{"612247":{"#nid":"612247","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dyer Gets NSF Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEva Dyer, a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the recipient of a $175,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDyer, who is an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, was awarded through NSF\u0026rsquo;s CRII program \u0026ndash; the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiative. Sometimes referred to as the \u0026ldquo;Mini CAREER Award,\u0026rdquo; the program encourages research independence early in a faculty member\u0026rsquo;s career.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe aim of her project, entitled \u0026ldquo;Using Large-Scale Neuroanatomy Datasets to Quantify the Mesoscale Architecture of the Brain,\u0026rdquo; is to develop new computational approaches for modeling the connectivity of the mouse brain, in order to reveal principles of wiring and information routing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Dyer explains, \u0026ldquo;Methods for revealing the global connections of the brain typically start by tracing a small number of neurons at a time. It is through performing many experiments, in different brain areas and across many brains, that information can be aggregated and consolidated to produce detailed maps of the brain\u0026rsquo;s global networks and architecture.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer project will leverage whole-brain imaging datasets from the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Each dataset provides a small piece of the puzzle. But, when combined, they can yield a picture of whole-brain connectivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The outcomes of this research will be new maps of the global connectivity of the mouse brain, and a framework for studying the impact of disease and aging on whole-brain networks,\u0026rdquo; Dyer says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENews Contact Info:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researcher developing new maps of global brain connectivity"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researcher developing new maps of global brain connectivity\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researcher developing new maps of global brain connectivity"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2018-10-02 18:04:16","changed_gmt":"2018-10-02 18:05:09","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611905":{"id":"611905","type":"image","title":"Eva Dyer","body":null,"created":"1537815761","gmt_created":"2018-09-24 19:02:41","changed":"1537815761","gmt_changed":"2018-09-24 19:02:41","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232948","name":"EvaDyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EvaDyer.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EvaDyer.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2204243,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EvaDyer.jpg?itok=ogL7Fv6G"}}},"media_ids":["611905"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}