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     COLLOQUIUM OF THE COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE CENTER
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           THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL & DATA SCIENCES
                            (CSI 898-Sec 001)
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                Mediators of memory and learning in the brain

                            Nathalia Peixoto
            Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 
                 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

In this talk we will describe two projects in the neural engineering lab, 
both focusing on neural interfaces. One project is in collaboration with 
the FDA and aims at demonstrating the safety in retinal implant devices. 
We will discuss how we model an implantable electrode in terms of electric 
circuits. The second project focuses on neural cell cultures and we will 
present results on how to interface with networks over time and train them 
to respond to electrical stimuli. We intend to discuss how that impacts 
our understanding of the mechanisms mediating memory and learning in the 
brain. 

Some of the other projects in the lab are described in our site: 
http://neural.bioengineering.gmu.edu 

                           April 4, 2016
                               4:30 pm
                    Exploratory Hall, room 3301 
                          Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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