INCF Indian Node workshop 2011
There will be a half-day meeting of the India node of the INCF on Nov 1. This will be followed by a two-day INCF Introductory Workshop on Neuroinformatics, on November 2-3.
The topics of the Introductory Workshop on Neuroinformatics include lectures on:
(i) Neuroinformatics and Systems Biology relating to Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
(ii) Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience (e.g. electrophysiology/neurophysiology)
(iii) Neuromaging and Clinical Neuroscience (including computational neuroscience).
These will be followed by a day of lectures, tutorials and demonstrations on Neuroinformatics and Modelling.
The detailed schedule is below.
Travel support is available for selected participants among PhD students, post-docs, and younger faculty from India and international institutions. Please contact the organizers before 30 September 2011 should you be interested in travel support. The travel support covers local hospitality (lodging and food), and air and rail ticket costs may be covered in full or in part depending on funding. Participants are encouraged to utilize their own grant support for ticket costs. International participants are strongly urged to contact the organizers quickly to expedite visa processing.
Organizer:
Dr. Mandal
Adjunct Associate professor,
Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, USA
&
Senior Editor (Journal of Alzheimer Disease, USA)
Additional Professor (Scientist V)
Neurospectroscopy and Neuroimaging Laboratory
National Brain Research Centre, India
Tel: +91 124 2845 336
Email: pravat.mandal at gmail.com ;
pravat at nbrc.ac.in
Schedule
(latest updated September 19)
November 1: Indian National Node for Neuroinformatics (INNNI) Node members meeting
| 12:00-01:00 PM | Arrival and Registration |
| 01:00-02:00 PM | Lunch |
| 02:00-02:30 PM | Opening session and overviews. |
| 02:00-02:05 PM | Overview of INNNI, INCF and node workshop: Upinder S Bhalla, NCBS |
| 02:05-02:10 PM | INCF Training workshop plans: Pravat Mandal, NBRC |
| 02:10-02:15 PM | Funding initiatives: Garima Gupta, DBT |
| 02:15-02:20 PM | Brain as a Tissue project: Prasun Roy, NBRC |
| 02:20-02:25 PM | Multiscale Modelling project: Upi Bhalla |
| 02:25-02:30 PM | Questions. |
| 02:30-03:30 PM | Node members introduce themselves and report efforts in neuroinformatics.(5 min each) |
| 03:30-04:00 PM | Coffee break |
| 04:00-05:00 PM | More introductions. |
| 05:00-05:05 PM | Overview of major initiatives of the INCF |
| 05:05-06:00 PM | Discussion of initiatives that INNNI members would like to develop. |
| 06:00-07:00 PM | Tea, Posters and Software demos, followed by dinner |
November 2: INCF Introductory workshop on Neuroinformatics, 1st day
| Session 1 | SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE |
| Chair: to be announced | |
| Time | Talk |
| 09:00-09:50 AM |
Disparity Selectivity in Primary Visual Cortex Prof. Basabi Bhaumik, Department of Electrical engineering, IIT Delhi |
| 09:50-10:40 AM |
Towards an integrated model of basal ganglia Prof. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras |
| 10:40-11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| Session 2 | NEUROIMAGING |
| Time | Talk |
| 11:00-11:50 AM |
The Digital Brain Tissue as the Emerging Landscape of the Brain: From Valleys to Vortices Prof. Prasun Kumar Roy, National Brain Research center |
| 11:50-12:40 AM |
Brain imaging and grouping Dr. David Shattuck, Department of Radiology, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 12:40-01:00 PM |
Biomarker using in vivo brain imaging and spectroscopic technique and its relevance. Dr. Pravat Kumar Mandal, National Brain Research Center & Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medicine |
| 01:00-02:00 PM | Lunch break |
| Session 3 | SYSTEM BIOLOGY |
| Time | Talk |
| 02:00-02:50 PM |
to be updated James Gomes, PhD, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
| 02:50-03:40 PM |
Signaling and immune response Dr Soumen Basak, Systems Immunology Laboratory, National institute of Immunology, New Delhi |
| 03:40-04:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| 04.00-04.30 PM | Group discussion |
| 04:30-05:30 PM | Lab visit; |
| 06:00-09:00 PM | Cultural program and dinner |
November 3: INCF Introductory workshop on Neuroinformatics, 2nd day
| 09:00-10:00 AM | Modelling basics (Lecture from INCF Training modules) |
| 10:00-11:00 AM | Installing MOOSE and running demos; model sources. |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Coffee/Tea |
| 11:30-12:00noon | Modeling workflow |
| 12:00-01:00 PM | Example neuronal model |
| 01:00-02:00 PM | Lunch |
| 02:00-04:00 PM | Computation with neurons Tutorial |
| 04:00-04:30 PM | Coffee/Tea |
| 04:30-06:00 PM | Computation with Biochemical pathways tutorial |
| 06:00-06:30 PM | Where to go from here: Summary and discussion. |
| 06:30-07:00 PM | Research Project registration. |
