Importance of Integrating Neurohumanities

Thursday, 1 July 2021, 12:30 – 1:30pm Guest Lecture - Mani Ramaswami on the Importance of Integrating Neurohumanities Professor Mani Ramaswami (TCIN) will give a presentation on Neurohumanities and its potential and importance within Trinity, followed by a Q&A. Professor Mani Ramaswami (TCIN) presentation will touch on the history thus far of NeuroHumanities and NeuroHumanities research at Trinity, the work that is currently being supported and/or emerging, and exciting future potentialities in this area. It will also touch on the challenges of bridging disciplines, the importance of language, the tensions present between "soft" and "hard" sciences, and potential ways of negotiating the potential hurdles this emerging discipline often faces. All are welcome to attend the presentation and Q&A afterwards, which will provide a stimulating and exciting discussion. About Professor Mani Ramaswami Mani Ramaswami is the professor of neurogenetics at Trinity College Dublin. Ramaswami’s laboratory was among the first to combine cell biology and genetics to analyze synaptic mechanisms in Drosophila. His current work is focused on neuronal functions of RNA-granules and RNA-binding proteins in vivo and neural circuit mechanisms involved in behavioral habituation. Based on his laboratory’s studies of olfactory habituation in Drosophila, Ramaswami recently proposed that habituation may be generally mediated by inhibitory representations or negative images of excitatory stimulus ensembles created by a specific form of excitation-inhibition balancing that is altered in autism spectrum disorders. About NeuroHumanities Networking Group The newly formed NeuroHumanities Networking Group is dedicated to providing a functional framework for postgraduates engaged or interested in interdisciplinary research and seeking to expand their network and knowledge base. The NeuroHumanities Networking Group is piloting its first 4-week series of online events over the summer, designed to foster connections within Trinity, hosted by Trinity Long Room Hub, hosted by Trinity Long Room Hub.. Organised by Amelia McConville, School of English and in association with the Institute of Neuroscience, and Fiona Stout, Fiona Stout, School of Creative Arts , the series is supported by the Postgraduate Wellbeing & Community Fund and Professor Mani Ramaswami, Director of Trinity Institute of Neurosciences (TCIN). Attending all 4 sessions of the series is highly encouraged. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/