BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260403T183724EDT-0181Zuvs0u@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260403T223724Z DESCRIPTION:Sensation\, Reward\, and Gut-Brain Pathways\n\nBy Ivan de Arauj o\n\nMount Sinai Hospital\, New York\n\nWith High-Level Panel of Leaders i n Science\, Technology\, On-the-Ground Action\, and Policy\n\nRegister & w atch the webinar\n\nGastrointestinal organs convey mixed messages to the c entral nervous system\, which range from mechanical stretch to nutritional value. The presentation aims at addressing the question of how these mult imodal signals arising from the gut may be decoded by brain neurons. In pa rticular it describes a unique aspect of the functional neuroanatomy of fo od reinforcement\, namely\, the ability of gut nutrient sensors to directl y activate the brain's subcortical reward circuitry. Activation of subcort ical circuitries results in the bypassing of the cortical networks that me diate overt\, conscious insights into the sensory-hedonic qualities of foo ds. The implications for our understanding of phenomena such as satiety an d pleasure\, and the conscious perception of body states\, will be discuss ed.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nIvan de Araujo Studied Philosophy and Mathemat ics at the University of Brasilia\, followed by postgraduate studies in Ar tificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics . He was awarded the title of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford\, under the supervision of Edmund T. Rolls. After his doctorate\, De Araujo held a postdoctoral research pos ition with Miguel Nicolelis at Duke University. He then acted between 2007 and 2018 as Professor of Psychiatry at the Pierce Laboratories at Yale Un iversity. Since 2018 he has been a Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sina i Hospital in New York.\n\nAbout the series\n\nThe Precision Convergence s eries is launched to catalyze unique synergy between\, on the one hand\, n ovel partnerships across sciences\, sectors and jurisdictions around targe ted domains of real-world solutions\, and on the other hand\, a next gener ation convergence of AI with advanced research computing and other data an d digital architectures such as PSC’s Bridges-2\, and supporting data shar ing frameworks such as HuBMAP\, informing in a real time as possible the d esign\, deployment and monitoring of solutions for adaptive real-world beh aviour and context.\n\nThe Precision Convergence Webinar Series is co-host ed by The McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE ) at McGill University and The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center\, a joint computational research centre between Carnegie Mellon University and the U niversity of Pittsburgh.\n\n \n DTSTART:20230405T150000Z DTEND:20230405T170000Z SUMMARY:MCCHE Precision Convergence Webinar Series with Ivan de Araujo URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/mcche-precision-convergen ce-webinar-series-ivan-de-araujo-347228 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR