NWO awards funding to research project Maxime Chamberland

In total, the board of NWO Domain Board Science has approved nineteen grant applications in the Open Competition Domain Science-M program. The proposals awarded vary widely in topic: from Chamberland's project to mapping wind, clouds and wind stress over the sea, developing molecular band aids to stop the bleeding, identifying unknown proteins in cryo-electron microscopy densities using AI, and developing a new technology for a digital calorimeter (and much more).

With his research, Chamberland sets out to explore the intricate pathways of the brain and create a visually compelling experience for brain scientists and clinical use for the first time. He wishes to accomplish this by using advanced 3D visualization techniques. By leveraging the power of interaction and visualization, the project seeks to strengthen the understanding of how the brain is wired at the microstructural level. The end result will be an engaging and informative cinematic journey that offers a unique perspective on the human brain anatomy.

Please note: incidentally, Chamberland's project is not the only TU/e proposal that will be funded by NWO's Open Competition Domain Science-M program: the proposal of Associate Professor Federico Corradi (working in the Department of Electrical Engineering) was also awarded a grant. His latest research (conducted in close collaboration with Francesco Fioranelli of Delft University of Technology) proposes to imitate from nature the extraordinary properties at the basis of active perception, echolocation, and sound-source-localization in animals, to realize innovative neuromorphic radar technologies edge applications.