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URL:https://escience.washington.edu/events/guest-seminar-mark-m-schira-uni
 versity-of-wollongong/
SUMMARY:Guest Seminar: Mark M. Schira\, University of Wollongong
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special guest seminar by Dr. Mark M. Schir
 a of the University of Wollongong on:\n"The Human Brain Atlas at 3T and 7T
  for adults and children" \nAbstract. Virtually all major discoveries in 
 neuroscience for the last 100 years have been underpinned by an increasing
 ly detailed understanding of the architecture and connectivity of the cent
 ral nervous system. We introduce HumanBrainAtlas\, an initiative to constr
 uct highly detailed\, open-access segmentations of the living human brain.
  Combining high-resolution in vivo MR imaging and in-depth delineations pr
 eviously only available on histological preparations. Here\, we present an
 d evaluate the first step of this initiative: a comprehensive dataset of t
 wo healthy male volunteers reconstructed to a 0.25 mm isotropic resolution
  for T1w\, T2w\, and DWI contrasts. Multiple high-resolution acquisitions 
 were collected for each contrast and each participant\, followed by averag
 ing using symmetric group-wise normalisation (Advanced Normalisation Tools
 ). The resulting image quality permits structural parcellations rivalling 
 histology-based atlases\, while maintaining the advantages of in vivo MRI.
  For example\, components of the thalamus\, hypothalamus\, and hippocampus
  are often impossible to identify using standard MRI protocols—can be id
 entified within the present data. We have also developed a more participan
 t friendly protocol achieving 0.5 mm resolution compatible with children a
 nd some patients.\nSpeaker Bio. Dr. Schira is a Senior Lecturer at the Sch
 ool of Psychology at the University of Wollongong and a Senior Research Of
 ficer at the Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney. He received a Dr. 
 rer. nat. (Doctorate in Natural Sciences) in Human Neurobiology from the U
 niversity of Bremen and Charité\; University Hospital in Berlin\, under t
 he supervision of Prof. Manfred Fahle and Prof. Stephan Brandt. He worked 
 as a postdoctoral fellow with Christopher Tyler at the Smith-Kettlewell Ey
 e Research Institute in San Francisco and with Michael Breakspear and Bran
 ka Spehar at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Since 2013 he is
  supervising his own research group in systems neuroscience focusing on th
 e function\, organization and imaging of human visual cortex.\nThe Univers
 ity of Washington is committed to providing access\, equal opportunity and
  reasonable accommodation in its services\, programs\, activities\, educat
 ion and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disabilit
 y accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days i
 n advance at: 206.543.6450/V\, 206.543.6452/TTY\, 206.685.7264 (FAX)\, or 
 e-mail at dso@uw.edu \nPlease contact Noah Benson (nben@uw.edu) with any q
 uestions. 
LOCATION:Kincaid Hall\, room 102/108\, University of Washington\, Seattle\,
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