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Air date:	Monday, January 9, 2017, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 319 (29 Live, 290 On-demand)
Category:	Neuroscience
Runtime:	01:03:44
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Description:	NIH Neuroscience Series Seminar Dr. Cohen works at the interface of physics, chemistry and biology. His lab develops new physical tools to study molecules and cells. Dr. Cohen Lab developed fluorescent voltage-indicating proteins which enable optical mapping of neural activity. These tools have opened the door to all-optical electrophysiology and to large-scale mapping of brain activity. His lab has also studied fundamental aspects of chiral light-matter interactions, predicting theoretically and then demonstrating experimentally the existence of “superchiral” light. They invent new physical tools to probe biological structures. They use their tools to make new measurements. They choose problems by looking in unexplored regimes of time and space. They combine protein engineering, lasers, nanofabrication, microfluidics, electronics, biochemistry, and computers to generate data; and they apply statistics and physical modeling to understand the data. For more information go to https://neuroscience.nih.gov/neuroseries/Home

NLM Title:	All-optical electrophysiology / Adam Cohen.
Author:	Cohen, Adam. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): Dr. Cohen works at the interface of physics, chemistry and biology. His lab develops new physical tools to study molecules and cells. Dr. Cohen Lab developed fluorescent voltage-indicating proteins which enable optical mapping of neural activity. These tools have opened the door to all-optical electrophysiology and to large-scale mapping of brain activity. His lab has also studied fundamental aspects of chiral light-matter interactions, predicting theoretically and then demonstrating experimentally the existence of "superchiral" light. They invent new physical tools to probe biological structures. They use their tools to make new measurements. They choose problems by looking in unexplored regimes of time and space. They combine protein engineering, lasers, nanofabrication, microfluidics, electronics, biochemistry, and computers to generate data; and they apply statistics and physical modeling to understand the data.
Subjects:	Electrical Synapses--physiology Electrophysiological Phenomena Optical Phenomena Synaptic Transmission--physiology
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WL 102.8
NLM ID:	101700288
CIT Live ID:	19806
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=19806

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