Seminar by prof. Kenneth Harris

We would like to invite you to the first two of seminars by prof. Kenneth Harris funded by the University of Padova through the grant  “Shaping a World-class University - Seed funding for Digitalization & Innovation”.

Kenneth Harris is Full Professor of Quantitative Neuroscience at the University College London (UCL) - more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_D_Harris

The two seminars will be from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm on November 16 and 17 at this zoom link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/95093385683 

You can find the title and Abstracts of the seminar below 

1.     Introduction to the brain and the promise of neurotechnology.
The first seminar will cover the basics of brain function, and some of the technologies emerging from recent neuroscience research, such as brain-computer interfaces.

 2.     Experimental technologies.
This seminar  will cover ways to study the brain, including 2-photon microscopy to record from tens of thousands of cells simultaneously, microfabricated electrodes to record from wide brain regions, and optogenetics to stimulate brain cells at will.