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Cortical Column: If you don’t understand the function, do the anatomy – Bert Sakmann – 5/07/12
Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991 for discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells. Inaugural Scientific Director, Max Planck Florida Institute. Decision-making based on sensory input can be dependent on representation of a sensory stimulus in only one or a few cortical columns. Thus, ...
Jeffrey Urbach – 11/19/12
Jeffrey Urbach, Professor, Department of Physics, Georgetown University. Researchers in the Dynamics Imaging Lab are investigating complex dynamics in a variety of systems, ranging from shaking sand to cytoskeletal proteins to migrating neurons. Using the techniques of statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics, together with advanced imaging techniques, image processing, and computer simulations, they are trying ...
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