LINC camp 2025

Organizers:

  • Elissa Bell, Edmarie Guzman-Velez, Anastasia Yendiki, Massachusetts General Hospital
DateTimePresenter Topic 
June 18th –  July 30thSelf-guidedRaj Rao Nadakuditi, PhD
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Joy of coding
June 20th10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Elissa Bell, BS
MGH Martinos Center
 Kick-off, Teams check 
June 23rd10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Egzona Morina, PhD Intro to neuroscience I 
June 30th10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Egzona Morina, PhD Intro to neuroscience II 
July 7th10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Marina Celestine, PhD
McLean Hospital
 Intro to neuroanatomy I 
July 14th10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Chiara Maffei, PhD
MGH Martinos Center
 Intro to neuroanatomy II 
July 21st10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Anastasia Yendiki, PhD
MGH Martinos Center
 Intro to neuroimaging  

July 28th
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Vineet Tiruvadi, MD, PhD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
 Intro to neuromodulation 
Aug. 1st9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Aya Ahmad
Cairo University, LINC Fellow
Laura Boettcher
Rollins College, LINC Fellow
Seanbiron Johnson
UC Berkeley
Mihir Dey
University of Cincinnati, LINC Fellow
Camila Vasquez
University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
Panel: Undergraduate school
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Elissa & AYCoding: Intro to Colab 
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Lucina Uddin, PhD
UCLA
Autism and the brain
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Data visualization
Aug. 4th9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.David E. Warren, PhD
University of Nebraska
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: Current perspectives on a complex disease 
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Elissa & AYCoding: Intro to arrays
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Jonathan Moran Sierra
Washington University in St. Louis
Ana Morello Megias
Boston University
Maxina Sheft
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vineet Tiruvadi, MD, PhD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital 
Panel: Graduate school
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Arrays in neuroimaging
Aug. 5th9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Cindy Lustig, PhD
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
From back roads to brain scans:  Looking at motivation and cognitive control
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Catch up
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Christian Bravo, PhD
University of Puerto Rico
Neuronal substrates of approach/avoidance conflict
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Advanced visualization of neuroimaging data
Aug. 6th9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Aaron D. Boes, MD, PhD
University of Iowa
A whirlwind tour of my career path and brain research 
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Visualization of brain networks
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.David Lagares, PhD
Zenon Biotech
Matt Rosen, PhD
MGH Martinos Center
Vesna Prchkovska, PhD
Qmenta, Inc.
Panel: Entrepreneurship & innovation
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ricardo Gonzales, PhD
MGH Martinos Center
Coding: Intro to AI
Aug. 7th9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Bing He, PhD
Vincent Malotaux, PhD
Catarina Sofia Pereira, PhD
Mass General Hospital
Alzheimer’s disease & neuroimaging
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Catch up
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Kevin Sitek, PhD
Northwestern University
Yohan Yee, PhD
University of Calgary
Anastasia Yendiki, PhD
MGH Martinos Center
Panel: Scientific communication
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Margarita Bintsi, PhD
MGH Martinos Center
Coding: AI in neuroimaging
Aug. 8th9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Alexandra Touroutoglou, PhD
Mass General Hospital
Superagers 
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Elissa & AYCoding: Catch up
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Elissa & AYCoding: Public datasets / Group exercises
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Edmarie / Elissa / AY
Mass General Hospital
Closing: Reflection & games