Virtual lecture on neuroscience

Chandigarh, April 18

The University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, organised an International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO)-funded international event on virtual platform yesterday. Prof Walter J Koroshetz, Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health, US, delivered a public lecture on “Golden age of neuroscience” during the event.

He apprised the audience that neuroscience was entering the golden age. Researchers could now map, monitor and modulate complex neural circuits, enabling the pursuit of research questions previously considered unapproachable. He dwelt on the recent advancements in the field of modern and systems neuroscience.

Prof Vivek Ranjan Sinha, DUI, presided over the event. — TNS