Bruker @ ISMRM 2021
Full-day scientific workshop celebrating advancements and innovation in preclinical neuroscience and metabolic research.
Arxspan User Group Meeting 2021
The first ever virtual Arxspan User Group Meeting! Expert guests share the latest updates in Bruker’s laboratory data management solutions.
Cellular Mechanisms Behind Alcohol Abuse and Binge Drinking Behavior
Dr. Gilles Martin discusses the cellular basis and reward pathways behind binge drinking behavior and alcohol abuse in rodent models.
Self Head Fixation Training for the Study of Perceptual Decisions in Mice
In this webinar, Andrea Benucci, PhD will discuss a setup developed in his laboratory for high-throughput behavioral training of mice based on voluntary head fixation.
Sex, Drugs, and Bad Choices: Modeling Human Decision Making in Rats
Join Dr. Berry Setlow as he discusses the behavioral and biological mechanisms of cost-benefit decision making in rodent models, with a focus on how substance use can affect variability and long-term consequences in decision making.
20 Years of TRPV4: Exploring Science, Discovery, and Future Directions
A virtual conference to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of TRPV4 and scientific discovery across various biological systems.
From “Artificial” to “Real”: What 24/7 Home Cage Monitoring Teaches Us In Pre-Clinical Neurodegenerative Disease Models
Experts discuss an innovative and scalable home cage monitoring solution called Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC), showing how it can be used to study neurodegenerative diseases and monitor biorhythmicity of small rodents.
PET/MRI Occupancy Studies – Basic Principles and Applications in Neuroimaging
Join PET experts Dr. Placzek and Dr. Mandeville for an overview of their current projects centring around the core principles of PET and MRI occupancy studies.
Special Vulnerabilities of the Aging Brain to Cognitive Decline and Dementia
Dr. De La Monte will discuss her research involving the roles of brain insulin deficiency and insulin resistance in Alzheimer's disease.
Functional Ultrasound Imaging in Pain and Pharmacology Research
Dr. Sophie Pezet and Dr. Benjamin Vidal will discuss methodology, applications and new possibilities enabled by functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging, with a focus on chronic pain and neuropharmacology research.
Optogenetic Activation of Selective Cardiac Autonomic Neurons
In this webinar, Dr. Angel Moreno will discuss how optogenetics can be used to modulate the cardiac autonomic system, with a special emphasis on experimental preparation, troubleshooting and data analysis and interpretation.
Multimodal Workload Measurements – Combining fNIRS, ECG/HRV, Eye Tracking, & Stimulus Presentation
During this webinar, Alex Dimov and Frazer Findlay walk you through all the steps of creating and analyzing multimodal experiments.
Restoring Vision – Optogenetic Gene Therapy Targeted at Human ON-Bipolar Cells
Optogenetic gene therapy holds great promise for healing blindness. Hulliger et. al. have developed a new promoter that effectively targets human ON bipolar cells. This is an important step towards clinical applications of optogenetic gene therapy for restoring vision.
Using EEG to Evaluate the Behavioral Effects of Benzodiazepines in Rhesus Monkeys
Lais Berro, PhD presents recent research demonstrating the anxiolytic, sedative and abuse-related effects of benzodiazepine drugs, and how they correlate with telemetry-based EEG recordings in a translational non-human primate model.
fNIRS for Mental Workload Assessment
During this webinar, Alex Dimov discusses fNIRS in mental assessment research and presents an ergonomic and easy-to-use ecosystem for recording and analysis.
How Estrogen Influences Respiratory Function and Spinal Respiratory Neuroplasticity
Dr. Brendan Dougherty discusses how sex hormones influence respiratory function and the development of respiratory neuroplasticity.
Increasing Reproducibility and Reliability of Novel Object Tests Through Standardization and Automation
In this webinar, Dr. Alicia Brantley summarizes some of the challenges to reproducing novel object tests and the physical and technological solutions she's exploring to overcome these challenges.
Event-Related EDA Combined with Stimulus Presentation: Set up, Optimize Quality and Analyze
Frazer Findlay and Alex Dimov review how EDA (Electrodermal Activity) combined with physiological stimulus and eye tracking provides insights into physiological processes.
What Hurts the Most? Mechanical Stimulation Made Easy with the 300C-I
Chris Rand of Aurora Scientific discusses the 300C-I: Dual-Mode Indenter, an automated electronic von Frey device for use in pain research and neuroscience experiments.
Comfort Food: Effects of Stress and High-Fat Diets on Neuronal Activity and Mitochondrial Remodeling in Mice
Julio Ayala, PhD and Matthew Robinson, PhD share their research focusing on feeding behavior in mice and the effects of stress and exercise on metabolism. They will discuss neuronal activity and high-fat diets as well as mitochondrial remodeling and exercise training in mouse models of obesity.
Science of Aging: A Physiological & Translational Perspective
Science of Aging - A Physiological & Translational Perspective: A webinar series covering fundamentals, late-breaking research and novel discoveries in the field of aging science.
Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE): Techniques and Preclinical Applications
Experts outline techniques and analysis methods for MRE, and both discuss and demonstrate implementation of MRE in a broad range of preclinical research applications in healthy animals and models of disease.
Reductions in Impulsivity in an Animal Model of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Dr. F. Scott Hall presents his research that focuses on treatments for impulsive behavior commonly associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The Role of Nogo-A in Visual Deficits Induced by Retinal Injury
In this webinar, Julius Baya Mdzomba, PhD shows the link between Nogo-A, a membrane protein and potent inhibitor of neuronal growth, and visual deficits aggravation after retinal injury.
Multimodal Behavioral Assessment After Experimental Brain Trauma
Corina Bondi, PhD discusses her research on experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the resulting cognitive deficits for TBI survivors.
