IAP 2015 Activities by Sponsor - Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Dr. Thomas Byrne, Clinical Professor of Neurology & HST, MGH, HMS

	Jan/06	Tue	09:00AM-10:30AM	46-3189
	Jan/08	Thu	09:00AM-10:30AM	46-3189
	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

Daniel Zysman, Computational Course Co-Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

The course aims to expose and introduce students to the power of programming to generate, analyze and visualize data coming from neuroscience research. We will use MATLAB to explore basic neuroscience problems. The course focuses on a problem driven approach, where the research examples will be used to introduce programming techniques and concepts.

Although some previous programming knowledge will be helpful, the course assumes no prior knowledge of programming.

1. Students must provide their own laptop and software for this activity. Instructions for downloading and installing MATLAB are available at: http://ist.mit.edu/matlab/all/student

2. Pre-register for this course by completing the following online form: http://goo.gl/forms/AB4PDBm6V4

 

Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Daniel Zysman, 46-2051, 617-324-7647, dzysman@mit.edu

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	Jan/26	Mon	10:00AM-01:00PM	46-1015, You can download MATLAB for students from IS&T
	Jan/27	Tue	10:00AM-01:00PM	46-1015, You can download MATLAB for students from IS&T
	Jan/28	Wed	10:00AM-01:00PM	46-1015, You can download MATLAB for students from IS&T
	Jan/29	Thu	10:00AM-01:00PM	46-1015, You can download MATLAB for students from IS&T

Daniel Zysman - Computational Course Co-Instructor

Carmen Varela, Research Scientist

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

You want to be a scientist. . . and you want to be good at it. . . but what does that involve? Can we promote quality and excellence in a highly creative and dynamic field such as that of scientific research? Explore, discuss, and relect on what it means to be a good scientist these days. Although we will touch on scientific ethics and integrity, the main focus of the class is to reflect on what, within ethical practices, constitutes high quality science and on what, if any, mindsets and approaches can help you make it better. Examples and readings will be drawn primarily - but not only - from the neuroscience literature.

Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Carmen Varela, 46-5233, 617-501-6261, carmenv@mit.edu

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	Jan/05	Mon	05:00PM-06:30PM	46-3015
	Jan/09	Fri	05:00PM-06:30PM	46-3015, Group presentation/discussion
	Jan/12	Mon	05:00PM-06:30PM	46-3015
	Jan/16	Fri	05:00PM-06:30PM	46-3015, Group presentation/discussion
	Jan/20	Tue	05:00PM-06:30PM	46-3015
	Jan/23	Fri	05:00PM-06:30PM	46-3015, Group presentation/discussion

Participants must attend all sessions

Carmen Varela - Research Scientist

Dr. Daniela Tropea

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This course aims to provide an understanding of the neurobiological basis of psychiatric and neurological disease. Among others, the subjects treated will be:

Neurogenetics

Cellular and biological mechanisms

Anatomical features

Biomarkers and treatments

Latest Research

The course will be taught in four lectures of one hour each with a discussion session in the end.

Learning outcomes:

Describe the biological mechanisms of psychiatric and nerological diseases

Decribe the main clinical symptoms of the diseases

Identify and discuss future needs in the area

Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Dr. Daniela Tropea, tropea@mit.edu

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	Jan/20	Tue	05:30PM-06:30PM	46-1015
	Jan/21	Wed	11:00AM-12:00PM	46-1015
	Jan/22	Thu	11:00AM-12:00PM	46-1015
	Jan/23	Fri	11:00AM-12:00PM	46-1015

Dr. Daniela Tropea