2018 Winner Subbulakshmi Sankarasubramanian's Update- BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition 2019
Speaker: Subbulakshmi Sankarasubramanian
Topic: 2018 Winner, 2019 Update, BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition, Consciousness, Memory Suppression, Michael Anderson, Mind Science Foundation, Neuroscience, Non-Invasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Regulation of Consciousness, Subbulakshmi Sankarasubramanian, Traumatic brain injury
BrainStorm 2018 winner Subbulakshmi Sankarasubramanian (University of Cambridge) gives the audience an exciting update on work being done in Michael Anderson’s lab to try and suppress traumatic memories that cause emotional pain. For the 2018 Competition they proposed the use of non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation to understand the functional mechanisms that are damaged in traumatic brain injury. By studying the brain’s protective shield, they hope to develop treatment methods that will improve an individual’s ability to inhibit, suppress, and forget when needed; and add to the scientific understanding of the brain’s regulation of consciousness. BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition is an innovative pitch competition connecting early‐career neuroscience researchers with the capital they need to fund their research. Scientists pitch their ideas in groundbreaking neuroscience to an audience of Mind Science Foundation supporters, who cast their votes to award the first prize of a $30,000 Tom Slick Research Award in Consciousness, or runners up awards of $15,000. Learn more about the Mind Science Foundation and the Competition at https://mindscience.org/programs-init… The Mind Science Foundation is committed to funding early-career researchers teamed with senior primary investigators in powerful labs to work on pilot studies that help them obtain grants for further research, with the addition of a strategic goal to incentivize the building of skills in translating complex neuroscience for a general audience. The Mind Science Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation supported by a special endowment from our founder, visionary philanthropist and entrepreneur, Thomas Baker Slick, Jr. But to fully realize our strategic goals of sponsoring research at a meaningful levels of funding, and providing educational opportunities to translate that research for the public, we rely on tax-deductible contributions from individuals, corporations, and granting foundations. For more information on how you can support our work, visit https://mindscience.org/.
