{"595392":{"#nid":"595392","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lu Wins NSF NeuroNex Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHang Lu, the Love Family Professor of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, is co-principal investigator of a project that won an NSF Next Generation Networks Neuroscience (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=242652\u0026amp;org=NSF\u0026amp;from=news\u0022\u003ENeuroNex\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;award, designed to aid the research community as it pursues one of its greatest challenges: understanding the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELu\u0026rsquo;s project, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1707401\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Live imaging of the C. elegans connectome,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E with Oliver Hobert of Columbia University,\u0026nbsp;entails the development and dissemination of tools that empower the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EC.elegans\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;neuroscience community to study the connectome of this nematode, which was the first multicellular organism to have its whole genome sequenced.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENSF\u0026rsquo;s NeuroNex awards bring together researchers across disciplines with new technologies and approaches, with the aim of yielding novel ways to tackle the mysteries of the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Through the development of advanced instrumentation to observe and model the brain, we\u0026#39;re closer to our goal of building a more complete knowledge base about how neural activity produces behavior,\u0026rdquo; said Jim Olds, NSF assistant director for Biological Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;NeuroNex seeks to take that progress forward, by creating an ecosystem of new tools, resources, and theories,\u0026rdquo; Olds added. \u0026ldquo;Most importantly, NeuroNex aims to ensure their broad dissemination to the neuroscience community. With these awards, NSF is building a foundation for the next generation of research into the brain.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELu and Hobert, whose project is one of 17 to receive a NeuroNex award, have been awarded $739,277 for three years, starting September 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENeuroNex is part of NSF\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/brain\/\u0022\u003EUnderstanding the Brain\u003C\/a\u003E program, which is the avenue through which the foundation participates in the national Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.braininitiative.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003EBRAIN\u003C\/a\u003E) initiative, an ambitious alliance formed by the Obama Administration, bringing together federal agencies and other partners to enhance our understanding of the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher contributing to ambitious BRAIN Initiative"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPetit Institute researcher contributing to ambitious BRAIN Initiative\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher contributing to ambitious BRAIN Initiative"}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2017-08-31 20:44:40","changed_gmt":"2017-08-31 20:46:55","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"584223":{"id":"584223","type":"image","title":"Hang Lu C. elegans chip","body":null,"created":"1479912939","gmt_created":"2016-11-23 14:55:39","changed":"1479913883","gmt_changed":"2016-11-23 15:11:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222735","name":"Lu.worm_.chips_.smallfile.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lu.worm_.chips_.smallfile.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Lu.worm_.chips_.smallfile.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":337537,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Lu.worm_.chips_.smallfile.jpg?itok=0hSJtVCx"}}},"media_ids":["584223"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"111361","name":"BRAIN initiative"},{"id":"1304","name":"neuroscience"},{"id":"175227","name":"Understanding the Brain"},{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["Jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}