WINGS Symposium 2023
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 10am to 4pm
Hybrid via Teams and in the Cowey Room, WIN Annexe
Hosted by The WINGS Committee
Join via TeamsThe WIN Global Scholars (WINGS) programme aims to build links between WIN and MRI researchers in the Global South. WIN Global Scholars will continue their research projects at their current institution, while being remotely affiliated with WIN for one year.
We are delighted to hold the WINGS Symposium 2023, where past and present scholars, and their supervisors, present their work and celebrate the programme.
Program
10:00 Opening - Aurea Martins Bach
10:10-11:10 – WIN Global scholars’ research, Part 1
Moderator: Rick Lange
10:10 – Priyanka Gupta: Effects of saccadic eye movements on perception and memory
10:30 – Leila Nourbala: TMS ioFit: The Toolbox for Automated Estimation of Neural Recruitment Curves and Parameters Using Closed-Loop TMS
10:50 – Eberechi Wogu: Assessment of Routine FSL Defacing on Low-field African Brain Data
11:10 – Maëva Michon: Functional connectivity underlying visual speech perception
11:30-12:00 – break
12:00-13:00 – Keynote speaker: Roberto Toro (WIN Wednesday)
Role of mechanical morphogenesis on brain development and evolution
13:00-13:40 – lunch break
13:40-14:20 – WIN Global scholars’ research, Part 2
Moderator: Marieke Martens
13:30 – Theo Ferreira: Neurofeedback as a tool to investigate brain plasticity
13:50 – Kamilla Souza: Working with Cetacean Brains in Brazil: The Brazilian Neurobiodiversity Network
14:20-15:00 – Round table discussion: Creating constructive and robust collaborations with MRI researchers in the Global South
Moderator: Saad Jbabdi
Supervisors of the WINGS’ scholars in their home countries:
- Sridharan Devarajan, Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Francisco Aboitiz, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Bruno Mota, Physics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fernanda Tovar-Moll, D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Mojtaba Zarei, Shahid Beheshti University, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran and Southern Denmark University, Denmark
- Emeka Anthony Osunwoke, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Prof. Amadi Ihunwo, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA
15:00 – 16:00 – Social & games
Organizers: Gaurav Bhalerao and Hossein Rafipoor