Brain Mapping Conference po
shawn mikiten
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Brain Mapping Conference post
The upcoming Brain Mapping Database Conference on December 4 & 5 will be in San
Antonio, TX. Anyone involved in, or interested in developing databases in
brain mapping and/or behaviors are welcome to apply. If you have access to WWW
the URL is: http://biad38.uthscsa.edu/brainmap/brainmap94.html
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BrainMap '94 Conference
Database Development in
Brain and Behavior
Session Topics
- Community Databases
- Anatomical Spaces
- Local and Emerging Databases
- Database Federation
Featured Databases
- BrainMap
- Genesis
- Brain Browser
- NeuroDatabase
- CHILDS
- SP Map
Speakers
- Floyd Bloom
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
- Fred Bookstein
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
- James Bower
Caltech
Pasadena, CA
- George Carman
Salk Institute, Vision Center Lab
San Diego, CA
- Verne Caviness
Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
- Anders Dale
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA
- Hunter Downs
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Imaging Center
San Antonio, TX
- Heather Drury
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
- Alan Evans
Montreal Neurological Institute
Montreal Quebec, Canada
- Chris Fields
Institute for Genomic Research
Gaithersburg, MD
- Peter Fox
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Imaging Center
San Antonio, TX
- Jack Lancaster
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Research Imaging Center
San Antonio, TX
- Brian MacWhinney
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburg, PA
- John Mazziotta
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
- Mark Rapport
Medical College of Ohio
Toledo, OH
- Robert Robbins
National Institute of Medicine
Maryland, VA
- Per Roland
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
- James Schwaber
Neurobiology Lab
Wilmington, DE
- Martin Sereno
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA
- David Van Essen
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
- Steven Wertheim
New England Regional Primate Resource Center
Southborough, MA
- Roger Wood
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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Attendence will be limited. Scientists developing databases in brain and/or
behavior will receive preference. Applications must be received by September
15, 1994. Fill out the following application form to apply.
An Advisory Board was recruited to provide external critique of the BrainMap
concept, its implementation, and overall organization of the project.
To apply, contact Sally Faulk - faulk at uthscsa.edu
BrainMap '94
Research Imaging Center
The University of Texas Health Science Center
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Tx 78284-6240
(210) 567-8070 (voice)
(210) 567-8074 (fax)
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BrainMap '94 Application Form
Database Development in Brain and Behavior
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December 4 and 5, 1994, San Antonio, Texas
Co-Organizers: Peter T. Fox M.D. and Jack L. Lancaster, Ph.D.
To:
Sally Faulk, BrainMap '94
Research Imaging Center-UTHSCSA
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78284-6240
210-567-8070 (voice)
210-567-8074 (fax)
faulk at uthscsa.edu (e-mail)
Applications must be received by September 15, 1994
Name/Title:_________________________________________________________
Affiliation:________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
FAX:_______________________ Phone:_______________________
E-Mail:_____________________________________________________________
Do you do functional Brain mapping?
yes________ no________
Modalities:
PET________ MRI________ ERP________
MEG________ OTHER________
Have you used a database of brain anatomy or function?
yes________ no________
Describe:___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Are you on the Internet?____________________________________________
What computer do you use?___________________________________________
What operating system?______________________________________________
Do you use TCP/IP?
yes________ no________
Comments:___________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
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BrainMap '94
Database Development in Brain and Behavior
December 4 & 5, 1994
The Plaza San Antonio Hotel
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This is a preliminary draft of the agenda, may
change without notice.
December 4, 1994 , Sunday - a.m.
7:30 Continental Breakfast
Foyer Hildalgo Ballroom
Session I
Hildalgo Ballroom
Community Databases
8:00 Welcoming Comments
Dean James Young
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
8:10 General Introduction
Peter Fox
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
8:20 BrainMap
Peter Fox
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
9:10 BrainMap - A User's Perspective
TBA
9:20 Genesis
James Bower
Caltech
10:10 Genesis - A User's Perspective
TBA
10:20 Break
10:35 Development of the CHILDES Database
Brian MacWhinney
Carnegie Mellon University
11:25 The CHILDS Database - A User's Perspective
TBA
11:35 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
Session II
Hildalgo Ballroom
Local and Emerging Databases
1:30 Brain Browser
Floyd Bloom
The Scripps Research Institute
2:00 NeuroDatabase
Steven Wertheim
New England Regional Primate Resource Center
2:30 Rat Atlas
James Schwaber
Compational Neurobiology Lab
3:00 Structural Probability Database
John Mazziotta
University of California at Los Angeles
3:30 Break
3:45 Connectivity Database
David Van Essen
Washington University School of Medicine
4:15 Atlas Derived Database
Per Roland
Karolinska Institute
4:45 Discussion
General Reception
6:30 - 8:00 PM
December 5, 1994, Monday - a.m.
7:30 Continental Breakfast
Session III
Hildalgo Ballroom
Theoretical Underpinnings: Anatomical Spaces
8:00 History of Talairach Atlases
Mark Rapport
Medical College of Ohio
8:30 Twelve-Parameter Affine Spatial Normalization
Roger Wood
University of California at Los Angeles
8:50 Convex Hull Spatial Normalization
Hunter Downs
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
9:10 Thin-Plate Spline Spatial Normalization
Fred Bookstein
University of Michigan
9:30 Spherical Projections
Alan Evans
Montreal Neurological Institute
9:50 Cortical Surface Relaxation
Martin Sereno & Anders Dale
University of California at San Diego
10:10 Cortical Surface Flattening
Heather Drury
Washington University School of Medicine
10:30 Break
10:45 Cortical Surface Metric Unfolding
George Carman
Salk Institute, Vision Center Lab
11:25 Culcal Functional Correspondance
Verne Caviness
Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
11:45 Discussion
12:15 Lunch
Session IV
Hildalgo Ballroom
Database Integration
1:45 Introductory Statement: A Database Federation
Peter Fox & Jack Lancaster
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2:00 The Genome Experience: Is Retroactive Integration Possible?
Robert Robbins
National Institute of Medicine
2:30 Models for Proactive Integration
Chris Fields
Institute for Genomic Research
3:30 BrainMap: A Potential 'Hub' for a Federation of Neuroscience
Databases?
Jack Lancaster
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
5:00 Discussion
6:00 End of Workshop III
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BrainMap '94 Advisory Board
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Peter T. Fox, M.D.
Research Imaging Center UTHSCSA
Jack L. Lancaster, Ph.D.
Research Imaging Center UTHSCSA
Chistian Burks, Ph.D.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
George Carman, Ph.D.
The Salk Institute
Alan Evans, Ph.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute
Richard Frackowiak, M.D.
Hammersmith Hospital, London
Karl Fiston, M.D.
Hammersmith Hospital, London
Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Ph.D.
Yale University
Balazs Gulyas, M.D., Ph.D.
The Karolinska Institute
Paul C. Lauterbur, Ph.D.
University of Illinois
Brian MacWhinney, Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University
John Mazziotta, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California
M-Marsel Mesulam, M.D.
Northwestern University Medical Center
Lawrence Parsons, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Austin
Steven E. Petersen, Ph.D.
Washington University
Michael Posner, Ph.D.
The University of Oregon
Marcus E. Raichle, M.D.
Washington University
Robert J. Robbins, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Per Roland, M.D.
The Karolinska Institute
Bruce Rosen, M.D.
Harvard University
Arthur Toga, Ph.D.
University of California
Leslie G. Ungerleider, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health
David Van Essen, Ph.D.
Washington University
C.C. Wood, Ph.D.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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