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SUMMARY:Maps\, Minds and Maths
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Petra Vertes (University of Cambridge)\nSummary: T
 he last 20 years have witnessed extraordinarily rapid progress in neurosci
 ence\, including breakthrough technologies such as optogenetics and the co
 llection of unprecedented amounts of neuroimaging\, genetic and other data
 . However\, the translation of this progress into improved understanding a
 nd treatment of mental health symptoms has been comparatively slow. One ce
 ntral challenge has been to reconcile different scales of investigation\, 
 from genes and molecules to cells\, circuits\, tissue\, whole-brain and ul
 timately behaviour. In this talk I will describe several strands of work u
 sing mathematical\, statistical\, and bioinformatic methods to bridge thes
 e gaps. First\, I will describe my work on linking neuroimaging data to th
 e Allen Brain Atlas (a brain-wide\, whole-genome map of gene expression) a
 nd how we are can apply these tools in the nascent field of imaging transc
 riptomics to further our understanding of schizophrenia and other neuropsy
 chiatric disorders. Next\, I will discuss parallel efforts for using netwo
 rk science and control theory for linking microscopic function (ie the rol
 e of individual cells) to large-scale behaviour in C elegans.\n\n
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/97743/maps-minds-and-maths-2/
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