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AI helps reveal how the brain鈥檚 fluids flowA new artificial intelligence-based technique for measuring fluid flow around the brain鈥檚 blood vessels could have big implications for developing treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚.
The perivascular spaces that surround cerebral blood vessels transport water-like fluids around the brain and help sweep away waste. Alterations in the fluid flow are linked to neurological conditions, including Alzheimer鈥檚, small vessel disease, strokes, and traumatic brain injuries, but are difficult to measure in vivo.
A multidisciplinary team of mechanical engineers, neuroscientists, and computer scientists led by Associate Professor听听developed novel AI velocimetry measurements to accurately calculate brain fluid flow. The results are outlined in a听.
鈥淚n this study, we combined some measurements from inside the animal models with a novel AI technique that allowed us to effectively measure things that nobody鈥檚 ever been able to measure before,鈥� says Kelley, a faculty member in Rochester鈥檚听.
Read more about measuring this fluid system.
Prediction may be key to hand-eye coordination
(Unsplash photo by Luca Discenza)
The ability to visually predict movement may be an important part of what it takes to make a great catch or grab a moving object. Such actions require precise interactions between our visual and motor systems.
鈥淲e were able to develop a method that allowed us to analyze behaviors in a natural environment with high precision, which is important because, as we showed, behavioral patterns differ in a controlled setting,鈥� says听, a Dean鈥檚 Professor of Neuroscience at the Medical Center. Wang led the study in听 with听, an assistant professor of听, and Luke Shaw, a graduate student in the听.
鈥淯nderstanding how natural behaviors work will give us better insight into what is going awry in an array of neurological disorders,鈥� he adds.
Application Tips & Resources to Help Secure SBIR & STTR FundingMonday, June 26, 1鈥�2 p.m. EDT
Virtual 听
Aspiring research entrepreneurs and small businesses seeking non-dilutive funding opportunities can join experts from the听National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)听Small Business Program and the听Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program.听Learn more about non-dilutive听听funding and resources to help small businesses advance and commercialize promising translational biotech and life sciences research technologies.听Xiaohu (Tiger) Xie,听scientific consultant from听Eva Garland Consulting, LLC, will share听tips for submitting a successful application as well as resources to help secure SBIR and STTR funding.听The webinar is available through the University鈥檚 .
PhD Dissertation Defense: Ting Zhang, Warner School of EducationMonday, June 26, 1鈥�1:40 p.m.
LeChase Hall, room 215
Sponsor: MJ Curry
PhD Thesis Defense: Zhuojia Shen, Computer ScienceTuesday, June 27, 10鈥�11 a.m.
Wegmans Hall, room 2506
Advisor:听John Criswell
PhD Thesis Defense: Yu Feng, Computer ScienceWednesday, June 28, 10鈥�11 a.m.
Wegmans Hall, room 2506
Advisor: Yuhao Zhu
PhD Thesis Defense: Zhiheng Li, Computer ScienceWednesday, June 28, 2鈥�3 p.m.
Wegmans Hall, room 2506
Advisor: Chenliang Xu
Human Health and the Environment Research SymposiumThursday, June 29, 8:30 a.m.鈥�5 p.m.
Helen Wood Hall
Hosted by the Environmental Health Sciences Center and the new听, the symposium will feature Richard Woychik, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, as well as other external and internal speakers. It will also include a poster session and flash talks selected from submitted abstracts; all types of research related to health and the environment are welcome. Learn more , or
PhD Thesis Defense: Yiming Gan, Computer ScienceThursday, June 29, 10鈥�11 a.m. EDT
Virtual
Advisor:听Yuhao Zhu
PhD Thesis Defense: Songyang Zhang, Computer ScienceThursday, June 29, 3鈥�4 p.m.
Wegmans Hall, room 2506
Advisor: Jiebo Luo
PhD Dissertation Defense: Fanghzi He, Warner School of EducationThursday, June 29, 1鈥�1:40 p.m.
LeChase Hall, room 141
Sponsor: MJ Curry
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