Indian Institute of Technology Madras Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Center which aims to empower the “Global Project” to map the human brain at cellular and connectivity levels with a focus on high-resolution brain imaging.
IIT Madras plans to train hundreds of undergraduate and postgraduate students in this center in neuroscience and computing, machine learning techniques on brain data, claimed a press release by the institute.
Addressing the inaugural function, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Professor K. Vijayaraghavan said, “The combination of IIT Madras, which has expertise in science and data analysis, with medicine is going to be revolutionary. Next we have an extraordinary problem in neuroscience, that is, on the workings of the human brain. We are at the first stage in our understanding of the workings of the human brain. The IIT Madras Brain Center will help solve complex issues that will benefit the world.
Further, Prof K Vijay Raghavan said, “The dynamic leadership of IIT Madras has shown an ability to put together a wide variety of complex talents. IIT Madras Research Park is an example and today every institute wants to copy the model.
The Center’s first ongoing project for high-throughput light microscopic imaging of the whole human brain is supported by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the government titled ‘High-resolution Terapixel Imaging for High-resolution Terapixel Imaging’. India. Through this project, the center has developed a high-throughput histology pipeline that processes the entire human brain into high-resolution digital images.
“Using this technology platform, the center is imaging post-mortem human brains of different types and ages. The center has so far acquired whole brain serial-section cell-resolution volumes of three developing brains. These unique first-in-class data sets that provide a high-resolution view of developing brains will be released in the near future,” the institute said.
Speaking on the occasion, IIT Madras alumnus, Kris Gopalakrishnan said, “Entrepreneurship and development in science and technology are vital for the development of the nation. While considerable progress has been made in supporting entrepreneurship, more support is needed to promote world-class research in India. Scientists and engineers play a vital role in feeding the knowledge economy of the country. The country has the right talent, resources and opportunities to be a leader in certain fields globally. ,
Congratulating the researchers, IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamkoti said, “The Brain Research Center is a great case study that proves that technology can contribute to medicine and solve societal problems. The center will take the road deep into collecting data for brain research.”
Furthermore, Professor Mohanshankar Sivaprakasam, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras and Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Center said, “The technology platform we have developed and our strong medical collaboration, give us the opportunity to generate high-resolution large-format histology sections. are allowing. Human brains that would advance this area significantly. ,
Elaborating on the research work, Prof. Partha Mitra, Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Visiting Chair Professor, IIT Madras, said, “3D digital neuroanatomy of the postmortem human brain with cellular resolution is an area of great potential for scientific discovery and also for the understanding of neurological disorders. The unique data sets being created here promise to be widely impacted through open sharing with an international research community.”
Highlighting the collaboration between IIT Madras and CMC for the project, Professor Dr George Varghese, CMC Vellore said, “The brain research center has a huge potential to address some of the major medical issues. The research work done at the center will help in bringing different results for the patients. This unusual combination of science and technology with medicine is the way forward.
The Center is supported by Kris Gopalakrishnan and Sudha Gopalakrishnan. The institute said that their dedicated efforts for research at IIT Madras at the crossroads of neuroscience and engineering are now empowering the center to be a pioneering research area of brain mapping.
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