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DESCRIPTION:Special Seminar with Mac Shine\, The University of Sydney\n\n \
 n\nDate: Wednesday\, July 8\, 2026\n\nTime: 11:00am\n\nLocation: Singleton
  Auditorium (46-3002\, Third Fl of MIT Building 46)\n\nFaculty Host & Cont
 act: Laura Lewis\, ldlewis@mit.edu\n\n \n\nTalk Title: Multiscale thalamoc
 ortical mechanisms supporting the states and contents of consciousness\n\n
  \n\nBio: I am a Professor of Systems Neuroscience at the University of Sy
 dney\, Australia — the first chair in Systems Neuroscience appointed at 
 this level in the country. I lead the Shine Lab within the Adaptive Dynami
 cal Systems group\, a multidisciplinary research team spanning neuroimagin
 g\, neurobiology\, and computation\, with a focus on understanding the sys
 tems-level mechanisms that govern cognitive function in health and disease
 . My work uses multimodal neuroimaging techniques\, most notably functiona
 l MRI\, to explore how communication between brain regions gives rise to d
 ynamic patterns of activity that underlie both normal cognition and impair
 ments in neuropsychiatric disease.\n\n \n\nAfter graduating with a medical
  degree from the University of Sydney in 2007\, I completed my medical res
 idency and obtained medical registration in Australia. I subsequently comp
 leted my PhD\, in which I explored brain network abnormalities associated 
 with symptoms of Parkinson's disease\, including freezing of gait and visu
 al hallucinations. In 2014\, I was awarded a CJ Martin Fellowship by the N
 ational Health and Medical Research Council\, which I used to work with Pr
 ofessor Russell Poldrack at Stanford University.\n\n \n\nSince returning t
 o Australia\, I have worked to build the field of systems neuroscience loc
 ally and globally. I co-founded the Systems Neuroscience and Complexity co
 nsortium in 2018\, a research initiative aimed at bridging scales of neura
 l organisation\, and developed NEUR3006\, an advanced undergraduate course
  in neuroimaging at the University of Sydney. I previously served as Chair
  of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Australia chapter\, an
 d I am currently serving as Program Chair Elect for OHBM — one of the le
 ading international bodies in human neuroimaging. Beyond my research and a
 dministrative roles\, I contribute to the broader scientific community as 
 a writer for The Transmitter and as an active leader in integrative system
 s neuroscience\, working to shape how the field understands dynamic brain 
 organisation across multiple scales.
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LOCATION:Building 46\, Singleton Auditorium (46-3002)
SUMMARY:Special Seminar with Mac Shine\, "Multiscale thalamocortical mechan
 isms supporting the states and contents of consciousness"
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 of-consciousness
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