The Institute supports a highly multi-disciplinary community of more than 100 faculty at the University of Maryland. Explore the levels of analysis employed by BBI investigations—ranging from cellular and molecular to artificial intelligence—and learn how the BBI annual seed grant program supports high-risk, high-impact cross-disciplinary research.
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Dr. Behtash Babadi describes how the BBI facilitates fruitful cross-disciplinary collaborations.
BBI investigators examine the fundamentals of brain structure and function, focusing on gene expression, signaling pathways and the molecular composition of synapses and circuits.
Learn moreBBI investigators study neuronal function within circuits and larger brain networks in encoding, learning, storing, and predicting information for perception, executive function and movement.
Learn moreBBI investigators utilize structural and functional imaging—including MRI, MEG and EEG—to track central nervous system function in health and disease.
Learn moreBBI investigators apply neurophysiological principles to understand how environment-behavior relationships are established and represented in the nervous system.
Learn moreBBI investigators study the neural substrates of cognition, combining theories of cognitive psychology and computational modeling with experimental data.
Learn moreBBI investigators employ mathematical models and theoretical analysis to understand the principles that govern the development, structure, physiology and cognitive abilities of the nervous system in development and aging.
Learn moreBBI investigators devise computing systems based on biological networks to solve complex problems such as visual perception and the optimization of algorithms for big data.
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