late colloquium notice

[Karen Barry <karen barry 2 bc edu>]

Dr. Krastan B. Blagoev
Los Alamos National Laboratory and
NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Neural Tissue: From single neurons to whole brains

Abstract: Non-invasive imaging technologies are creating a revolution in 
neuroscience and neurology. In turn, these technologies advance in 
accord with our understanding of the physical principles that underlie 
the imaging properties of neural tissues. Today, in particular, the 
major challenge in this regard is to determine the imaging-relevant 
physical differences between healthy and diseased tissue. Now through 
the synergy of theoretical physics and chemistry, computer modeling and 
data mining, and a variety of invasive and non-invasive experimental 
probes, researchers have made significant progress in understanding the 
workings of brain tissue. Combining the expertise in computer modeling 
and theoretical physics at the Los Alamos National Laboratory with the 
imaging capabilities at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard 
Medical School our group is generating new exciting technologies that 
will help reveal the large scale structural and functional organization 
of the brain.


Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Higgins Hall, Room 310
4:00p.m.

Refreshments
Higgins Hall, Room 230L
3:30 p.m.