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What Is the BRAIN Initiative and What Will It Teach Us About Ourselves?
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Joshua Sanes, PhD
Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Harvard Center for Brain Science
Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A public lecture in the Distinguished Scholars Series
A revolution is brewing in neuroscience. We are on the threshold of understanding how the electrical and chemical activities of huge ensembles of nerve cells account for our thoughts, decisions, behaviors, perceptions, and emotions. Dr. Sanes will discuss the BRAIN Initiative, a public-private partnership aimed at developing the new technologies needed to speed progress. Once obtained, he believes, this knowledge will enable new approaches to neurological and psychiatric disorders. It will also affect our views of seemingly distant areas, including the law, economics, and ethics.
Live Webcast: http://research.vtc.vt.edu/live-webcast
A public reception will be held in the Virginia Tech Carilion Cafe at 5:00 p.m.
Hosted by: Michael J. Friedlander, PhD, Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
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