With people across campus researching the brain from many different perspectives, Georgia Tech has a broad but vibrant research training environment for graduate students interested in the nervous system. Students can gain exposure to the latest findings from Georgia Tech researchers as well as visiting speakers from local, national, and international institutions at departmental seminars and special events. Formal grant-funded training programs are one way that students gain insight and experience in specific areas of neuro research. Graduate students are encouraged to attend research presentations to deepen their knowledge, stay aware of research and industry trends, and to broaden their professional network.
Seminar Series
The Neuro Next community gathers weekly on Mondays to hear the latest research from local and visiting scholars. See this year’s schedule of speakers as well as an archive of past speakers.
Other schools and units on campus host regular and/or special seminars where faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students assemble to learn about the latest research in their fields. These are excellent opportunities to participate in the research community and to stay informed about cutting-edge neuro-related research.
- Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Seminar Series is held on Wednesdays 12:15 pm in Marcus Nanotechnology Building.
- Applied Physiology Brown Bag Seminar Series is held on selected Wednesdays at noon at the Biological Sciences building, Room 1253. Out of town and local speakers are invited by faculty members. Presentations cover a wide range of topics, including cellular, tissue, and body’s organ systems responses to motor and sensory activity, integrative physiology, neural control and biomechanics of normal and pathological movement, physical rehabilitation, motor learning, and prosthetics. Contact Dr. Boris Prilutsky for seminar-related inquiries.
- School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series is held on Thursdays at 11:00 am in Krone Biosystems Building, Room 1005.
- The Center for Computational Cognition (CoCo) hosts a "Big Ideas in Computational Cognition" series where each speaker share three big open questions in their field of expertise.
Training Programs
Computational Neural Engineering Training Program (CNTP) is a joint NIH-funded educational and research program with Emory that funds students in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, or Machine Learning. The program is intended to prepare graduate students for careers in neuroscience with a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the U.S.