About Us

Since 2019, Matheon's application-oriented mathematical research activities are being continued in the framework of the Cluster of Excellence MATH+
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Maureen Smith

maureen.smith@fu-berlin.de

Projects as a member

CH20

Stochasticity driving robust pattern formation in brain wiring
Dr. Max von Kleist / Dr. Martin Weiser

Project heads: Dr. Max von Kleist / Dr. Martin Weiser
Project members: Marian Moldenhauer / Maureen Smith
Duration: 01.06.2017 - 31.12.2019
Status: running
Located at: Freie Universität Berlin

Description
During brain development, synaptic connection patterns are formed in an extremely robust manner. As the interconnection patterns are much too complex to be encoded directly in the genome, they must emerge from simpler rules. In this project we investigate mechanistic stochastic models of axon growth and filopodial dynamics, checking whether their simulation leads to connection patterns and dynamics as observed in vivo, and with the same robustness.

http://www.zib.de/projects/BrainWiring

Projects as a guest