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Prof. David Van Essen from the Washington University Will Deliver a Lecture at MU-Varna

On 17th September 2019 (Tuesday) at 6:00 pm, at First Auditorium of MU-Varna, Prof. David Van Essen from the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA will pay a visit to MU-Varna. He will deliver a lecture entitled "The Human Cerebral Cortex: Structure, Function and Connections" as a part of the Biomedical Forum 30 (2019-2020), at the invitation of MU-Varna and the Bulgarian Society for Cell Biology.

Prof. David Van Essen is a Professor of Anatomy and Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis. His laboratory studies the structure, function, connectivity, development and evolution of the cerebellum in humans and primates. The laboratory utilises neurovisual and neuroanatomical data for conducting these studies, obtained mainly through the collaborative efforts with colleagues at Washington University and other institutions. A major emphasis is placed on the development and use of computerised brain mapping methods, as well as neuroinformatics tools that automate data extraction and analysis.

Prof. David Van Essen is the Principal Investigator for the Human Connectome Project (HCP), a large-scale initiative for acquisition, analysis and free sharing of high-quality data obtained from neuro-imaging studies in 1200 healthy adults. The main focus of the laboratory is the use of HCP and other high-quality datasets for the better understanding of cortical parcellation and the connectivity in humans and primates.

Dr. David Van Essen acquired his Bachelor degree from Caltech and his PhD degree from the Harvard University. He started working at the California Institute of Technology in 1976 and then moved to the University of Washington in 1992, where he has chaired the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology for two decades. Dr. David Van Essen has held many leadership positions, including chairman of the Neuroscience Society and founder of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). He has been honoured with numerous awards and distinctions, including the Krieg Cortical Discoverer Award (Cajal Club), the Glass Brain Award (Organization for Human Brain Mapping), the George A. Miller Prize (Cognitive Neuroscience Society), and the Carl and Gerti Cori Faculty Achievement Award (Washington University School of Medicine). He is a Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

 

Veronica Stoyanova

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