Babak Kateb
Chairman and President of Brain Mapping Foundation
USA
Title: Integration of nanotechnology, device, imaging, cellular stem cell therapeutics are key components of President Obama’s BRAIN initiative as well as SBMT G20 World Brain Mapping & Therapeutics initiative
Biography
Biography: Babak Kateb
Abstract
The field of Brain Mapping has been evolved rapidly in last few years. The field went from being defined by imaging to include, imaging, molecular/cellular and nano level mapping with detailed genetic and connectomic map. Today the Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics (SBMT) defines Brain Mapping as: The study of the anatomy and function of the brain and spinal cord through the use of imaging (including intra-operative, Microscopic, Endoscopic and Multi-Modality imaging), Immunohistochemistry, Molecular & optogenetics, Stem cell and Cellular Biology, Engineering (material, electrical and biomedical), Neurophysiology and Nanotechnology.In 2013 SBMT, Brain Mapping Foundation (BMF) along with few other organizations successfully helped the White House to formulate Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative. The initiative is aimed at increasing our understanding of brain structure and function from imaging to nanoscale. BMF has been funding major partnership with NASA in order to integrate Nanotechnology, device, imaging and cellular, molecular and stem cell therapeutics. In this presentation, I will defining the nanoneuroscience, nanoneurosurgery and nanobioelectronics and their relationship with brain mapping while producing few examples.
