| Time | |
| 9:00-9:15am | Poster Setup |
| 9:15-9:25am | Opening Remarks: Dean Krusienski, ODU President John Broderick |
| 9:25-9:40am | Hameeda Sultana (ODU): Flavivirus infections in Neurological Sequel |
| 9:40-9:55am | CS Nam (NC State): A Hybrid Brain-Computer Interface for Behaviorally Non-Responsive Patients |
| 9:55-10:10am | Gerwin Schalk (Wadsworth Center): Prospects of Adaptive Neurotechnologies |
| 10:10-10:30am | Coffee Break, Poster Setup |
| 10:30-10:45am | Grace Peng (NIH): Neuroscience Initiatives at the NIH |
| 10:45-11:00am | Leonard White (Duke): Cortical Networks, Pi, and The Self-Organizing Brain |
| 11:00-11:15am | Spencer Smith (UNC Chapel Hill): Optics and Neuroscience: Neuroengineering a Broader View into the Working Brain |
| 11:15-12:00pm | Interactive Panel Discussion (Schalk, Peng,White, Smith), Moderator: Kwame Brown |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch Break, Meet the Panelists, Final Poster Setup Opportunity |
| 1:00-3:00pm | Poster Session |
| 2:20-2:40pm | Lab Tour 1: Center for Bioelectrics |
| 2:40-3:00pm | Lab Tour 2: Center for Brain Research and Rehabilitation |
| 3:00-3:20pm | Lab Tour 3: NanoBiotech and Imaging Lab |
Lab Tours
Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics
Director: Richard Heller
The Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics (CBE) exemplifies Old Dominion University's leadership role in this new field along with substantial federal agency support. The mission of the center is to increase scientific knowledge and understanding of the interaction of electromagnetic fields and ionized gases with biological cells and to apply this knowledge to the development of medical diagnostics, therapeutics, and environmental decontamination. The objectives of the center are to perform leading-edge interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research, recruit top faculty and exceptional graduate students, support regional, national and international programs, and to increase external funding and institutional visibility.
Center for Brain Research and Rehabilitation
Director: Steven Morrison
This facility is outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment for the measurement of various movement behaviors. Our current infrastructure includes a ten camera VICON motion capture system, four AMTI force platforms and two portable Bertec balance platforms, two platinum 20 ft GAITRite pressure sensitive walking surfaces and an instrumented h/p/Cosmos treadmill fitted with the Zebris pressure measuring system.
Our primary research focus relates to the neurophysiological and biomechanical basis of human movement with particular interest as to the effects of normal aging, disease/disorders and injury on movement performance. This research laboratory is designed for multidisciplinary use by faculty and graduate students in Physical Therapy, Human Movement Sciences (HMS), and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Collaboration with the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and the Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center (VMASC) further allows us to participate in exciting research projects exploring new technology in the assessment of movement and rehabilitation.
Director: Nancy Xu
Our research program lies at the interface of Chemistry, Biology and Engineering. The central theme of our research program is the development and application of cutting-edge bio- and nano- technologies and ultrasensitive analytical methodologies to address fundamental and practical questions in chemical, biochemical and biomedical sciences. In particular, the primary goal of our research program is to study chemical reactions and cellular pathways in single live cells in real-time at the single-molecule level. We aim to address the most significant and challenging questions in life sciences; to explore living organisms at the single-cell and single-molecule resolutions; to unravel mysteries that presently prohibit us from completely understanding diseases (cancer) from their onsets to their development; and to design new tools for earlier disease diagnosis and effective treatment. Ultimately, this research program will lead to the discovery of new chemical and biochemical mechanisms, new cellular pathways and functions, and the invention of novel technologies.