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Emma Towlson
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Latest papers
Synchronization properties in C. elegans: Relating behavioral circuits to structural and functional neuronal connectivity.
PLoS computational biology · 2026
Dissecting the functional organization of the C. elegans serotonergic system at whole-brain scale.
Cell · 2023
Dissecting the Functional Organization of the C. elegans Serotonergic System at Whole-Brain Scale.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
Latest funding
- $150,000
Training Biology Students for Jobs in Data Science (TrainBioData)
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $12,500
A computational approach to network control in the brain
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Precision brain network modeling towards a unifying model of mental illness risk
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Synchronization properties in C. elegans: Relating behavioral circuits to structural and functional neuronal connectivity.
Sar GK, Patton A, Towlson E, Davidsen J
Dissecting the functional organization of the C. elegans serotonergic system at whole-brain scale.
Dag U, Nwabudike I, Kang D, Gomes MA, Kim J, Atanas AA, Bueno E, Estrem C, Pugliese S, Wang Z, Towlson E, Flavell SW
Dissecting the Functional Organization of the C. elegans Serotonergic System at Whole-Brain Scale.
Dag U, Nwabudike I, Kang D, Gomes MA, Kim J, Atanas AA, Bueno E, Estrem C, Pugliese S, Wang Z, Towlson E, Flavell SW
Training Biology Students for Jobs in Data Science (TrainBioData)
Principal investigators: Luczak, Artur J
Keywords: bioinformatics; data science in biology; machine learning; neuroinformatics; neuronal data analysis
A computational approach to network control in the brain
Principal investigators: Towlson, Emma
Precision brain network modeling towards a unifying model of mental illness risk
Principal investigators: Towlson, Emma
Keywords: mental illness preterm birth mri diffusion mri white matter connectome network control theory brain network network neuroscience
A computational approach to network control in the brain
Principal investigators: Towlson, Emma
Keywords: network science; network neuroscience; graph theory; control theory; computational neuroscience; c. elegans; systems; simulation; transdisciplinary; interdisciplinary
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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