[CTN] CTN Seminar - Monday March 31, Mark Reimers

[Sue Ann Campbell]

Dear CTN Members,

There will be a CTN seminar next Monday, March 31 at 11:00 a.m.  in E5 2004.

Speaker: Mark Reimers, Michigan State University (https://iq.msu.edu/mark-reimers/)
Title: A new and inexpensive method for high-resolution imaging of neural activity across the cortex of small animals
Abstract: In this talk I will introduce a new system for imaging the activity of several thousand labelled neurons distributed sparsely across the dorsal cortex of a mouse at high speed. The key is to use extensive computation to make up for the deficits of simple imaging systems. I will describe the ideas behind our system and the technology that we're using to implement these ideas, at a cost of under $50,000. I will describe some of the technical issues we've addressed, and issues that we’re still working on. A natural question to ask is how much of the complex cortical activity can be inferred by recording from a small fraction of neurons in each area. I will present evidence from large-scale Zebrafish and mouse brain recordings to suggest that a surprisingly small fraction of labelled neurons may be sufficient to represent most of the population activity in the upper layers of cortex.
About the speaker. Mark Reimers is an Associate Professor in the Neuroscience Program at Michigan State University. His research integrates statistical analysis with biological theory while analyzing and interpreting the very large data sets now being generated in neuroscience, especially from the high-throughput technologies developed by the BRAIN initiative.

Regards,

Se Ann

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Dr. Sue Ann Campbell (she/her)

Professor and University Research Chair

Department of Applied Mathematics & Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience<https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-theoretical-neuroscience/>

Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Mathematics

University of Waterloo

Waterloo ON N2L 3G1

https://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~sacampbe/

President, Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society<https://caims.ca/>


I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of the Chonnonton, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo main campus is located on the Haldimand tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.

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