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Dr. Satish Nair received an NIH R01 grant entitled "Modeling acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear associations in amygdala circuits"
September 7, 2009
Dr. Satish Nair, MUII Core Faculty and Dowell Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, recently received $729,987 from the NIH to study the acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear associations in the neural components of the fear circuit of mammals. The computational models will be developed using experimental data from laboratories of two neuroscience Co-PIs. Preliminary models, developed by Dr. Nair's group over a period of 3 years demonstrate that they can provide significant insights into the intrinsic and synaptic mechanisms associated with learning and neuroplasticity in conditioned fear. The proposed research will expand this collaboration with the following specific aims:
1. To investigate the underlying mechanisms of learning and neuroplasticity in the amygdala related to the acquisition and extinction of conditioned fear using a biologically realistic computational model, and to test model predictions in experiments.
2. To investigate the mechanisms involved in the regulation of amygdala-dependent conditioning and extinction fear memory by the ventro medial prefrontal cortex, using a biologically realistic computational model, and to test model predictions in experiments.
The proposed computational model will also provide new insights and understanding of a spectrum of psychiatric disorders including PTSD and anxiety disorders, which are thought to arise from deficits in the fear circuit. It will also be a key tool for the development of novel agents and strategies for the treatment of such disorders. Finally, the collaboration will also contribute to the generation of new curricula and materials for undergraduate, graduate and medical student education, and for K-12students.
MUII bioinformatics faculty and graduate director Dr. Dmitry Korkin receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award
June 9, 2009
Dr. Dmitry Korkin, Assistant Professor of Informatics Institute and Computer Science Department, receives the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award on June 9, 2009. His project entitled "CAREER: A Computational Approach to Study Molecular Mimicry in Host-Pathogen Interactions" will receive $613,490 for five years. Dr. Korkin is the second NSF CAREER Awardee of MUII and the fourth from the Computer Science Department.
According to the NSF, the CAREER Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.
Congratulations to Dmitry!
Find more about it-MU News Bureau Article
Health informatics student and MU Psychiatry faculty study the reasons underlying patient no-shows
February 16, 2009
http://www.acpinternist.org/archives/2009/02/no-shows.htm
Informatics faculty and students receive high marks in international protein structure prediction competition (CASP8)
December 31, 2008
http://engineering.missouri.edu/news/stories/2009/mu-receives-high-marks/index.php
Data Mining to Assist Studies of Linkage between Obesity and Lymphedema Risk for Breast Cancer Survivors
December 16, 2008
http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2008/1216-armer-lymphedema-bmi.php
Professors Dong Xu and Jim Keller publish new book
August 28, 2008
We must all congratulate Professor's Dong Xu and Jim Keller for having published a new book entitled, "Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Bioinformatics."
http://www.icpress.co.uk/lifesci/p583.html
This book combines some of our best scholarship in the College of Engineering to address cutting edge issues that cross engineering and the life sciences. It is wonderful to see our faculty collaborating and publishing books together. A copy of this book is on display in the glass case, outside 249 EBW.
NSF awards a research project to study computational approaches for visual knowledge management and retrievals in medicine, biology, and geospatial
August 15, 2008
Institute's Director Dr. Chi-Ren Shyu and colleagues, Dr. Gerald Arthur (Pathology and Anatomical Sciences Department), and Drs. Kwangsu Cho and Sanda Erdelez (School of Information Science and Learning Technology), have received $449,287 from the National Science Foundation for three years. This project entitled "Searchable and Sharable Visually Observed Knowledge Base" is to model domain expert's tacit visual knowledge. This research will develop knowledge capture and transfer infrastructure for researchers in life science domains and healthcare providers across various biomedical areas, including pathology and radiology using computational method to characterize their visual findings and a model knowledge base in which to store, preserve, manage, provide access to and facilitate the transfer of their visually based expertise.
MUII courses have been approved by the Graduate Faculty Senate
August 1, 2008
Thanks to the core faculty, Computer Science (CS) and Health Management & Informatics (HMI) Departments, and Graduate School staff who helped during the approval process. MUII received a curriculum designator - INFO INST - from Deputy Provost's office on May 7, 2008. Courses for MUII have been approved by the Graduate Faculty Senate and Graduate School on August 1, 2008. The Institute proposed 10 new bioinformatics courses and cross-listed two HMI and one CS course. A detailed course list and their offering terms can be found here.
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