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Chicago, IL, United States, 04/29/2008 - IIT/UofC Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuro-engineering Research presents “Epilepsy: Synchronizing Research,” a conference on May 2 and 3 at IIT.
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The Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research (CINNR), a joint center between Illinois Institute of Technology’s (IIT) Biomedical Engineering department and University of Chicago’s Computational Neuroscience program, presents “Epilepsy: Synchronizing Research,” a conference featuring international experts on mechanisms of epilepsy and potential treatments for this disease. The conference will be held from 9 am to 5 pm. Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, in the ballroom and auditorium of IIT’s McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC), 3201 South State St., Chicago.
Co-chaired by David Mogul, IIT associate professor of biomedical engineering, and University of Chicago’s Drs. Wim van Drongelen and John Ebersole, the conference will provide the latest research into the causes and treatments for epilepsy. Discussions will include the latest research in genetic, cellular and network mechanisms of epilepsy, mathematical and computational models and animal and human studies.
The mission of CINNR (cinnresearch.org) is to foster research in systems and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago and neural engineering at IIT. One of the research goals of the center is to increase understanding of the basic causes of epilepsy, to develop new technologies that allow the prediction of epileptic seizures and the location of epileptic tissue in the brain and to use brain machine interfaces to control seizures.
The conference is free. Those wishing to attend are requested to contact Cathie D’Amico at damico[.]iit.edu no later than Wednesday, April 30
Founded in 1890, IIT (iit.edu) is a Ph.D.-granting university with more than 7,300 students in engineering, sciences, architecture, psychology, design, humanities, business and law. IIT’s inter-professional, technology-focused curriculum is designed to advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to prepare students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment.
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