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A Look Inside the Human Brain using Modern Imaging Technologies
Dimitrios Pantazis, Director of MEG Lab
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Modern imaging technologies at MIT and MGH provide exciting new ways to understand the structure and function of the human brain. We will provide guided tours of our imaging facilities and show how we use these tools to look inside the brain. Our recently installed MEG scanner, capable of measuring magnetic fields a billionth of the magnetic field of earth, can record the simultaneous firing of thousands of cortical neurons as they form dynamic networks. Our MRI scanners provide high resolution images of the human brain as subjects perform a wide range of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Our PET scanners can identify and localize specific molecules in the brain, revealing pathologies that may underlie many different brain disorders. TMS is a noninvasive method that uses electromagnetic induction to create weak electric currents and cause depolarization or hyperpolarization in the neurons of the brain. NIRS uses infrared light to illuminate tissue and infer brain activity through the diffusion and scattering of this light. We will introduce these technologies, offer lab tours and demonstrate data collection, and discuss their contribution to neuroscience and current projects at MIT and MGH.
Contact: Dimitrios Pantazis, 46-5147, 617 324-6292, PANTAZIS@MIT.EDU
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Jan/13 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 46-3015 |
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) instrumentation, principles of light scattering and absorption, imaging of oxygenated hemoglobin, NIRS applications.
Juliette Selb - Instructor
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Jan/13 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 46-3015 |
Seminar on Positron Emission Technology. Introduction to PET technology and scanners at MGH; applications in tumor detection; brain metabolic activity; gene expression; neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer¿s and Parkinson¿s; pharmacology etc.
Quanzheng Li - Assistant Professor
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Jan/13 | Tue | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 46-3015 |
Electrophysiological basis of MEG signals; instrumentation; modeling; cortical rhythms; brain networks; combining MEG with fMRI, studying the human visual system.
Dimitrios Pantazis - Director of MEG Lab, Radoslaw Cichy - Post-doctoral Associate
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Jan/13 | Tue | 05:00PM-06:00PM | 46-1147 |
A tour at the MEG Lab, demo scan and data analysis of an MEG experiment
MEG Lab: http://mcgovern.mit.edu/technology/meg-lab
Dimitrios Pantazis - Director of MEG Lab, Radoslaw Cichy - Post-doctoral Associate, Kleovoulos Tsourides - Research Associate
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Jan/14 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 46-3015 |
Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to depolarize and hyperpolarize neurons of the brain, applications to treat depression and examine basic mechanisms of post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, among others.
Aapo Nummenmaa - Instructor
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Jan/14 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 46-3015 |
Topics include MRI instrumentation, magnetic fields, safety, functional imaging with BOLD response, diffusion imaging, and others.
Anastasia Yendiki - Assistant Professor, Steven P Shannon - Operations Manager and MR Research Technologist, Sheeba Arnold Anteraper - MR Programmer, Atsushi Takahashi - Assistant Director, MR Physicist
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Jan/14 | Wed | 04:30PM-05:30PM | 46-1171 |
A tour at the MRI lab. Demo scan (finger tapping) and data analysis.
MRI Lab: http://mcgovern.mit.edu/technology/martinos-imaging-center/technical-resources
Steven P Shannon - Operations Manager and MR Research Technologist, Sheeba Arnold Anteraper - MR Programmer, Atsushi Takahashi - Assistant Director, MR Physicist
Are we real when we are online?
Gavriel Goldfeder, Senior Jewish Educator, Hillel
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Jan/20 | Tue | 07:00PM-08:30PM | W20-307 Mezzanine |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
We live in two worlds -- the "real world" and the "virtual world." When we interact with people in the "real world," we see their faces, their body language, their mannerisms. In the "virtual world," we lose all of that, but we do more easily gain connections, information and even friends. So how has technology shaped the way we relate to each other, especially in these two worlds?
Join us as we explore these questions from both a scientific and a religious perspective, with panelists Professo Judith Donath of the MIT Media Lab, Rabbi Matt Soffer of Temple Israel, and Rev. David Thom of the Cambridge Roundtable. Moderated by Rabbi Geoff Mitelman of Sinai and Synapses, and presented by Hillel.
Sponsor(s): Hillel
Contact: Gavriel Goldfeder, W-11, (617) 324-5882, heyrabbi@mit.edu
How Physicians Think
Dr. Thomas Byrne, Clinical Professor of Neurology & HST, MGH, HMS
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Jan/06 | Tue | 09:00AM-10:30AM | 46-3189 |
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Jan/08 | Thu | 09:00AM-10:30AM | 46-3189 |
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Jan/09 | Fri | 09:00AM-10:30AM | 46-3189 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: MIT Students
A series of three meetings will be held in which a clinical case from the New England Journal of Medicine series of “Clinicopathological Conferences from the Massachusetts General Hospital” will be discussed. At each meeting a case presentation will be read and then the way in which a clinician evaluates the symptoms, signs on physical examination and imaging/laboratory information will be presented. This should provide a means by which to get a glimpse of the clinical reasoning of physicians. Interested potential students may view a sample NEJM CPC by searching most any recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine and looking at a published CPC. The format of the three cases discussed will follow these formats although the selected cases will be from past issues of the Journal. Students may attend one, two or all three of the classes.
Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Health Sciences & Technology
Contact: Kris Kipp, 46-2005, 617 253-5741, KIPP@MIT.EDU
MITing of the Minds 2015 11th Annual MIT Philosophy Alumni Conference
Ian Wells, Philosophy Graduate Student
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
This year’s MITing of the Minds is the Eleventh Annual MIT Philosophy Alumni Conference. The conference will showcase recent work in a variety of areas of contemporary philosophy. Presentations will cover topics in ethics, epistemology, philosophy of language and political philosophy, and will be accessible to a broad audience
Sponsor(s): Linguistics and Philosophy
Contact: Christine Graham, 32-D808, 617 253-4653, CGRAHAM@MIT.EDU
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Jan/22 | Thu | 10:30AM-06:00PM | 32-D461 |
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Jan/23 | Fri | 09:30AM-04:00PM | 32-D461 |
Please see website for details: http://web.mit.edu/philos/www/mm/
Reason, Evidence & the Christian Faith
Gideon Lee, '93 President, NumberSciences, Sunday Trevino, Campus Minister, Michael Dean, Chaplain
Enrollment: Email bsf-staff@mit.edu
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
This four-evening seminar explores Christianity as a system of thoughts from the integrative perspectives of faith, reason, and evidence. Through pre-workshop readings, web media, live discussion, and interaction with panel guests, the seminar examines the biblical Christian worldview with insights from the scientific, philosophical, historical, and religious spheres. The participants will be exposed to some of the most discussed topics and challenged to examine their preconceived understandings.
Spheres and Key Topics
Scientific: Fine-tuning and Irreducible ComplexityPhilosophical: Theistic Arguments and the Problem of Evil Historical: Prophecies and MiraclesReligious: Spiritual Experience and Interfaith Dialogue
Sponsor(s): Baptist Student Fellowship
Contact: Sunday Trevino, W11-029, 617.253.2328, SUNDAY@MIT.EDU
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Jan/20 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | TBD |
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Jan/21 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | TBD |
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Jan/22 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | TBD |
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Jan/23 | Fri | 07:00PM-09:00PM | TBD |
This four-evening seminar explores Christianity as a system of thoughts from the integrative perspectives of faith, reason, and evidence. Through pre-workshop readings, web media, live discussion, and interaction with panel guests, the seminar examines the biblical Christian worldview with insights from the scientific, philosophical, historical, and religious spheres.
Gideon Lee - '93 President, NumberSciences, Sunday Trevino - Campus Minister, Michael Dean - Chaplain
Reasoning for God
chris swanosn
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
A 6 part lecture and discussion series addressing some of the top questions and objections to the Christian faith. Bring your questions and look forward to good discussion and authentic answers. Free dinner too!
Sponsor(s): Campus Crusade for Christ, Graduate Christian Fellowship
Contact: Chris Swanson, 515-451-9542, CSWANSON@MIT.EDU
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Jan/13 | Tue | 06:00PM-07:30PM | Coffeehouse Lounge, 3rd floor Student Center, Free Dinner Provided |
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Jan/15 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:45PM | Coffeehouse Lounge, 3rd Floor, Student Center, free dinner |
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