Neurotechnology in action

Sessions: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

This course, as a part of MIT's Center for Neurobiological Engineering curriculum, explores cutting-edge neurotechnology that is essential for advances in all aspects of neuroscience, including improvements in existing methods as well as the development, testing and discussion of completely new paradigms. Readings and in-class sessions cover the fields of electrophysiology, light microscopy, cellular engineering, optogenetics, electron microscopy, MRI / fMRI, and MEG / EEG. The course is designed with lectures that cover the background, context, and theoretical descriptions of neurotechnologies, and labs, which provide firsthand demonstrations as well as in situ lab tours.

Please see the Course Publicity page about the blog series by Amy Robinson for Scientific American and EyeWire.

Please note that there was no lab corresponding to lectures 1, 12, 14, and 15.

Advanced Microscopy

Guest lecturers: Prof. Elly Nedivi, Prof. Peter So

Advanced Microscopy Imaging

Guest Lecturer: Kalen Berry, Elijah Yew

High-density Electrophysiology

Guest lecturer: Prof. Matt Wilson

Digital Electrophysiology

Guest Lecturer: Jon Newman

Microfluidics and Cell Engineering

Guest Lecturers: Prof. Roger Kamm & Sebastien Uzel

EM-based Connectomics

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Daniel Berger

EM-based Connectomics (cont.)

Field Trip: Lichtman lab at Harvard

Virus Engineering

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Ian Wickersham

Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

Guest Lecturer: Prof. Dimitrios Pantazis

Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Atsushi Takahashi

Functional and Molecular MRI

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Atsushi Takahashi

Homework 2 due

High Throughput Neuroscience

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Limor Freifeld

Whole-brain Optical Imaging

Guest Lecturer: Prof. Kwanghun Chung

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