Invitation to a special ICTP Quantitative Life Sciences Colloquium TODAY in EULER Lecture Hall at 11:00 hrs

Dear All,

You are most cordially invited to a special ICTP QLS Colloquium on "Hyperbolic geometry and symmetry breaking in neural circuits" by Prof. Tatyana Sharpee.

Prof. Sharpee received her MSc degree in Theoretical Physics from Ukraine National University, Kiev, Ukraine and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics form Michigan State University. She turned from Condensed Matter physics to neuroscience early on in her career, first at UC San Francisco, then at UC San Diego and lately at Salk Institute where she is Associate Professor. Prof. Sharpee has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society for "advancing our understanding of how neurons represent sensory signals and make decisions".

Sharpee's work aims to develop a unifying theory of how biological systems process information. Specifically, she is uncovering how animals sense and adapt to their environment, as well as make predictions and decisions. To do this, she applies methods from physics, mathematics and information theory to chart the principles by which the brain's billions of neurons exchange energy and information.