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CERVO conferences: Dr Bratislav Misic: Integrating and Interpreting Brain Maps
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Room F-1455
Description:
Tangled molecular, cellular, and dynamic undercurrents shape brain organization. An emerging paradigm across neuroscience domains is to comprehensively measure the spatial patterning of multiple biological features, yielding precise brain maps. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function?
In this talk, I will present emerging methodologies and approaches for interpreting relationships between maps of biological features. I will demonstrate how neuroscience can increasingly be approached as a data science, with detailed multi-omic datasets, tools for representing diverse data types, and a broad repertoire of analytical methods. Finally, I will outline key methodological and conceptual challenges involved in disentangling relationships among brain maps.
Ultimately, studying the brain from an integrative perspective transforms both the nature of the scientific questions we can ask and the culture and practice of scientific inquiry.
Dr. Misic will be available for a discussion with students following the lecture, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., in room F-5471. Lunch will be provided, and as space is limited, interested students are invited to register using the link below.
Dr. Misic will also be available for individual meetings. Please feel free to sign up for one of the available time slots if you would like to meet with her.
We encourage you to attend this lecture and take the opportunity to engage with our guest speaker’s research.