Lecturer

Michael Bienkowski, PHD, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience. He directs the USC center for Integrative Connectomics at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute. Dr. Bienkowski and his team strive to unravel the intricacies of brain circuitry and how it breaks down in Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders. His research focuses on defining neuronal networks in animals and human beings, based on cellular gene expression and morphology, together with network connectivity and function.

Learn from the Lecture

Learn how USC is studying the 86 billion neurons of our brain structure and working to find ways to protect us against neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s.