Offering an unparalleled content-rich program capturing breakthroughs and promising discoveries impacting brain research in both health and disease

YORBA LINDA, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Labroots, the leading scientific social networking website offering premier, interactive virtual events and webinars, is excited to host its 11th annual Neuroscience event in the Neuroscience Virtual Event Series. For nearly a decade, this free online event promises to showcase cutting-edge advances in understanding the human brain, neuropsychiatric disorders, and behavioral processes as it relates to brain function.

This reputable forum not only brings together thousands of innovative researchers, clinicians, and scientists across leading medical, industry, and academic institutions from around the world, but will feature some of the brightest minds pioneering the field to explore the latest scientific findings, innovative approaches, and emerging topics. The informative and educational agenda includes sessions spanning artificial neural networks and explainable AI models at the service of neuroscience research revealed and organized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative, new developments in neurodegenerative disease research, progress in mapping and targeted modulations of psychiatric disease biomarkers, and neuroscience, ethics and society: hopes and challenges.

Conference highlights at a glance include:

• Four stellar keynote deliveries with lively Q&A attendee participation, including these distinguished presenters: Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT; Dr. Marco Prado, Robarts Scientist and Professor in Physiology and Pharmacology and Anatomy & Cell Biology, The University of Western Ontario, Canada Research Chair in Neurochemistry of Dementia; Dr. Guangyu Robert Yang, Assistant Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computational Neuroscientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Dr. Timothy E. Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine.
• Over eight presentations comprising topics such as artificial neural networks for neuroscience, AI with application to biomedical research, variations of network architectures in neuroscience, variations of learning problems with applications to neuroscience, and applications of artificial neural networks and explainable models will comprise the NIH BRAIN Initiative track.
• A lively Q&A Plenary Panel discussion titled, “Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence in Neuroscience and Explainability,” moderated by Dr. Konrad Kording, a neuroscience professor at the University of Pennsylvania and leading figure in the fields of motor control, neural date methods, and computational neuroscience.
• Panel Presentation followed by live Q&A on liquid neural networks.

Translating research results between animal models and humans is critical for the development of novel therapeutic approaches,” said Dr. Marco Prado, Professor in Physiology and Pharmacology and Anatomy and Cell Biology, at The University of Western Ontario. “I have helped to develop the vision that we need to use more faithful animal models, but also relevant and automated tests to evaluate cognitive function and neurodegeneration in mice and humans. At Western University, the Mouse Translational Research Accelerator Platform (MouseTRAP) addresses this gap to facilitate translation of results to improve human health. We are excited to present our research and efforts focused on developing cognitive and imaging biomarkers for toxicity due to alpha-synuclein misfolding, which is involved in Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies, via Labroots’ unique virtual platform and extensive reach in the scientific community.”

“Neurotechnologies that record from and stimulate the brain or spinal cord are becoming more and more common, and our general fascination with these technologies is transforming into a general need for therapeutic devices,” said Dr. Timothy E. Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. “It is not yet clear how these technologies will change what it means to be human — or more specifically how they’ll impact our personal, social, and political lives. This year, I am excited to use Labroots’ virtual platform to have a candid conversation about how neurotechnologies are built and how they’ll impact the human experience.”

“The BRAIN initiative is interested in the potential of artificial intelligence techniques for the advancement of biomedical research,” said Mauricio Rangel-Gomez, Ph.D., Chief of the Learning and Memory Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. “At this year’s Labroots Neuroscience virtual conference, the NIH BRAIN Initiative has convened a select group of scientists that are at the forefront of the artificial intelligence field and its potential applications to biomedical research.” https://brainblog.nih.gov/brain-blog/nih-brain-initiative-session-discuss-artificial-intelligence-and-neuroscience-11th

Moreover, you won’t want to miss a discussion sponsored by ACD, a Bio-Techne brand, on spatial mapping of pain-associated G-protein coupled receptors and biomarker localization in mouse brain using RNAscope HiPlex v2 and RNA-protein co-detection assay, with a Q&A component. Other notable speakers will discuss explainable AI with application for brain imaging and drug discovery, novel tools for drug discovery in neurodegenerative diseases, the role of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies in spatial memory dysfunction, modeling mild traumatic brain injury to better understand function mechanisms, and much more.

Produced on Labroots’ robust platform, this online event allows participants to connect seamlessly across all desktop and mobile devices, delivering a one-stop educational experience. The highly interactive environment includes a lobby equipped with a leaderboard and gamification, an auditorium featuring live-streaming video webcasts with live attendee chats during scheduled presentations, an exhibit hall highlighting recent contributions and connect in real-time with both booth representatives, a poster hall to explore data and engage in live chats with poster authors coupled with a poster competition giving your research a competitive edge and lastly, a networking lounge to encourage collaborations with colleagues. By participating, there is a potential to earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 40 credits.

To learn more about the event and to register free of cost, click here. Remember to use the hashtag #LRneuro to follow the conversation and connect with other members of the global Neuroscience community!

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About Labroots
Labroots is the leading scientific social networking website, and primary source for scientific trending news and premier educational virtual events and webinars and more. Contributing to the advancement of science through content sharing capabilities, Labroots is a powerful advocate in amplifying global networks and communities. Founded in 2008, Labroots emphasizes digital innovation in scientific collaboration and learning. Offering more than article and webcasts that go beyond the mundane and explore the latest discoveries in the world of science, Labroots users can stay atop their field by gaining continuing education credits from a wide range of topics through their participation in the webinars and virtual events. Labroots offers more than ever with Chati, a flexible, highly scalable event platform that allows for the creation of unique, effective, and memorable virtual events.

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