Optics and the Brain Topical Meeting

PI：Rogan，Elizabeth提案编号：1540895高水平的技术发展所刺激的大脑倡议是吸引新的研究人员进入该领域从不同的学科，从化学和遗传学，激光光学和神经外科。OSA已经确定迫切需要一个论坛，让这些研究人员可以聚集在一起，在多个层面上讨论大脑中的光学。研究人员将参与光学设计和光学与组织相互作用的高技术组成部分的讨论。他们还将考虑为生物体的神经科学研究开发光学工具的激励因素，从细胞和苍蝇到啮齿动物和人类。这次会议将提供一个论坛，介绍与BRAIN倡议和人脑项目有关的项目的结果，并将激发新的想法和合作，为未来的项目提供有远见的方向。此外，本次会议将为学生，学员和年轻的研究人员提供一个机会，介绍他们的工作，并听取和网络与国际知名的特邀演讲者谁代表这个新兴领域的广泛多样性。这次会议将有助于塑造年轻学员的职业生涯，开始在光学和大脑融合的职业生涯。光学和大脑会议将于2015年4月12日至15日在加拿大温哥华的Pinnacle温哥华Harbourside酒店举行。

PI: Rogan, Elizabeth Proposal No.: 1540895 The high level of technical development stimulated by the BRAIN initiatives is drawing new researchers into the field from diverse disciplines ranging from chemistry and genetics, to laser optics and neurosurgery. OSA has identified the urgent need for a forum where these researchers can come together and discuss optics in the brain at many levels. The researchers will participate in discussions of highly technical components of optical design and optical interactions with tissue. They will also consider the motivating factors in developing optical tools for neuroscience research across organisms, from cells and flies to rodents and humans. This meeting will provide a forum for presentation of results from projects related to the BRAIN initiative and Human Brain Project, and will stimulate new ideas and collaborations that will provide visionary direction for future projects. In addition this meeting will provide an opportunity for students, trainees and young investigators to present their work, and to hear and network with internationally-renowned invited speakers who represent the broad diversity of this burgeoning field. This meeting will serve to shape the careers of young trainees embarking on careers in which optics and the brain converge.The Optics and the Brain meeting will be held at the Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourside Hotel, Vancouver, Canada April 12-15, 2015.