Newsletter 03 | International Brain Mechanics and Trauma Lab
Newsletter 03
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Rheology of Growing Axons
Neuronal axons are among the longest and fastest growing cellular structures of the living world. Classic examples include the spinal nerve of the blue whale calf, which can extend at the extraordinary rate of several centimetres per day. In a recent work, soon to be published in Physical Review Research, Oxford mathematicians Hadrien Oliveri and Alain Goriely, along with Rijk de Rooij and Ellen Kuhl (Stanford), ask how axons mechanically respond to stretch during growth.
Brain waves in a bio-hybrid chips. A new study led by Sonia Contera and Antoine Jerusalem, funded by the John Fell Foundation.
Brain oscillations in the gamma (γ) frequency band (10–200 Hz) are the focus of attention due to their link to cognitive processes, including amalgamation of sensory information into coherent representations (i.e., consciousness), attention selection and memory. This project will establish a multidisciplinary approach combining physics and bioengineering to create a neuronal chip where neurons can oscillate at γ-frequencies, thus offering a novel platform for multiphysics resonance studies.
Bridging the Gap: from Brain Mechanics to Brain Dynamics
Lorentz Centre - Virtual
26 - 30 September 2022
Interactions between mechanical processes, both fluid and solid, and the dynamics of large neural networks are key to shaping brain’s form and function as well as the transitions between health and disease. This workshop will highlight the importance of interactions between different processes. A first session will focus on the mechanics of the brain, adopting the point of view of fluid/solid mechanics or fluid/structure interactions. A second session will focus on the interactions between brain tissue and the neural networks at different scales. Once registered you will receive login details by email. Register here
Brain Multiphysics - Special Issue 2
Biomechanical imaging of the brain across different modalities
This special issue will cover the recent progress on biomechanical imaging of the brain and emerging imaging tools. Research articles related to broad topics of brain imaging and biomechanics are welcome, which include but are not limited to magnetic resonance elastography, microstructural imaging of the brain, 4D Flow imaging, atomic force microscopy, other next-generation biomechanical imaging modalities, imaging-based brain modeling and computation. Closing date is 15 January 2023.
Brain Multiphysics - Special Issue 3
Bridging the Gap: from Brain Mechanics to Brain Dynamics
A third special issue of Brainmultiphysics is devoted to the topics and research discussed at Bridging the Gap workshop held at the Lorentz Centre in September 2022.