Introduction of director (Director Seong-Gi Kim)
Director, Seong-Gi Kim, a chair professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the USA, studies the physiological mechanisms underlying brain function in humans and animals and plans to provide basic neuroscience knowledge which will contribute to the development of clinical research for brain functions and to the brain-related medical field
- For more information, see the introduction to the director of the center for Neuroscience Imaging Research :
Research objectives
- a. To establish a world-class "systems neuroscience R & D Hub Center" in conjunction with the government and university due to the absence of domestic interdisciplinary research institutes for systems neuroscience and its related fields
- b. To treat and prevent brain diseases and acquire systems neuroscience related technology including biological sciences, nanotechnology and robots, such as fMRI, PET and optical imaging, which visualizes brain activation patterns based on blood flow
Main research activities
- a. To conduct comprehensive studies focused on basic physiological mechanisms to solve the fundamental problem of how the brain handles sensory, physical and cognitive information
- b. To study multifaceted information related to neuronal units using advanced experimental systems such as in vivo electro physiological and multi-quantum laser microscopes
- c. To study groups of living neurons in the brain and their connection networks using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), in vivo optical imaging, etc.
- d. fMRI is available for real-time measurement of cerebral blood flow dynamics resulting from the activity of neurons. Thus, it can be a groundbreaking research technique in systems neuroscience research
- e. To study the correlation between the mechanisms of nerves and blood flow in the brain as well as multilateral aspects of brain function
- f. To suggest an innovative research technique for systems neuroscience by combining new neuro-imaging technology and know-how with computational methodology.
- g. The neurobiology research group conducts extensive systemic neuroscience studies, ranging from studying individual cells to the entire brain and from animals to humans, using new methods developed by the methodology research group for studying brain function mechanism
Project Scale
- a. starting date: 2013.7.1.
- b. roject Expenses: 100 billion for 10 years
