Second Annual N.E.W. Conference Brings Together Neuroscientists from Around the World

For the second year, the Neurophotonics Center cohosted the Neuroscience of the Everyday World conference alongside the Center for Brain Recovery and Hariri Institute, sponsored by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute on August 26 and 27, 2024. This two day conference, held on the 17th floor of the Computing and Data Sciences building, featured presentations, panels, and posters ranging neuroscience across the ages––literally. From infancy to old age, animal to human brain function, and in- and out-of-lab research, the variety of N.E.W. conference speakers built off of one another’s fields of expertise to further the conversations on treating neuro-degeneration, -development, devices, and disorders.

Particular presentations of note included two keynote presentations by Uri Hasson of Princeton University on “Deep learning as a cognitive model for human behavior in the real world,” and Nanthia Suthana of UCLA on “Unraveling memories on the go: insights from mobile intracranial recordings in humans.”

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  • Uri Hasson, Princeton University

  • Julia Kline, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center

  • Regina Sloutsky, Boston University Neurophotonics Center

  • Nicole Provenza, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Justin Baker, McLean Institute for Technology, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  • João Sato, Federal University of ABC Region

  • Theresa Vaughan, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, Stratton VA Medical Center

  • From left to right: Veera Anantha, Constant Therapy; Ryan Field, Kernel; Ro'ee Gilron, Rune Labs; Alexander von Lühmann, TU Berlin

  • Nanthia Suthana, UCLA

  • Joseph Culver, Washington University

  • Guillaume Dumas, University of Montreal, CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Center, Mila – Quebec Al Institut

  • Gloria Mark, UC Irvine

This year also featured student presentations, in addition to poster sessions, on the second day of the conference. Seven selected students gave brief presentations on their own research relating to neuroscience in the everyday world.

With posters, panel sessions, and Q&A’s included, this conference served as a wonderful reminder of not only the fantastic work going on in the neuroscience community, but the powerful connections to be made at Boston University’s research centers.

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