Ruixuan Gao Selected for George Crabtree Institute Seed Funding Program

Congratulations to Ruixuan Gao (Chemistry & Biological Sciences) on being selected for the George Crabtree Institute for Discovery’s Convergence Intelligence Seed Funding Program!Gao’s research, in collaboration with Tom Uram (Argonne National Laboratory), uses machine learning and high‑performance computing to reconstruct whole‑brain neuronal connectivity from advanced light‑microscopy data—highlighting the power of AI‑driven discovery.

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