Research Week 2017: ‘How can we use our brains to understand our brains?’

By Erik Robinson May 01, 2017 Portland, Ore.

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Tianyi Mao, Ph.D., an assistant scientist with Vollum Institute at OHSU, has made significant progress in mapping what she refers to as the “connectome,” how different parts of the brain connect together to perform different tasks. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Research Week: Tianyi Mao, Ph.D.

Tianyi Mao, Ph.D., an assistant scientist with Vollum Institute at OHSU, spends her days grappling with one of the most confounding and entrancing questions in science: “How can we use our brains to understand our brains?” (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Research Week: Tianyi Mao, Ph.D.

The circuit pathways of mice are similar to the pathways of humans. By studying rodent brains, Tianyi Mao, Ph.D., an assistant scientist with Vollum Institute at OHSU, has made significant progress in mapping what she refers to as the “connectome,” how different parts of the brain connect together to perform different tasks. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)