Description
Workshop leaders:
Maria-Magdolna ERCSEY-RAVASZ (Babes-Bolyai University and Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience)
Levente VARGA (Babeș-Bolyai University)
Description:
Our workshop will begin with a presentation by Dr. Maria Ercsey-Ravasz on recently published methods for analyzing functional network (FN) dynamics in the brain (Varga et al., Cell Systems, 15, 1–17, 2024). This approach considers time lags when constructing functional brain networks and utilizes the statistical distribution of network properties rather than analyzing a single, averaged network. By doing so, it reveals a stable functional architecture characterized by a strong 0-lag backbone and weaker, yet informative, links at various time delays. In the second part of the workshop, Dr. Levente Varga will teach participants how to use our freely available software for analyzing datasets: extracting functional networks, examining their properties, comparing different groups, and more. We will also provide examples of how this method can be employed to develop novel biomarkers in the study of various pathologies.
