Administrative Core
The Adminstrative Core provides support and organizational structure for the research Cores.
- Michael Webster, Director and Principal Investigator
- Leann Kumataka, Program Manager
- Ramona Houmanfar, Assessment
External Advisory Committee
- Geoff Boynton, Psychology, University of Washington
- Branch Coslett, Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
- David Field, Psychology, Cornell University
- Anne Hart, Neuroscience, Brown University
- Mark McCourt, Psychology, North Dakota State University
Cellular and Molecular Imaging Core
The mission of the Cellular and Molecular Imaging (CMI) Core facility of the Integrative Neuroscience COBRE center is to provide infrastructure and resources necessary to perform cellular and molecular imaging of biomolecules as well as media preparation to further research at the University of Nevada, Reno. The Core facility is located on the third floor of the Fleischmann Lifesciences building in the Biology Department of the College of Science.
- Alexander van der Linden, Director
- Andrew Yanez, Core Imaging Specialist
BRAIN Core
The Bridge to Research in AI and Neurocomputing (BRAIN) Core provides training, technical support, and equipment to enhance research productivity with the latest computational tools and methods.
- Alireza Tavakkoli, Director; Machine Learning and AI
- Eelke Folmer, Virtual Reality
- Michael Rudd, Statistical Consulting
Neuroimaging Core
This facility is designed to support training, use, and analysis of a variety of structural and functional neural imaging techniques. The core is located at EMM 300, which houses a set of workstations and software for neuroimaging analyses, along with neuroimaging systems. The core provides access to fMRI in humans and small animal MRI by partnering with scanning facilities at Renown Hospital, Reno and the University of California, Davis.
- Lars Strother, Director
- Sean O'Neil, Research Manager