Mapping the Brain: From Cells and Circuits to Function

This Presidential Special Lecture was recorded Oct. 6, 2024, at Neuroscience 2024 in Chicago.  

This lecture from Rui Costa, DVM, PhD, discusses the Allen Institute's foundational efforts to map diverse cell types and circuits in the mammalian brain using approaches such as single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, morphological and physiological analyses, and advanced light and electron microscopy. These efforts span development stages, species, and health states and investigate the dynamics of neuronal activity across brain regions and cell types during sensing, decision-making, and movement. The data, tools, and knowledge are shared openly to accelerate discovery by all neuroscientists. 

Speaker

Rui Costa, DVM, PhD

Rui M. Costa, DVM, PhD, is the president and chief executive officer of Allen Institute in Seattle, Washington. He received his DVM from the University of Lisbon and his PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of California at Los Angeles’s GABBA doctoral program. Costa studies the interactions of learning and movement and how certain brain circuitry is involved in these interactions. His findings in this field are paving paths for discovery of new and improved treatments for various movement and psychiatric disorders.