Event

[VIRTUAL] Killam Seminar Series: Mapping Large-Scale Brain Organization in Human and Nonhuman Primates

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 16:00to17:00

Supported by the generosity of the Killam Trusts, the MNI's Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding guest speakers whose research is of interest to the scientific community at the MNI and McGill University.

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Ting Xu, PhD

Research Scientist, Child Mind Institute, New York, USA

Host: Justine Clery

Abstract: Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are crucial models in translational neuroscience for bridging the gap between micro-, meso- and macro scale. However, many NHP imaging studies to date have relatively small sample sizes, which does not allow cross-species comparison to big-data analysis of the human brain. This talk will introduce the PRIMatE Data Exchange (PRIME-DE) consortium. By leveraging this resource, I will present a large-scale functional connectome of macaques, and compare their developmental trajectory from juvenile to adulthood to that of the human connectome. I will also discuss the challenges in harmonizing and analyzing the NHP data and highlight the important role of NHP images for cross-species comparison and advancing our understanding of the human brain.

Ting Xu

Ting Xu is a research scientist in the Center for Integrative Developing Neuroscience at the Child Mind Institute. Her research focuses on investigating the brain connectome in human and non-human primates by developing multimodal neuroimaging techniques and computational methods to understand brain evolution across species, brain changes associated with normal brain development, and those caused by disorders.