Lecturers are having a discussion at the Science Innovation Conference ‘Advanced Science, 50 Years to Come’ held on July 28th. Provided by Choi Jonghyun Academy
At the ‘Science Innovation Conference’, which was broadcast live on YouTube on the 28th, hosted by the Choi Jong-hyun Academy, top brain scientists from home and abroad gathered in one place. In the third session of the day, chaired by Professor Hong-Geun Park of the Department of Chemistry at Harvard, USA, the latest status and tasks of scientists trying to uncover the mysteries of the brain were introduced.
Myung-Woo Chun, chair professor of psychology at Yale University in the US, gave the first speaker on the day and introduced the latest research technique, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), under the theme of ‘Neuroscience of Performance’. Professor Cheon said, “fMRI is a device that can measure in real time which part of the brain is activated depending on the situation. .
Professor Cheon’s team had the subjects look at a human face and then analyzed brain activity patterns using fMRI. Based on this result, the face was redrawn using the AI algorithm, and the result was similar to the face seen by the actual experimenter. Professor Cheon said, “Using advanced fMRI, it is possible to image the entire brain and analyze the unique brain activity of a person.”
Lee Dae-yeol, chair professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, began the lecture by saying, “Scholarships that have reached a certain level are called ‘normal science’, but brain science has not yet reached that level, so there are many things we don’t know about the brain.” He pointed out the history of brain science research one by one, saying that over the past 100 years, brain science research has been accompanied by the development of new technologies. He introduced the brain sectioning machine developed in the 1850s to invasive methods used in modern brain science research, fMRI, and so on.
Professor Lee also told a behind-the-scenes story, saying, “The vacuum tube developed for brain research has also revolutionized the music industry.” The vacuum tube amplifier for listening to the sound of the electric guitar, and the transistor, the part of the pedal and effector of the electric guitar, were all developed in the course of brain science research. This is how rock music started while researching brain science.
Myeong-woo Cheon, Chair Professor of Psychology at Yale University, Dae-yeol Lee, Chair Professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, and Jin-hyung Lee, Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford University, USA, introduce the latest research trends at the Science Innovation Conference hosted by Choi Jong-hyun Academy on the 28th (from left). Provided by Choi Jonghyun Academy
Jinhyeong Lee, a professor of neuroscience at Stanford University in the US, took the third order under the theme of ‘AI and the future of brain science’. Professor Lee said, “Currently, the method of diagnosing brain dysfunction remains at the level of writing a questionnaire. He pointed out why the current treatment for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease is focused only on removing aggregated proteins. It is explained that it is because the state of brain function has not been accurately understood.
Professor Lee conducted a study to analyze how protein aggregation was related to brain activation in disease-induced mice. He later succeeded in quantifying the correlation between the two using machine learning. “Using AI, we can protect future brain health and treat functional disorders,” he said.
Kwang-Hoon Jung, a professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), showed a picture of his child at the beginning of the lecture and recalled happy memories of that time. Then, he said, his memory would gradually fade. And he said that it is important to know the process by which memories are created to treat Alzheimer’s disease, which is so common that one in three people suffer from it, he described his research.
He said, “We study by making the brain transparent and observing its internal structure through a fluorescence microscope. “I found out that I do,” he said. “By mapping the brain, we plan to unravel the mysteries of a wide range of neurological disorders,” he added.
Kwang-Hoon Jung, a professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Provided by Choi Jonghyun Academy
Participants discussed how to continue their brain science research in the future. Professor Cheon said, “I really like sci-fi movies such as ‘Total Recall’ and ‘Minority Report’.
Professor Dae-yeol Lee said, “I am interested in philosophical questions such as what makes us happy. Professor Jinhyeong Lee said, “From an engineer’s point of view, I hope to be able to design a level of brain function that can treat brain diseases.” Professor Jeong Kwang-hoon said, “It is difficult to predict the behavior of C. elegans neurons, which have only a few thousand neurons. It is important to develop new technologies to obtain more information about the brain.”
The speakers who participated in the session are gathering to discuss how to continue brain science research in the future. Provided by Choi Jonghyun Academy
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