2023/01/03(Tue) 14:00 -16:00 七樓研討室 7F, P7F Seminar Room
Title
From engineered neural networks to brain organoids
Speaker
Dr. Csaba Forro (Department of Chemistry, Stanford University)Abstract
In order to understand how the brain works, one needs to track how complex cognitive functions such as learning, memory and decision making emerge at large scales from local neuron-neuron interactions. I will present two projects tackling both ends of the complexity scale. In the first, I will show how small networks of primary rat neurons can be assembled reproducibly in precise connectivity networks thanks to microstructures. Combining this technology with micro-electrode-arrays, it is possible to study plasticity (learning) effects in small networks of neurons, which is fundamental if we are to understand how they change and learn over time. In the second project, I will present a mesh-electrode-array technology developed to interface long-term a much larger system, a human brain organoids, where the focus is on collective dynamics of the brain and potentially therapeutic applications.
Language
演講語言 (Language): in English