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Partha Mitra
Alma materHarvard University, Presidency University, Kolkata
Known forNeural circuit
Computational Neuroscience
BRAIN Initiative
Brain Architecture Project
AwardsSenior Member, IEEE
HN Mahabala Distinguished Chair at IIT Madras
Fellow, American Physical Society
Crick-Clay Professor of Biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
Statistical physics
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
InstitutionsCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
IIT Madras
RIKEN
Bell Labs
Caltech

Partha Pratim Mitra is an American neuroscientist, computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is the Crick-Clay Professor of Biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.[1] Mitra holds the H.N. Mahabala Distinguished Chair in Computational Brain Research at IIT Madras[2][3] and he was a Senior Visiting Researcher at RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan.[4] In 2014, he founded Clarapath, with an aim to automate tissue sectioning in the clinical laboratory.[5] [6]

Biography

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Partha Mitra received his PhD in theoretical physics from Harvard University under the guidance of Bertrand Halperin in 1993.[7] He was a member of the Theoretical Physics Department at Bell Laboratories from 1993 to 2003, and an assistant professor in Theoretical Physics at Caltech from 1996 before moving to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 2003 where he is a Crick-Clay professor of biomathematics.[8][9] Professor Mitra also holds adjunct positions in the NYU School of Medicine[10] and Weill Cornell Medical College.[11][12]

Research

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Mitra's research aims to study the complex biological systems from a “theoretical engineering” perspective.[13] He combines theoretical, computational and experimental approaches and currently understanding how brains work.[14][15][16] Professor Mitra initiated the idea of brain-wide mesoscale circuit mapping[17][18] and founded the Brain Architecture Project, including collaborations with RIKEN Brain Science Institute[19] and Monash University.[20][21][22] He has published over 240 research articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Nature, Science, PNAS, PRL[23] with an H-index of 70[24] and holds thirty-one U.S. patents.[25] He has also co-authored a book titled Observed Brain Dynamics published by the Oxford University Press[26] and has written pieces for Scientific American.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "Partha Mitra".
  2. ^ "Member Profile : Partha Mitra". www.cse.iitm.ac.in. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Computing inspired by the brain". Nature India. 17 August 2015. doi:10.1038/nindia.2015.102.
  4. ^ "Core Institute (RIKEN) - Brain/MINDS". brainminds.jp. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ^ "The 10 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of July 2024 – AlleyWatch". Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  6. ^ Pilkington, Ben (2022-06-08). "Meet the Robot Histotechnician Speeding Up Tissue Processing". AZoRobotics. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  7. ^ "Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-1999 - Harvard University Department of Physics". www.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  8. ^ "CSHL's Partha Mitra receives two awards for theoretical work with implications for brain circuitry". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Two neuroscientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory awarded "Transformative" NIH Grants". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Partha P. Mitra". med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Mitra, Partha P." vivo.med.cornell.edu. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Seminar by Dr Partha Mitra: Brain Structure, Brain Dynamics and Brain Initiatives: Cross-currents in Neuroscience". Monash University. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Neuroscientist Partha Mitra gets $300,000 research grant - New York". www.thesouthasiantimes.info. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  14. ^ Mitra, Partha. "Is Neuroscience Limited by Tools or Ideas?". Scientific American. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Obama: 'Braaaaaains.' Partha Mitra: 'Whoa there, buddy.'". The Washington Post.
  16. ^ "Indian neuroscientist Partha Mitra gets prestigious research grant under Barack Obama initiative". The Economic Times. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Multimedia Gallery - Partha Mitra tells why and how he is helping to map the mouse brain. - NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  18. ^ Mitra, Partha P. (2014). "The Circuit Architecture of Whole Brains at the Mesoscopic Scale". Neuron. 83 (6): 1273–1283. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.08.055. PMC 4256953. PMID 25233311.
  19. ^ "Brain Architecture Project - Riken Team". braincircuits.org. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Partner investigators". cibf.edu.au. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  21. ^ Das, Saswato R. (2012). "Scientists trace a wiring plan for entire mouse brain". Nature News. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.10878. S2CID 180794801. Retrieved 21 January 2019 – via www.nature.com.
  22. ^ "Brain Architecture Project - Project Personnel". brainarchitecture.org. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  23. ^ "Partha P Mitra - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  24. ^ "Partha P Mitra". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  25. ^ "Partha P. Mitra Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  26. ^ Observed Brain Dynamics. Oxford University Press. 7 December 2007. ISBN 9780195178081. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  27. ^ "Stories by Partha Mitra". Scientific American. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
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