A pathway seminar with Yiota Poirazi

PATHWAYS IN NETWORK SCIENCE: Yiota Poirazi
Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH)

Title: Navigating the neuroscience space: from math to brain modelling and rodent experimentation.

Bio: Panayiota Poirazi (b. 1974) started out as the youngest principal investigator at IMBB-FORTH, in 2002. She joined IMBB with less than 2 years of postdoctoral experience (in Greece), where she moved upon completion of her graduate studies in the US (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1996-2000). She was promoted to Associate Researcher in 2008 and in 2014 she became a Research Director (equivalent to full professor), a position that she holds until today. She leads the Dendrites lab (www.dendrites.gr) at IMBB-FORTH, whose mission is to unravel the role of dendrites in complex brain functions. Her lab is one of a handful in Greece that use computational modelling approaches to study brain function and develop neuro-inspired artificial intelligence methods. In the last few years, she has expanded her research activities to include behavioral and in vivo imaging experiments in mice.

Website: http://dendrites.gr