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Martin Picard, PhD

Join us Tuesday, April 28th 

at 11:00 AM ET / 5:00PM CEST 

for a Live Webinar

This webinar remains free for current PNIRS members. A new $10 registration fee now applies to non-members. 

 


Webinar Title: The Mind-Mitochondria Connection: Lessons From Metaboception

The most fundamental aspect of life is flowing energy. Without energy, the body-mind unit dies. Yet we have little understanding of how energy flows, directs psychobiological processes ranging from aging biology to regulating mood and affect, and shapes health trajectories. This session will focus on emerging mechanisms through which the brain senses the energetic state of the rest of the body—metaboception. A summary of our thinking around energy is found here.

About the Speakers

Martin is dedicated to research, innovation, and communications to help people flourish. He directs the Mitochondrial Psychobiology Group (www.picardlab.org) at Columbia University. He has pioneered the emerging field of Mitochondrial Psychobiology, bridging the science of energy and the human experience. He co-directs the Science of Health program at the Columbia Aging Center. His group has led NIH-funded research on the mind-mitochondria connection, uncovering connections between subjective experiences with brain and immune mitochondria. With their collaborators, they have linked mental stress to energy metabolism and aging, discovered that hair greying is reversible, and mapped the diversity of mitochondria across the brain and body. Author of the upcoming book ENERGY, Martin collaborates globally to drive scientific and cultural transformation around energy, health, and healing. He finds inspiration in nature, exploring energy and consciousness with his family, friends, and colleagues. Martin received his PhD at McGill University in Canada in 2012, completed postdoctoral training with the father of mitochondrial genetics Doug Wallace at the University of Pennsylvania, and opened his laboratory at Columbia in 2015.

Presentations will be recorded for member access after the sessions.