Search the site...

ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
  • BLOG
  • Tutorials
  • Media
  • Contributors
  • OHBM WEBSITE
  • BLOG
  • Tutorials
  • Media
  • Contributors
  • OHBM WEBSITE

 B​RAIN MAPPING

Free Beer and Free Speech: A Conversation with Samir Das and Pierre Bellec

10/16/2016

0 Comments

 
BY NIKOLA STIKOV

In May 2016, OHBM announced the Open Science Special Interest Group (SIG).  One of the SIG founders, Cameron Craddock, wrote an informative blog 
post about the mission of SIG and its potential. In the post Cameron illustrated the benefits and distinctions of open science by drawing upon the free beer vs. free speech analogy. The OHBM blog team felt that ‘beer vs. speech’ is jargon that needs explaining.  Twitter thought otherwise.  This made us aware that the open science voices are sometimes difficult to hear outside of their own echo chamber, especially in the noisy world of brain mapping.  Cameron removed the reference to speech/beer from his feature, and we agreed to pick up the conversation with Samir Das and Pierre Bellec, two free speech and beer enthusiasts from Montreal.

Read More
0 Comments

How Young Women Scientists are Getting Involved with the OHBM

10/10/2016

0 Comments

 
BY LISA NICKERSON 
Dr. Nikola Stikov and Kirstie Whitaker
We caught up with Kirstie Whitaker, a post-doc at the University of Cambridge, who attended both the 2016 OHBM Open Science Special Interest Group Hackathon and the OHBM Annual Meeting, including the Town Hall meeting.

​OHBM Communications Committee member Nikola Stikov had a chance to ask her about her experience.



Read More
0 Comments

Brain Mapping in Korea

10/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
BY THE KOREAN SOCIETY FOR HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
The function and anatomy of the human brain are the basis of debates related to the inner workings of the human mind and body. Before the arrival of brain imaging technology, ethical dilemmas hindered neuroscientists who wished to conduct scientific studies on humans. Fortunately, neuroimaging techniques such as MRI, PET and SPECT have opened a new chapter in brain mapping. With the opening of “A New Window into the Human Brain” as Victor H. Fischer argued in 1962, researchers have been able to investigate not only human brain physiology and connectivity, but also its functionality, such as emotion and cognition, as well as numerous mental health disorders.
       
​To keep pace with this emerging field of research, South Korea started its first society of brain imaging researchers, the
Korean Society for Human Brain Mapping, or KHBM, in 2002. Given that modern human brain mapping utilizes cutting edge information technology (IT), the rapid development of the IT industry in Korea facilitated the early development of the KHBM. The Korean government promoted research and development in the IT industry early on in order to increase Korea’s share of the international information and communication technology market. This timely advance allowed for a positive feedback loop, in which the investment strategy in a variety of IT fields enhanced prompt industrial growth. In 2013, the Korean IT industry alone represented 30.9% of manufactured industrial products, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in comparison to 13.6% in 1997. At the same time, the biotechnology industry increased its share of the GDP by a factor of 12.7, from ₩0.59 trillion in 1997 to ₩7.51 trillion in 2013. Such statistics clearly illustrate the rise in the importance of medical technology in Korea.


Read More
0 Comments

    BLOG HOME

    ​TUTORIALS

    ​MEDIA

    ​contributors

    ​OHBM WEBSITE

    ​

    OHBM OnDemand 
    ​Education Platform


    RSS Feed

    Archives

    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016

stay connected with ohbm!


become a member

Telephone

952-646-2029

Email ohbm

EMAIL BLOG TEAM
Header image created by Thiebaut de Schotten & Batrancourt  
www.brainconnectivitybehaviour.eu