Professor Peter Zeidman (Professorial Research Fellow, Imaging Neuroscience) : 'Detecting neurovascular dysfunction using fMRI, MEG and mathematical modelling'.
Professor Zeidman leads the Neurovascular Modelling Group at the Functional Imaging Laboratory at UCL. The group researches how the brain and its blood supply change as we age, using mathematical modelling and non-invasive measures of brain function. This work is funded by an MRC Career Development Award.
He is also Chair of the Methods Group, which develops statistical methods for analysing neuroimaging data, and makes them available via the open source software package SPM. His technical interests focus on Bayesian analysis methods and dynamical systems, particularly Dynamic Causal Modelling (DCM), which is a framework for investigating the function and circuitry of the human brain.
"Giving my inaugural lecture was such a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime experience. In science, it’s so rare that our family and friends are invited to see the research we do, and to hear why we’re so passionate about doing it. The inaugural lecture was such an opportunity, and it was great to see so many people join for the evening and socialise afterwards. I was honoured to share the evening with Professor Peter Kok, my colleague and office-neighbour at the Functional Imaging Laboratory (Department of Imaging Neuroscience). It was lovely to meet Peter’s family. This was also an opportunity for me to say some thank yous. In particular, to the amazing mentors I have had at the FIL – Profs Martina Callaghan, Karl Friston, Eleanor Maguire and Cathy Price – as well as my collaborators at the UCL Dementia Research Centre (DRC) – Nick Fox, Natalie Ryan, Jon Schott and Jason Warren. I feel tremendously privileged to be part of the ION community, and I look forward to all the exciting research plans we have lined up for the years ahead!" Professor Peter Zeidman.
Professor Peter Kok (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Imaging Neuroscience) : 'A case of many priors: turning visual perception inside out'
Professor Kok is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Sir Henry Dale fellow at the Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL), UCL. Before joining UCL, he obtained his PhD at the Donders Institute, under the supervision of Dr. Floris de Lange, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Professor Nicholas Turk-Browne, first at Princeton University and then at Yale University.
He is interested in how prior knowledge and expectations influence how we perceive the world, and how this is realised by the brain.
"It was a great honour to deliver my inaugural lecture as Professor at UCL. I could not have imagined being in this fortunate position when I joined UCL in 2018. I want to thank all my incredible colleagues at the Institute of Neurology who have supported me along the way and made this possible. From my fellow scientists to the Imaging Support, IT, and admin teams at the Functional Imaging Laboratory, none of the work I have done would have been possible without this great community. A particular thank you to the researchers in my group over the years who did all the hard work of conducting the neuroimaging experiments I talked about in my lecture. I also want to thank my family and friends who traveled to London to be a part of this celebration, it made the occassion extra special." Professor Peter Kok.
Introduction and closing remarks were given by Professor Alex Leff, IoN Deputy Director Education;
Votes of Thanks were given by Professor Martina Callaghan, Head of Research Department of Imaging Neuroscience, for Peter Kok and Professor Cathy Price, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Dept. of Imaging Neuroscience for Peter Zeidman.
Professor Cathy Price
Professor Martina Callaghan
Professor Alex Leff, Professor Cathy Price, Professor Peter Kok, Professor Peter Zeidman, Professor Martina Callaghan.
Group image: Professor Alex Leff, Professor Cathy Price, Professor Peter Kok, Professor Peter Zeidman, Professor Martina Callaghan.
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