{"612246":{"#nid":"612246","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dyer Developing New Maps of Global Brain Connectivity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEva Dyer, a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the recipient of a $175,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDyer, who is an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, was awarded through NSF\u0026rsquo;s CRII program \u0026ndash; the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiative. Sometimes referred to as the \u0026ldquo;Mini CAREER Award,\u0026rdquo; the program encourages research independence early in a faculty member\u0026rsquo;s career.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe aim of her project, entitled \u0026ldquo;Using Large-Scale Neuroanatomy Datasets to Quantify the Mesoscale Architecture of the Brain,\u0026rdquo; is to develop new computational approaches for modeling the connectivity of the mouse brain, in order to reveal principles of wiring and information routing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Dyer explains, \u0026ldquo;Methods for revealing the global connections of the brain typically start by tracing a small number of neurons at a time. It is through performing many experiments, in different brain areas and across many brains, that information can be aggregated and consolidated to produce detailed maps of the brain\u0026rsquo;s global networks and architecture.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer project will leverage whole-brain imaging datasets from the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Each dataset provides a small piece of the puzzle. But, when combined, they can yield a picture of whole-brain connectivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The outcomes of this research will be new maps of the global connectivity of the mouse brain, and a framework for studying the impact of disease and aging on whole-brain networks,\u0026rdquo; Dyer says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BME\/Petit Institute researcher gets NSF award"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2018-10-02 18:00:41","changed_gmt":"2018-10-02 18:00:41","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611905":{"id":"611905","type":"image","title":"Eva Dyer","body":null,"created":"1537815761","gmt_created":"2018-09-24 19:02:41","changed":"1537815761","gmt_changed":"2018-09-24 19:02:41","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232948","name":"EvaDyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EvaDyer.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EvaDyer.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2204243,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EvaDyer.jpg?itok=M3CEhM3i"}}},"media_ids":["611905"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}