MNN News and Opportunities
This one week conference will bring together international experts to discuss the state of the art in the field of Neural Engineering. It will also include a number of tutorial presentations for those new to the field as well as presentations from industrial companies including National Instruments, Brain Products and BitBrain. Deadline 3 May 2013.
Neural Engineering is an inherently new discipline that brings together engineering, physics, neuroscience and mathematics to design and develop brain-computer interface systems, cognitive computers and neural prosthetics. This two week workshop, primarily aimed at younger researchers, will bring together experts in these key areas to introduce and discuss concepts that underpin current research in Neural Engineering. Deadline 1 Mar 2013.
Neurodynamics: a workshop on heterogeneity, noise, delays, and plasticity in neural systems: 5-7 Mar 2012, Edinburgh. (16 October 2011)
Registration now open (closes Jan 6 2012). The meeting will consist of invited speakers and registered participants, though will be limited to 100 people. The schedule will allow for a number of poster presentations.
The NeuroMathComp group is part of INRIA and CNRS, two major government French Research Institutes. Members of the group are actively conducting research in mathematical and computational neuroscience. The group is funded through several European grants (BrainScales, ERC NerVi, Keops, FACETS-ITN).
In 2012-13 MBI will return to mathematical neuroscience, which was the subject of its first emphasis year in 2002-3. Over the past decade, mathematics has entered new subfields of neuroscience, and has begun to suggest unexpected parallels among others. We will open the emphasis year with a workshop focusing on such parallels, in the form of general challenges posed by dynamics of nonlinear, spiking networks, and will organize a series of workshops to follow that will highlight mathematical impact and possibilities in the most active and exciting areas of neuroscience.
The Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London wishes to appoint a Lecturer who will establish an international research profile in mathematical modelling of biological phenomena. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in mathematics or an appropriate science or engineering discipline. They should have knowledge and experience in the mathematical modelling of biological phenomena and in testing and refining their models by comparison with experimental data. Closing date: 31 October 2011
The purpose of this semester is to present some of the relevant modern mathematical tools through short courses and to explore several facets of the current research through workshops. Registration now open.
based at the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK, are available to work on the projects:
1. Synthetic cognition in spiking neural networks.
2. Artificial recognition of sounds in complex scenes from auditory neuronal activity.
Deadline 29 June 2012.
Applications are invited for the post of 'Marie Curie Actions Experienced Researcher' to work with Professor Stephen Coombes and Dr Noah Russell on a Marie Curie Initial Training Network funded project in Mathematical Neuroscience to underpin work at Nottingham, United Kingdom on Synthetic Cognition. Deadline 2 July 2012.
This workshop will bring together experimentalists and theorists to discuss the dynamics of brain disease states. Registration now open.
This workshop will focus on the important role of calcium in controlling a great variety of neuronal and glial processes and on the bidirectional communication between glia and neurons. It will bring together
experimentalists and theoreticians working in the fields of neuroscience
and cell biology for a critical discussion of recent results and future
directions.
NeuroArts conference, Plymouth, 10-11 February. (16 December 2010)
To register (by 24th Jan) email:
artsresearch@plymouth.ac.uk
4th Annual meeting of the UK Mathematical Neuroscience Network: 11-13 April 2011, Edinburgh. (10 December 2010)
Registration closed. This international conference will provide an overview of the current state of research in mathematical approaches to neuroscience, bringing together both physical and life scientists.
The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience (JMN) is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that publishes research articles on the mathematical modeling and analysis of all areas of neuroscience, i.e., the study of the nervous system and its dysfunctions. The focus is on using mathematics as the primary tool for elucidating the fundamental mechanisms responsible for experimentally observed behaviours in neuroscience at all relevant scales, from the molecular world to that of cognition.
There will be a one-day hot-topic workshop at the University of Exeter, Harrison Building, on 30 September. This workshop will explore common methods for analysing oscillatory dynamics in neural and genetic networks.
TREES toolbox for Matlab (22 August 2010)
The TREES toolbox provides: i) tools to automatically reconstruct neuronal branching from microscopy image stacks and to generate synthetic axonal and dendritic trees,
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Research Associate in Computational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield (03 August 2010)
This post offers an outstanding opportunity to join a multidisciplinary research team developing novel mathematical and computational technologies for applications in neuroscience. Closing date 31st August 2010.
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Neurons to inspire future computers. (23 July 2010)
The way neurons communicate could inspire the next generation of computers ...
Physica D special issue: Mathematical Neuroscience. (18 March 2010)
Volume 239, Issue 9, Pages 475-578 (1 May 2010)
Ed. S Coombes and Y Timofeeva.
Mathematical Neuroscience minisymposium as part of BAMC 2010: 6-9 April 2010, Edinburgh. (23 September 2009)
Speakers will be Jon Dawes, Peter Grindrod, John Terry and Yulia Timofeeva.
3rd Annual meeting of the UK Mathematical Neuroscience Network: 18-21 April 2010, Edinburgh. (08 September 2009)
Registration now open! This international conference will provide an overview of the current state of research in mathematical approaches to neuroscience, bringing together both physical and life scientists.
Abstract: The tools of dynamical systems theory are having an increasing impact on our understanding of patterns of neural activity. In this talk I will describe how to build tractable
tissue level models that maintain a strong link with biophysical reality. These models typically take the form of nonlinear integro-differential equations. Their non-local
nature has led to the development of a set of analytical and numerical tools for the study of waves, bumps and patterns, based around natural extensions of those used
for local differential equation models. Here I will present an overview of these techniques.
Registration open for BrainModes 2009, Bristol, 12 - 14 December 2009. (14 July 2009)
BrainModes is an annual meeting whose focus is to bring researchers from different backgrounds in the neurosciences together to understand the role of neural oscillations. The theme of this year's meeting is Neural Oscillations and Clinical Disorders, with four main themes: Epilepsy, Movement Disorders, Neuroendocrine Disorders and Neurodegenerative Disease. For further details visit http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/bm09/
The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers in Network Dynamics. There will be lectures and short talks about new mathematical results in this field.
Intrinsic brain activity - from fMRI to mathematical models, University of Nottingham, 26 May, 2009. (6 May 2009)
enquiries to Jaroslav Hlinka (msxjh1@nottingham.ac.uk).
This is a contest to develop tools for automating neuronal
reconstruction with a cash prize of up to $75,000 for the qualifying winner.
enquiries to Simon Schultz (s.schultz@imperial.ac.uk).
enquiries to Rasmus Petersen (r.petersen@manchester.ac.uk).
This competition offers a coherent framework to compare neuronal models and fitting methods.
The Spike Train Analysis Network is holding a free Dissemination Workshop for PhD students and newly qualified post-docs, covering all the fundamentals of neural data analysis.
Registration open
2nd Annual meeting of the UK Mathematical Neuroscience Network: 22-25 Mar 2009, Edinburgh. (28 October 2008)
This international conference will provide an overview of the current state of research in mathematical approaches to neuroscience, bringing together both physical and life scientists.
Registration open
DBS and Epilepsy workshop, University of Bristol, UK: Sept 16, 2008 (19 July 2008)
For more details and to register your interest, please contact Dr John Terry
in the areas of theoretical/experimental neuroscience or neurotechnology within the Dept. of Bioengineering. For further info contact Dr Simon Schultz s.schultz@imperial.ac.uk
Three Lectureship posts in Neurotechnology at Imperial (19 July 2008)
in the departments of i) Bioengineering, ii) Computing, and iii) Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Closing date for applications is 15 December 2008.
For further info contact Professor Ross Ethier, Head of Bioengineering Department r.ethier@imperial.ac.uk
For more details and to register your interest, please contact Prof Peter Ashwin
Conference Report for first annual meeting (12 May 2008)
Mathematical Neuroscience Edinburgh March 2008 Meeting Report
New Journal (06 March 2008)
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
MRC funded postdoc (21 February 2008)
... in the area of mathematical modelling applied to seizure prevention using deep brain stimulation, Bristol, Engineering Maths. Closing date 13 Mar 2008.
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MNN web site goes live (25 January 2008)
The first version of the MNN website was launched on 25 January 2008. Suggestions for additions or improvements are welcome.
MNN funded by the EPSRC (1 September 2007)
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