Day in the life of a PhD in Computational Neuroscience in the Netherlands

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2 жыл бұрын

Hi👋, today I wanted to show you what a day in the life of a PhD in computational neuroscience looks like. It is corona right now, so not much is happening, but I still hope you enjoy the video 😊.
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@greater_ape Жыл бұрын

Hi Charlotte. I'm a biomedical engineering PhD in Canada. I do the same type work you do except I work in dementia disorders specifically. Nice to see someone else suffering in the same way.

@thlp6872 Жыл бұрын

Your work sounds extremely fascinating. What are your best tips for getting into this area especially from a non-science background? My interest is especially piqued as I have a LO (currently seeking official diagnosis) with suspected dementia. Thanks in advance. Excited to explore your channel, Charlotte!

@greater_ape Жыл бұрын

@@thlp6872 it would depend what your goals are. What are yours?

@leodu561 2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow PhD student in a related field, it's oddly calming to watch this video while preparing a major paper submission

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@fractail_ Жыл бұрын

This video is soooo cool! I love all the positivity you bring around the PhD even though it can be hard sometimes 😊

@sgwnbe4ever 2 жыл бұрын

Your place is so beautiful. Thank you for the awesome video. - From Australia.

@GeoPoly55 2 жыл бұрын

It's so nice to see you. How calmly you are doing your job

@nikkinishant 2 жыл бұрын

You are doing a wonderful work .. machine learning for betterment of society with direct impact on health..

@elhakim7480 2 жыл бұрын

I start to following yr channel, I'm a PhD student and I'm working too in biomarker field to predict cancer I'm very thankful because u gave me a lot of motivation and energy to work ⚡🙏

@teaci1016 Жыл бұрын

love the video and your work!

@bhavikaberwal3501 2 жыл бұрын

Your thesis sounds very promising, and it must really be tedious to work with since you're going to have to make complex MI algorithms. It could probably ripple the world of psychiatry, but I'm wondering if we have enough data on what genes and biomarkers are affected in each of these psychiatric conditions. Also, are you using the HCP database to accumulate the Brain Scan data and utilize predictive modeling to put markers on the brain scans? I'm working on something similar right now, but only creating a predictive model for Autism Spectrum Disorder using the ABIDE brain scan data, now I'm wondering if I should utilize the biomarkers as well, but I have no idea how to work with that lol. I'm currently a Master's student in Bioinformatics and want to pursue Comp Neuroscience in my P.hD. The work you're doing is inspiring and I'm glad that you're sharing your journey on KZfaq for the aspirants :)

@named161 2 жыл бұрын

You are soo beautiful inside and out!!

@JasonCummer 2 жыл бұрын

Being cold sucks. I used a heat lamp and had it aimed at my back while worked on the computer that way I could aim the heat where it needed to be. Cheers

@MichaelBreshock Жыл бұрын

Hi Charlotte! Great video. I'm currently a researcher studying the economic burden of dementia and I'm considering pursuing a PhD in Comp. Neuro. What programming language(s) do you use most often in your work?

@dhickey5919 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I see you have the book, "Intro to Linear Algebra" on your desk. How much LA do you use in your work?

@mamao696 9 ай бұрын

Greetings. The vlog of a computational neuroscientist is super cool and inspirational! I did some research on the ergonomic workplace setting, and I might have some advice that can help you. The layouts of your laptop and the big monitor could be improved ergonomically. The laptop could be placed higher, parallel to your eyes. And you can get one of those independent mice and keyboards, so your arms can rest naturally on the desk by your torso. The monitor could also be placed on the same level as your eyes, right next to your laptop, so you can have two screens side by side. Your videos helped me a lot. Wish you found what you need throughout the PhD journey.

@CharlotteFraza 9 ай бұрын

Ah this is such good advice, I indeed notice that is sit quite crooked behind my desk, thank you!

@stringsandtheory9750 2 ай бұрын

Hi Charlotte! I'm also doing my PhD and I'm wondering what kind of editor you use for this video? It's really well-made :)

@prizlealex858 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! Currently, in my bachelor's in cognitive science, I am extremely interested in the idea of researching the brain with a mathematical approach. I am even more passionate about the idea that the research will eventually contribute to the field of medicine. It seems that programming is a huge part of your daily work routines. Though the theoretical idea of algorithms fascinates me, coding is not my strongest point. So I was wondering how much knowledge of programming is required in the career path (including academia) of computational neuroscience. Greetings from Germany :)

@CharlotteFraza 2 жыл бұрын

Hee Wooki, amazing that you want to go that direction, I highly encourage it :D. I think it is about 90% to be honest. If you are thinking of starting, I would take some coding courses, on Coursera for example, and see if you enjoy that and then continue from there ^^

@Nina-ih9fr Жыл бұрын

@@CharlotteFraza I have a similar question, actually because I come from a different background, I have a PhD in physics (so I already know a bit of programming), but I'm wondering if it would be necessary to at least have a masters in cognitive/ neurosciences to move to that area... any thoughts?

@eeedona.3747 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of things do you code? Im curious about the kind of work you do!

@SaigeBrushhh 2 жыл бұрын

We have a pretty chill life

@CharlotteFraza 2 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah the best life 🐶

@bomcimtube Жыл бұрын

cold and dark Netherlands, reminded me of my PhD days :)

@jan_waligorski 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Charlotte, thank you for sharing your day! I was wondering what kind of note app are you using? I'm considering a bunch as a student but would love to hear your advice. Cheers!

@CharlotteFraza 2 жыл бұрын

Notion 100% the best app! and goodnotes for taking handwritten notes sometimes :)

@benjaminli21 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Charlotte, great video!! I'm coming from that "how to self learn Computational Neuroscience" video. This is just like that one, another awesome work! Thank you for sharing! Seeing the major topic of your work, I find it kind of surprising why the diagnosis of certain mental problems is unavailable yet. Like, we know that we can see from the brain image of depression patient that certain part of the brain such as the prefrontal robe is shrinking compared to the normal brain. Then why couldn't we just use brain scan to determine depression patient or other mental problems? Well, my own theory, brain shrinkage is kind of common and in order to determine the real mental illness patient we need particular person's healthy brain image to compare the brain image that's from unhealthy period. Since that's unlikely to have a healthy brain image of a particular person, we have nothing to compare so we can't use this brain scan to determine the diagnosis of mental illness. Hmm... I'm just talking about my own assumption. And I think your field might be focusing more on medicine making rather than diagnosis? Either way, I'm pretty sure your work is going to benifit a lot of people as mental health problem is getting more and more serious nowadays since the lifestyle change a lot compare to our parent generation.

@CharlotteFraza 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I also assumed when I just started that it was a problem that would be solved quite fast. But the interesting thing is that people with the same brain patterns can be 'disordered' or 'normal' according to the DSM-5. I would read this paper for a more nuanced discussion: 'Understanding Heterogeneity in Clinical Cohorts Using Normative Models: Beyond Case-Control Studies', but loving ur interest in the field!

@benjaminli21 2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlotteFraza Yeah! I'm so interested in how our mind/behavior works. It's really tricky to have a definite answer on what is what and even if we have the general pattern of a certain type, how we actually behave under certain circumstances can still baffle me. But what I said is more about psychology, and I know neuroscience is deeper down the surface, which is more interesting and more fascinating. I'm currently pursuing a computer science bachelor's degree and I wonder if what I am learning in this phase and my interest in how brain works will meet together in the future. Then youtube recommends your video on "how to self learn computational neuroscience" and then I knew that there's a field that actually combines computer and brain, it's so fascinating to know that! Although one thing that concerns me is my mathematical background which might not be super strong... I already need to put a lot more hard work on algorithms in my computer science major... but I really enjoy figuring out the problem solving, just not that fast though... but still, knowing some facts on how the brain works, I know that I don't have that much practice on what I find is difficult so that there's no "history"/"resource" to provide my brain for generating new idea(something I learn about creativity and neuroscience from talks by a professor called Beau Lotto). Anyway, the more I learn about how the brain works, the more I am hopeful of what I am capable of. Ah, also, the fact that there can be same brain pattern between "normal" and "abnormal" is quite interesting. Having cases/data like this is what makes it hard to put our finger on what causes what... Neuroscience is super interesting 😆

@brandomiranda6703 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that was a long day! Was it 8h? I find that doing more than 6h deep truly focused work is hard to keep sustainable. Would be curious about your experience :)

@redoyanarifin4661 Жыл бұрын

can you make a video related to computational engineering for bachelor degree(University, Curriculum, Major and Minor, Jobs opportunity, Which sector can I move after completion of my studies). Thank you.

@huangchaoxing5308 2 жыл бұрын

1:53 Chinese notebook ! Greeting from a Chinese PhD student in computational MRI

@pushkarsingh3842 10 ай бұрын

Hey, was curious, in terms of coding, what are you working on - were these some problems sets you were doing or you.were working on some project ?

@CharlotteFraza 10 ай бұрын

Mostly bayesian modelling of some psychiatric disorders right now :)

@anjei929 2 жыл бұрын

🧉Nothing like mate for coding/writing/thinking! (Well, at least I believe that was a mate.)

@borekstvorek 2 жыл бұрын

hahah I am in my second year of my PhD in the same subject as you :-P crazy world - Guess we're academic enemies now :-D :-D :-D

@CharlotteFraza 2 жыл бұрын

Haha yes, may the best scientist win ;)!

@ludovicoriccardonocco5007 Жыл бұрын

Can I ask what is your university so that I can look into the same programme? Thanks 😊

@StellaStar777 2 жыл бұрын

So you mainly work on your computer and can theoretically do your PhD from anywhere you want and don’t have to be present in the university?

@CharlotteFraza 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! :D

@nycto16 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I want to do PhD in Decision Neuroscience. I'm currently undergrad business student with majors in finance and marketing. Neuroscience is such a broad field anyone can find their interest/domain. If someone is in medical, they can directly go in human neuroscience which is related to medical disorders/disfunctions. A person like you who likes computers, coding etc can go in Computational Neuroscience and person like my who's studying business, likes marketing, advertising, branding can go in Decision/Consumer Neuroscience.

@idktl 2 жыл бұрын

Before watching this video: Um... how about computational neuroscience? After watching the video: Wow, Netherlands is very beautiful and... CNS looks like funnykkk