI -
Bo-yong Park from our lab will give a talk on structural gradients at the MNI Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar this Wednesday. Everybody is welcome to join (you have to register though, see below).
Cheers,
Boris
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Feindel Virtual Brain and Mind Seminar at The Neuro:
“Structural connectome manifolds in typical and atypical development”
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
4:00 - 5:00PM EST
Zoom (Registration Required)
Speaker: Bo-yong Park @BoyongPark1
Postdoctoral researcher, The Neuro
Talk abstract
Recent advances in neuroimaging acquisition and analysis techniques provide novel ways to assess brain networks in vivo, which has put systems neuroscience in an unprecedented position to understand macroscale neural organization, development, and disease. Here, I present novel approaches to model structural connectome data based on cutting edge manifold learning techniques that can capture gradients of macroscale neural organization. I will present recent works that show (1) how manifolds learning techniques applied to whole-brain diffusion MRI connectomes can identify smooth gradients of structural connectivity variations and how they can predict time-varying changes in neural function. I will furthermore show (2) how they can be used for tracking neurodevelopment and for the prediction of cognitive maturation during adolescence, and finally (3) how they can index connectome-level perturbations in autism spectrum conditions, a prevalent and persistent condition of brain connectivity.
To register:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feindel-virtual-brain-and-mind-seminar-at-the-neuro-presents-bo-yong-park-tickets-112101737314
Contact : Sasha Kelly, Events Coordinator,
sasha...@mcgill.ca