Kilachand Day 2022
On September 27, 2022, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Rajen Kilachand Center, scientists and other members of the Kilachand Center community gathered for a lunch reception before convening in the Howard Eichenbaum Colloquium Room to learn about work from the Center for Systems Neuroscience, the Biological Design Center, the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center, and the Neurophotonics Center with an eye toward discovering and facilitating collaboration opportunities.
Kilachand Fund winners (handout)
Video of Presentations
Below is the order of presenters in the video, and start times of each presentation are in parentheses (0:00) if you wish to skip ahead.
Opening remarks
Robert A. Brown – President, Boston University (0:01; introduced by Gloria Waters)
Gloria Waters – Vice President & Associate Provost for Research, Boston University (9:32)
Center overviews
Chantal Stern – Director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center & Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, CAS (22:34)
David Boas – Director of the Neurophotonics Center & Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ENG (29:08)
Michael Hasselmo – Director of the Center for Systems Neuroscience & Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, CAS (35:36)
Christopher Chen – Director of the Biological Design Center & William F. Warren Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ENG (42:14)
Research presentations
Swathi Kiran – James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor in Neurorehabilitation, SAR (48:33)
Jerry Chen – Assistant Professor of Biology, CAS (58:24)
Joe Larkin – Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics, CAS (1:08:54)
Meryem Yucel – Research Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ENG (1:20:54)
Joseph McGuire – Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, CAS (1:31:05)
John T. Ngo – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ENG (1:44:05)
Anderson (Ichun) Chen – Lecturer of Biomedical Engineering, ENG (1:56:50)
Xue Han – Professor of Biomedical Engineering, ENG (2:10:20)
Research Photo Contest winners
The winners of the 2022 Boston University Research Photo Contest were announced during the Kilachand Day celebration. Run by the University’s research office, the competition had more than 120 entries from faculty, students and staff in three categories—field research, research happening at BU, and research imaging—with three winners and six runners-up chosen by a panel of faculty and staff judges.
Event Photos
Lunch reception
Presentations
