Connectionists: CNS*2010 Workshop on High-throughput Microscopy for Large-Scale Neural Circuits

[Yoonsuck Choe]

         * Call for participation (apologies for cross-posting)*

 			CNS*2010 Workshop

High-throughput 3D microscopy and high-performance computing for multi-scale 
modeling and simulation of large-scale neuronal circuits

 		 July 30, 2010, San Antonio, TX
 	         	8:30am to 4:30pm

Organizers: Yoonsuck Choe, John Keyser, and Louise C. Abbott, Texas A&M Univ.

 	      http://research.cs.tamu.edu/bnl/cns10/


Rapid advances in high-throughput, high-volume 3D microscopy technology is 
enabling the acquisition of neuronal-level data at the scale of whole small 
animal organs such as the mouse brain. Techniques that allow 3D molecular 
imaging and ultra high-resolution electron microscopy imaging provide a 
complementary perspective, where detailed local circuit function can be 
investigated. These microscopy technologies, together with high-performance 
computing power becoming available are enabling a data-driven, multi-scale 
modeling and simulation of large-scale neuronal circuits (such as the complete 
connectome of the mouse). This workshop will give a timely update on this 
burgeoning field and provide a forum for intensive discussion to shape the 
immediate and future direction of data-driven computational modeling and 
simulation of the brain.

* This workshop is organized in memory of the late Bruce H. McCormick 
(1928-2007), inventor of the Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope and a pioneer in 
scientific visualization.

Confirmed talks : Abstracts are now online. First authors will give the 
presentation.

[8:30am] Introduction

[8:40am] Louise C. Abbott, David Mayerich, and Yoonsuck Choe (Texas A&M 
University)
High-throughput imaging of whole mouse brain using the Knife-Edge Scanning 
Microscope

[9:05am] Kenneth J. Hayworth, Narayanan Kasthuri, Richard Schalek, Juan C. 
Tapia, Jeff Lichtman (Harvard University)
Large Volume Neural Circuit Reconstruction Using the Tape to SEM Process

[9:30am] Daniel Berger and H. Sebastian Seung (MIT)
Semi-automatic SEM imaging and analysis of neuronal connectivity using 
ATLUM/ATUM slice stacks

[9:55am] Brad Busse, Kristina Micheva, and Stephen J. Smith (Stanford 
University)
Large scale synaptic analysis with Array Tomography

[10:20am] Coffee break

[10:45am] Pablo Blinder1, Philbert S. Tsai1, John Kaufhold2, and David 
Kleinfeld1 (University of California, San Diego1 and SAIC2)
Reconstruction of the cortical vascular network in mouse

[11:10am] Chris Bjornsson and Badri Roysam (RPI)
Mapping the Glio-vascular Infrastructure of Brain Tissue

[12:00pm] Lunch break

[1:00pm] David Mayerich1, Yoonsuck Choe2, and John Keyser2 (1University of 
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and 2Texas A&M University)
Segmentation and Visualization of High-Throughput Microscopy Datasets

[1:25pm] Randal Koene (Fatronic Tecnalia Foundation, San Sebastian, Spain)
Using new in-vivo techniques to add function to reconstructions from 
high-throughput micrsocopy

[1:50pm] Andrew Duchowski (Clemson University)
Eye-tracking technology and its potential application to tracing and validation 
of microscopy data

[2:15pm] Todd Huffman (3Scan) and Peter Eckersley (Electronic Freedom 
Foundation)
Large-scale, collaborative scanning, and the role of commercialization 
(tentative title)

[2:40pm] Yoonsuck Choe (Texas A&M University)
Open issues in high-fidelity simulation of the connectome

[3:05pm] Coffee break

[3:30pm] Panel


Sponsors:

* 3Scan
* Organization for Computational Neuroscience (OCNS)


Thanks,

Yoonsuck
choe at tamu.edu

Yoonsuck Choe, Ph.D.			  Dept. of Comp. Sci. & Engineering
Associate Professor		          Texas A&M University
Director, Brain Networks Laboratory       3112 TAMU
Email: choe at tamu.edu, choe at cs.tamu.edu    College Station, TX 77843-3112
WWW:   http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/choe   Phone: +1-979-845-5466
Lab:   http://research.cse.tamu.edu/bnl   Fax:   +1-979-847-8578