Multiscale neuro-vascular imaging in the mouse brain
Our research applies exciting physics from magnetic resonance, non-linear optics, and machine learning to study the brain across spatial scales. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a powerful tool for mapping brain activity non-invasively and is the foundation of tens of thousands of neuroscience studies. However, it is an indirect measure based on neuro-vascular interactions. Studying these interactions could thus improve its interpretation and applicability. Towards this goal, I will present different imaging tools that allow us to examine neuro-vascular interactions across different spatial scales in awake mice. I will also present modeling approaches that integrate and complement imaging data.
This will be a hybrid talk. Please contact averyb physics [dot] carleton [dot] ca for Zoom link details.
Bio:
BSc in Physics from Université de Montréal.
PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Polytechnique Montréal (advisor Frédéric Lesage) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 (advisor Habib Benali) in 2014.
Post-doc at the University of California San Diego, in Anna Devor’s lab.
Current position since 2017 :
Associate Professor at Université Laval, department of physics, engineering physics and optics.
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Researcher at CHU de Québec – Université Laval research center.