Plexon to Exhibit at the 2006 Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting

Dallas, Texas - Plexon Inc., a developer of hardware and software for brain and nervous system research,will be attending the UK Spike Train Workshop at the University of Newcastle.

"Newcastle has recently been awarded an EPSRC grant to host a major international workshop on spike train analysis. Technology to record from small populations of neurones has improved rapidly over the last decade; however, advances in analytic techniques to interrogate this massive data stream have lagged behind. The workshop aims to bring together individuals from neuroscience, mathematics, computing and statistics to work on developing novel analytic tools."

"Each participant will be expected to come with an analysis problem, for which existing techniques are inadequate. After giving brief presentations on their problem, participants will work to develop novel solutions. This will involve informal discussions, and trying out ideas generated by actually programming them. To assist this, each participant will have access to a networked workstation running MATLAB software for the entire duration of the workshop. Didactic lectures are scheduled throughout the workshop to introduce participants to cutting ege techniques from computer science, such as distributed computing and advanced data visualisation. By offering an open, collaborative environment with a wide range of expertise, we hope many delegates will make progress with their analysis problems which would not otherwise have been possible."

When is the Workshop?
The workshop is scheduled to run for 2 weeks, from 28th August – 8th September, in the University of Newcastle. All travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses for participants will be met.

How can I apply?
Places will allocated by open competition, via an application process which has now been determined. Click here to find more application information.

For further information see the list of FAQ's. For general queries regarding the Workshop or to be placed on the application e-mail list, please contact Dr Stuart Baker (stuart.baker@ncl.ac.uk).

About Plexon
Plexon Inc. provides innovative data acquisition hardware and software for recording and analyzing signals from the brain and nervous system. Based in Dallas, Texas, Plexon supplies tools for basic brain and nervous system communication research, neural biosensors for drug and environmental screening, brain-machine interfaces and neuroprosthetics for the growing neurotechnology industry. For more information about the company and its products, call 214-369-4957 or visit www.plexoninc.com.

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