Traveling waves and space-time codes Krishna Jayant, PhDAssistant ProfessorWeldon School of Biomedical EngineeringPurdue University Abstract:Traveling waves in the mammalian cortex mediate vital aspects of animal cognition, such as stimuli perception and working memory. Theoretical results suggest these waves preserve timing and are critical for plasticity across long-range neural circuits. Therefore, revealing the circuit mechanisms underlying...

Incoherence in coherent microscopy and spectroscopy Garth J. Simpson, PhDProfessor of ChemistryResearch Director; Young Advanced Manufacturing ofPharmaceuticals InstitutePurdue Director; NSF Center for Bioanalytic MetrologyPurdue University Abstract:Nonlinear optical light/matter interactions uniquely dependent on symmetry and composition, providing image contrast inaccessible from conventional optical interactions. Such information is particularly insightful in biological microscopy, with collagen exhibiting prominent...

Personalized Neuromodulation Optimization Theoden Netoff, PhDProfessor of Biomedical EngineeringCo-Director of the Center for NeuroengineeringUniversity of Minnesota Abstract:Neuromodulation is used to treat many disorders such as epilepsy, depression, chronic pain, and spinal cord injury. Implantable devices that deliver stimulation can be programmed to change stimulation amplitude, frequency, pulseswidth, and electrode selection to tune the stimulation. While...