Neural circuits - Application of system identification tools to neural circuits
From 01-10-2012 to 31-12-2015
Website: http://www.nerf.be/EN/NERF_Yaksi_Lab/default.aspx
Description
Since long, the operation of brain activity has intrigued mankind and while large leaps were taken, its true mechanisms still holds many secrets. Previous studies focused on studying and modelling single neurons or convoluted signals of high level brain activity such as EEG or fMRI.
In this project we will use two-photon calcium imaging, a novel technology that allows monitoring the activity of large networks of neurons with high spatio-temporal resolution and single neuron precision. Our goal is to apply system identification tools to the complex dynamics of brain activity and gain deeper understanding into the function of neural circuits by modellingtheir behaviour using novel mathematical methods.
The brain has tremendous efficiency in the way it compresses, processes and stores data. By modelling these mechanisms, we aim to learn from the brain and in the future bring these techniques into the technological domain to aid in the automatic processing of the ever increasing streams of data that are generated in today's world.
This interdisciplinary project aims to unite the strengths of ESAT-SCD and NERF, seeding interactions between engineers and neuroscientists in Flanders and deploying this crossfertilization to promote the exploration of novel ideas and approaches in understanding dynamical systems.
Team
- Emri Yaksi, Co-promoter (External)
- Oscar Mauricio Agudelo Manozca, Coordinator
- Bart De Moor, Promoter
- Inge Thijs, Team member
- Philippe Dreesen, Team member
- Nico Verbeeck, Team member
- Carmen Diaz Verdugo, Team member
Financing
Funding: FWO - Research Foundation - Flanders
Program/Grant Type: FWO Research Grant - FWO Research Grant
Events
2/09/2024:
PhD defense - Martijn Oldenhof
Machine Learning for Advanced Chemical Analysis and Structure Recognition in Drug Discovery
3/09/2024:
Meet the Jury Igor Tetko on Advanced Machine Learning in Drug Discovery
12/09/2024:
Multimodal analysis of cell-free DNA for sensitive cancer detection in low-coverage and low-sample settings
Seminar by Antoine Passemiers
News
STADIUS Alumni Herman Verrelst – new CEO of Biocartis
08 June 2017
Herman Verrelst, the founder of KU Leuven spin-off Cartagenia, who has been working in Silicon Valley, US for the last few years will be returning to Belgium to follow the steps of Rudi Pauwels as CEO of the Belgian diagnostic company, Biocartis.
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29 May 2017
STADIUS takes the lead in the data analytics efforts in an ambitious European Project MIDAS.
Marc Claesen gives an interview about his PhD for the magazine of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences "Geniaal"
10 February 2017
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Joos Vandewalle is nieuwe voorzitter KVAB
09 October 2016
Op 5 oktober 2016 heeft de Algemene Vergadering van de Academie KVAB Joos Vandewalle verkozen tot voorzitter van de KVAB.