2021 NPC Seed Award Recipients
The Neurophotonics Center solicits proposals for the support of innovative interdisciplinary research among NPC Faculty members and their teams. The purpose of this Seed Program is to foster research that leverages state-of-the-art optical imaging tools and serves as a testbed for novel technological developments in the field of neurophotonics.A goal of this Seed program is […]
BU NPC Annual Report for 2021
You can find the newest version BU NPC Annual Report for 2020- 2021 here.
Multi-Center NIH BRAIN Inititative U19 Awarded to Anna Devor and colleagues
“Local neuronal drive and neuromodulatory control of activity in the pial neurovascular circuit” NIH U19-NS123717 A fundamental feature of cortical arterioles running on the pial brain surface is the fact that their diameter naturally oscillates at a frequency around 0.1 Hz – due to both the intrinsic properties of the vascular wall and propagation of dilation […]
NPC Projects Summary 2021
Here is a preview of the NPC supported projects for 2020-2021 that will appear in the upcoming annual report. Structural Microscopy Serial Sectioning OCT Functional Microscopy Large Scale Fiber Photometry Multimodal Approaches iPSC-Derived Brain Organoids Applications Beyond Neuroscience Ex vivo Lung Imaging Proof-of-principle Optical Imaging Technology Imaging Neuronal Dynamics across Multiple Brain Areas with […]
Professor Abdoulaye Ndao Joins the NPC
Professor Ndao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the Photonics center at Boston University. His research interests span wide-ranging topics in photonics, material sciences, and physics where his key contributions lie in the areas of topological light sources (top ten physics world 2017), non-Hermitian systems, metamaterials (broadest bandwidth […]
Neurophotonics NRT Seminar: EMILY GIBSON
EMILY GIBSON, PhD Associate Professor of Bioengineering University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO “Understanding the brain with adaptive optics” Friday Aug 13, 2021, 12:30 PM Eastern Time Registration is required. PLEASE REGISTER HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract Understanding how the brain’s complex neural […]
Virtual fNIRS Training Workshop – November 8-18, 2021
The BU Neurophotonics Center is organizing a 2 week virtual Zoom course on functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) on November 8-18, 2021 from 10 am to 12 pm ET (Boston time) every day. The course will include lectures, hands-on sessions analyzing fNIRS data, and a strong emphasis on data analysis exercises using the Homer3 software. The […]
Brainstorming Advances in neuroModulation and Sensing (BAMS)
About this event According to Brain Initiative 2.0, the next generation of recording/modulation technology development should improve cell-type and neurochemical specificity. Current technologies are limited in specificity, temporal dynamics, and by the invasiveness of the technique. We hope you will join this brainstorming session as we bring together expertise on the BU campus to form […]
Congratulations to NPC trainee Patrick Doran for receiving an NIH F31 Fellowship
Simultaneous optical voltage imaging and fMRI in behaving mice Congratulations to Patrick Doran for receiving an NIH F31 fellowship for his project “Simultaneous optical voltage imaging and fMRI in behaving mice.” Patrick is a BU BME PhD Student and NPC trainee working with NPC Faculty member Professor Anna Devor’s group. The abstract of his work follows: […]
How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging
Congratulations to NPC Faculty member Laura Lewis for winning a Pew Fellowship in support of her studies on how the brain regulates sleep. How Sleep Is Impacted by Brain Circuitry and Aging