Studying Computational Neuroscience Worth It?

Hi👋, today I want to give you 8 possible career options after finishing computational neuroscience. If you are missing one let me know in the comments below 🧠.
00:00 - Intro
01:57 - Neurotech
03:47 - Digital Health
04:23 - Professor
05:33- Biotech
06:14 - Scientific journalist
07:35 - Computational finance
08:55- Permanent staff scientist
11:45 - Start-up
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🙋‍♀️ Hi, my name is Charlotte Fraza a second year PhD student in Computational Neuroscience at the Donders institute in the Netherlands. With this Channel I hope to teach the world about Computational Neuroscience and give current and prospective students the tools to enter this field. I hope you enjoy the videos ❤️.
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  • @kanishktantia7899
    @kanishktantia7899 Жыл бұрын

    Commenting from India so that you can get more views and recommendations in my region. Great video by the way

  • @manudasmd
    @manudasmd Жыл бұрын

    I started learning computational neuroscience from a biology background. Its going well so far... I am a psychiatrist.Thanks to MIT OCW videos... Going well so far👍

  • @spiritual_scientist9744

    @spiritual_scientist9744

    Жыл бұрын

    I am med student I also want to find new treatments for mental illnesses can u guide me how to proceed

  • @andrewhazelwood698

    @andrewhazelwood698

    Жыл бұрын

    which courses do you specifically recommend for beginners?

  • @francesescocerutti7107

    @francesescocerutti7107

    Жыл бұрын

    but did you go to school to become a therapist after the master's degree in neuroscience?

  • @manudasmd

    @manudasmd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@francesescocerutti7107 I don't have a masters degree in neuroscience dumbo. I have a medical degree ( MBBS +MD) = 8 years (And last time I checked medicine is basically a branch of biology) it's Indian medical degree.

  • @manudasmd

    @manudasmd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@francesescocerutti7107 and there is a difference between a therapist/psychologist and a psychiatrist. I guess you skipped too much school

  • @mariaduk6366
    @mariaduk6366 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the video, I’m currently doing MSc in Neuroscience and recently I’ve been interested in computational neuroscience. Very informative!

  • @yusstoss
    @yusstoss Жыл бұрын

    I just discovered your channel today and have been binge watching ever since. Thank you for posting these videos. Looking forward for more content to plow through 💛

  • @misssunshine537
    @misssunshine537 Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love your channel. And you explain things so well. Thank you♡

  • @lilianignatius
    @lilianignatiusАй бұрын

    thank you so much! I never knew of these options.

  • @konradd8545
    @konradd8545 Жыл бұрын

    I've been working in Tech (Finance) for years now and I never would have assumed that Computational Neuroscience can be used in big banks. Thanks Charlotte for explaining this! There might be a niche for me after all!

  • @snarkyboojum
    @snarkyboojum Жыл бұрын

    I want to start my own Neurotech startup. I'm in tech now, and know how to get funding and build a tech business. This is where my heart is :D

  • @juliellison9030
    @juliellison9030 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, as always! I am taking your summer break advice and started 100 Days of Python a couple weeks ago :) So far I've been impressed with the course and the projects are really interesting. By the way, if anyone else is interested in a study group for the class let me know!

  • @rigelr5345
    @rigelr5345 Жыл бұрын

    I have a master's degree in Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, and my plan was always to do a PhD afterwards, right now I'm thinking more computational with Python programming (wet lab was not for me). However, my master's project was so stressful and I had really bad suicidal thoughts the last half year of it. Now I'm really scared to start a PhD, but I still find the neuroscience and programming really interesting, so I'm conflicted. Another thing is that you really don't get paid a lot as a PhD student. And that's for maybe three-four years, maybe more. I also have a chronic GI disease to manage, and really didn't feel like there was any (useful) help available doing my master's degree. So I'm really conflicted and stressed out about what to do :( Sigh. How hard has it been for you, stress-wise? Maybe you could even make a video about it?

  • @saminaakram2190

    @saminaakram2190

    10 ай бұрын

    Stay hard bro. You got it

  • @pascalrockenstiehl6972

    @pascalrockenstiehl6972

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey, this comment is now a year old, just wodered how and what you're doing

  • @rigelr5345

    @rigelr5345

    5 ай бұрын

    @@pascalrockenstiehl6972 Woah yeah, time flies! Thanks for checking in on me. I eventually got a 6 month job as a programming research assistant at an MRI lab. After that, I went five weeks to Japan and South Korea. When I got home, I started a job in the tech industry as a solution's engineer where I now do some programming, a bit of data science / machine learning and (what is seriously making me consider quitting right now) customer contact. I think I've figured out I want to become a data scientist (and NOT have to talk to customers). Still seriously considering doing a PhD, but still afraid to do it hearing so many bad things about it. Also not sure what lab I would join. My dream is honestly just to work remotely as a data scientist working with life science data, then travel the world as a digital nomad. I'd like to return to Japan and stay at a language school to learn the language seriously. But yeah idk hahah.... still pretty lost 1.5 year after graduating, but at least I made some more money. Industry pay is a lot better.

  • @jordanr8745
    @jordanr8745 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video! Thank you. Most of the non-professor options doesn’t look good to me though.

  • @abrorxalilov2550
    @abrorxalilov2550 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @tusharroy6712
    @tusharroy6712 Жыл бұрын

    - Neurotech companies - Digital health and health data analytics - Professor - Biotech & pharma (drug discovery, modelling etc) - Scientific journalism/communication - Computational finance - Permanent staff scientist - Startup

  • @abhinavshaw9848

    @abhinavshaw9848

    7 ай бұрын

    I'd add Machine learning and Neural Networks to that list as well, which will give you the option of a Data Scientist and MLE in Tech which is a high paying field to be in.

  • @aminamoudjar4561
    @aminamoudjar4561 Жыл бұрын

    😊 thank you for the information could you please make a video about artificial intelligence and brain machine interface

  • @mariaglez5453
    @mariaglez5453 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @Themerve-tv
    @Themerve-tv Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your beneficial videos 🎉

  • @CharlotteFraza

    @CharlotteFraza

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @samuellyngdoh5317
    @samuellyngdoh5317 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @rjarpa
    @rjarpa Жыл бұрын

    I'm computer engineer, I finished my IT master degree in 2017 and this year I will finish my master degree in neuroscience. I enter to the field to improve my statistical skills and learn more about cognition and computational models, but I realized could be a high correlated neurotech, AI, ML , data and signal analyzes plus emotions and human behavior to be explore . Thanks for your video this give more confident about continuous career path. PS: I don't believe in Elon too much marketing than reality.

  • @TheIguandon
    @TheIguandon Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos, really I've discover something new, by the way, what's the song?

  • @HuaHuang-ts4gt
    @HuaHuang-ts4gt Жыл бұрын

    The kdrama reference was beautifully accurate. Fucking love start-up.

  • @Barandur
    @Barandur Жыл бұрын

    Im almost done with my master's in computational neuroscience and it depends a bit on the lecture's you choose while studying but a lot of my colleagues are going to the field of data science. We had quite a lot of lectures on machine learning in general, deep learning and optimization but also data processing and preparing so I think it's quite easy to find a job in the field of data science.

  • @emily9480

    @emily9480

    Жыл бұрын

    hi I'm starting my master's in neuroinformatics and may I ask which programing languages did you use and have any recommendations? Currently I'm studying with python and R for zebrafish neural data

  • @Barandur

    @Barandur

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emily9480 Hi! That is actually a very funny coincidence: I also started from classic biology, did my bachelor in neuronal developmental biology in zebrafish and ended up in a master of computational neuroscience. But to answer you question: I think now days, if you start fresh, Python is the absolut gold standard because of its machine learning libraries and its easy to learn. However, the professors and other people who are in the field for longer did everything with Matlab and R back then. So you might stumble across R and Matlab code and its super handy to be able to read them. However everyone is moving to Python and most of labs already work with Python only. Also the python community is very big and you will find plenty of help online. Later on, if you get bored, you can also look into other languages, I was learning some Matlab in the lectures and had a look at Julia myself. Also C and C++ can be nice if you want to write something for embedded systems such as BCI transplants or in the field of robotics. But that's all stuff you can learn if you get bored or think its interesting. Python alone can find you almost every job you can ever think of in the field of neuroinformatics. Where do you study neuroinformatics if I might ask? Good luck anyways :)

  • @emily9480

    @emily9480

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Barandur Thank you so much for your detailed answer, it actually helped a lot to shape my path for studying informatics. It's always so nice to meet with people who has similar interests and specializations :D I did my bachelor in genetics and did couple internships at bioinformatics(not by choice, due to pandemic..) but I actually enjoyed. Neuroscience was always my passion so now I started MS in Koç University (in Turkey) and working with Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. My professor, as you mentioned, is not very familiar with python and expect me to study mostly on R but he's okay for me to study with python as well. Can I also ask where do you study neuroinformatics?

  • @Barandur

    @Barandur

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emily9480 im studying at the Bernsteincenter Freiburg, Germany :) maybe we might meet some day at a conference :D

  • @pasha6098
    @pasha6098 Жыл бұрын

    Hii and many thanks for the valuable content you prepared as always. And I've had a question for a long time is the name of your background music? It's perfect for focus and deep work. 😉😍

  • @CharlotteFraza

    @CharlotteFraza

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes its from epidemic sound, just the lofi mix 🌸

  • @fallenangel8785
    @fallenangel878510 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @anti-uefa
    @anti-uefa5 ай бұрын

    Hi Charlotte, Thanks for your videos! In your opinion, is the path from Master degree in Computational Neuroscience to having a career as a Machine Learning engineer straightforward? (Assuming one coded a lot, including taking some Machine Learning courses, during his/her MSc studies as you did, and also used Machine Learning and Deep Learning when working on the thesis?) My background is Electrical engineer, very heavily Applied Physics oriented. Thank you in advance!

  • @sebastianreyes8025
    @sebastianreyes8025 Жыл бұрын

    100%, ai/ML jobs will only increase. We haven't solved general purpose robotics yet, and I believe these are the tools needed to help solve it.

  • @sebastianreyes8025

    @sebastianreyes8025

    Жыл бұрын

    Also the wizard hat that are high bandwidth Brain machine interfaces

  • @timplays3454
    @timplays3454 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Charlotte, being enjoying your videos. Currently I am studying datascience for my master's but would love to work on a neuroscience project as I do love learning on neurology and how it applies to the brain, was mostly inspired by David eaglemans talks talk on omwelt and how our brain dont know what body parts we have but learns from the senses it receives and acts on it. Do you have any advice to what I could do

  • @christopherprattos9043

    @christopherprattos9043

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m in the same boat. Very interested to hear if there is a way to break into a research lab without having a masters/PhD in neuroscience.

  • @timplays3454

    @timplays3454

    Жыл бұрын

    @@christopherprattos9043 just waiting to get some response 😭😭

  • @CharlotteFraza

    @CharlotteFraza

    Жыл бұрын

    Very nice that you are interested, if you are a good programmer or have some amazing datascience skills what I would do is find a few labs online that you really like and ask for a short research internship. When I studied physics and wanted to do a neuroscience project I emailed a few professors that I liked and read most of their papers, and I asked them if they have a project for me. Some tips: 1) don't email only the biggest people in the field 2) show your skills online through github for example 3) build your cv with projects (through kaggle or programming competitions). Good luck 🌸

  • @christopherprattos9043

    @christopherprattos9043

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CharlotteFraza Thank you!!

  • @timplays3454

    @timplays3454

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CharlotteFraza thanks a lot.

  • @evehodovan3805
    @evehodovan3805 Жыл бұрын

    Dear Charlotte, according to Your expirience, is it enough to have only a bachelor degree (in electrical engineering) to join a reseach project? Or it would be nice to have at least a master degree? I am interested in how to heal spinal cord injuries, but do not really know where to start. Thanks for Your answer.

  • @ryanthegooch5952
    @ryanthegooch5952 Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @robertlee5151
    @robertlee5151 Жыл бұрын

    Hi. In reference to TNO, I'm not sure what you meant by "only requires a graduate degree". Required for what? Working there? Participating in some kind of fellowship or internship or network platform?

  • @Ibrahim-kf7cu
    @Ibrahim-kf7cu Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @profedaniel9354
    @profedaniel9354 Жыл бұрын

    Is great those job , i wanna work an professor or scientific search .

  • @EldhoseJoseph
    @EldhoseJoseph Жыл бұрын

    What is the scope of computational neuroscience in AI BCI?

  • @heyyou9740
    @heyyou9740Ай бұрын

    Coming from a background in psychology, my goal is to pursue a master's or PhD in computational neuroscience, providing me with a broad array of career options. Given my uncertainty about my exact passions, versatility in career paths is crucial to me. Could a degree in computational neuroscience pave the way for opportunities in industry, such as a role as a machine learning engineer or AI engineer?

  • @tanvigandhi8752
    @tanvigandhi8752 Жыл бұрын

    I am pursuing MSc in Cognitive Science. My background is Bachelors in Computer Science. I wanted to know the industry positions I can apply for?

  • @natiakikvadze5605
    @natiakikvadze56058 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know about the computational neuroscience and cognitive robotics master course in Birmingham University, how is it?

  • @abraao.maximo
    @abraao.maximo6 ай бұрын

    - working at a neurotech company - working at a digital health company - becoming a professor, but just 3% manage to do that - computational finance - like risk management

  • @sebastiaanbijlsma.pianist
    @sebastiaanbijlsma.pianist Жыл бұрын

    What do you think of going the entrepreneurial route of starting your own neuro/biotech company after finishing a phd?

  • @Boss-yl5gk

    @Boss-yl5gk

    Жыл бұрын

    go for it 👍

  • @mohammadafif8517
    @mohammadafif851710 ай бұрын

    I am currently doing my bachelors in Bioinformatics, Will I be able to do MSc in Computational Neuroscience?

  • @chiarabressan5116
    @chiarabressan5116 Жыл бұрын

    How hard do you think it will be to pursue a PhD in neuroscience after a humanities degree? I have a bachelor's in Italian language and literature, a master's in Linguistics and I'm currently about to begin my second master's in clinical linguistics (which is closer to language neuroscience) but I obviously lack all the bases of "hardcore" neuroscience. Do you have any recommendations? 🙏 Great channel 🥰

  • @michelealbanese3261

    @michelealbanese3261

    Жыл бұрын

    Ciao, credo che tu sia italiana. Se vuoi posso risponderti io visto che io ho fatto la triennale in Psicologia e Neuroscienze Cognitive (Scienze Cognitive). Sinceramente non ho trovato difficoltà nello studiare neuroscienze (anche se in effetti venivo dal liceo scientifico), più che altro mi annoiava la materia quindi è stato abbastanza stressante ma non è una materia come analisi matematica dove per capire l'argomento devi un po' avere le basi del liceo di matematica. Anche se vieni da una facoltà di Scienze Umanistiche se hai la passione credo che non abbia problemi nello studiarla. La cosa più importante per questo tipo di materie è che devi avere una buona memoria a ricordare i vari concetti.

  • @chiarabressan5116

    @chiarabressan5116

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michelealbanese3261 grazie della risposta!

  • @michelealbanese3261

    @michelealbanese3261

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chiarabressan5116 prego cara, se hai altre domande fai pure.

  • @amirfakour5549
    @amirfakour55495 ай бұрын

    Hi, ive seen your videos, very interesting, just i have a question: can a person working on a carrer in genetics join neuroscience projects?

  • @CharlotteFraza

    @CharlotteFraza

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, for sure, you can read up on the field of neurogenetics, for example this paper: www.nature.com/articles/mp201235 :)

  • @nazeeraharmanza
    @nazeeraharmanza Жыл бұрын

    Hi!

  • @patrickakubu159
    @patrickakubu1599 ай бұрын

    Hi, an a recent undergraduate with bachelor's in social sciences psychology major. I have fallen in love with computational neuroscience with the research I've made abt it. Is it possible to pursue master’s in computational neuroscience despite my background?

  • @CharlotteFraza

    @CharlotteFraza

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes, many people I work with have a similar background as you :)!

  • @saadibnrouf7941
    @saadibnrouf7941 Жыл бұрын

    I'm thinking of doing MSc in Computational Neuroscience in Middlesex University (UK) Do you have any idea if this University is good for Neuroscience or not? I'm from CS background

  • @pranavpancham3258

    @pranavpancham3258

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi @Saad , have you decided to pursue this course ? even I am interested to know about this Uni and course.

  • @yashi_san
    @yashi_san Жыл бұрын

    Hey is there any difference between computational neuroscience and cognitive science?

  • @michelealbanese3261

    @michelealbanese3261

    Жыл бұрын

    Cognitive Science is a broader study field. In some bachelor degree you could have different concentrations like Computation, Neuroscience and Human Computer Interaction. A computazional concentration is more focused on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. There may be courses like: Programming, Algorithm, Artificial intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning ecc. Human Computer Interaction focuses more on users and its purpose is to design usable (and/or accessible) interfaces. This field is more focused on Cognitive (and Social) Psychology. In the Neuroscience concentration in addition to a course of Computational Neuroscience (that not any universities have) there are courses that study the brain from a biological point of view and maybe someone on research techniques to analyze it (like Neuroimaging, fMRI etc.). So computational neuroscience is more focuses on the computational side of Neuroscience, Cognitive Science is a bigger field.

  • @call_me_ace_
    @call_me_ace_ Жыл бұрын

    Hey and greetings from Germany, i have a question and i cant find answers anywhere so i hope you can help me. I always wanted to study and research the brain as a job. Im currently in my second year of my Bachelor in biology and realised id much rather work mainly theoretical than experimental. Thats how i stumbled upon computational neuroscience and it seems like something id really enjoy. Now my question is, how do i get a job in that field? Do i need a Master in computational neuroscience or can i do my master in something else like only neuroscience? And how does it work with the PhD? Do I need one, and same as with the Master, does it have to be in comp. neurosc.? I really hope you can help me, because your videos really inspired me:)

  • @Barandur

    @Barandur

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello and greetings from Freiburg :) Maybe I can answer you some of your questions: I started out from a bachelor in biology background and do my masters in comp. neuroscience now. If you want to work theoretically, comp. neuroscience is great because you can work fully theoretical there (modeling networks, simulating ionchannels etc etc without touching a wetlab ever). I'd say a masters degree is kind of mandatory to really work in this field but what masters exactly is not tooo important. A lot of people around me are from physics, math, medicine, informatics, biology and so on. However if you already know that you want to do computational neuroscience the best way to end up there is obviously studying exactly that. Now, the big question 'do I want to do a PhD or not?' Id say, if you want to work in academia and you want to stay in Germany you have to do a PhD because that's basically standard here and its the only way to get good payment in academia. But, tbh since you didn't even started your master, I recommend you not thinking about it too much because with a master in computational neuroscience you can find sooooo many very nice and well payed jobs outside of academia. Even if you just finish your master and don't want to continue in academia you will find plenty of opportunities. And if you want to stay and got the motivation, just go for your PhD afterwards.

  • @herojudo2680

    @herojudo2680

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Barandur Hey I'm currently doing my Bachelor's degree in Psychology and I'm also thinking of going in the direction of Computational Neuroscience. From your perspective, what jobs are open to you in Germany if you don't go into science?

  • @Barandur

    @Barandur

    10 ай бұрын

    @@herojudo2680 Hey, It's a bit depending on what direction you actually go in the end. I for example chose machine learning and I can basically find a job in any company which needs to Analyse data so it's super easy for me to find something. However, these jobs are not related to Neuroscience at all and I'm not interested in them but it's good to know that I got a back up just in case. If you'd choose to go more on the direction of modeling etc you will also have no struggle to find a job I think. You are most likely able to program then and you still are able to some data analysis. So I wouldn't worry about finding a job, it's more about whether you like the jobs you are offered.

  • @herojudo2680

    @herojudo2680

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Barandur thanks for your response 🙏🏼

  • @devthomaskutty550
    @devthomaskutty550Ай бұрын

    Just study general neuroscience and specialise

  • @puckry9686
    @puckry9686 Жыл бұрын

    Hi charlotte cognitive science or computational neuroscience with is better

  • @michelealbanese3261

    @michelealbanese3261

    Жыл бұрын

    Cognitive Science is a bigger study field. Cognitive science does not only include Neuroscience but also Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence. There are some Cognitive Science bachelors with a different specialization (or a general one): Computation, Neuroscience and Human Computer Interaction. A computazional concentration is more focused on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. There may be courses like: Programming, Algorithm, Artificial intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning ecc. Human Computer Interaction focuses more on users and its purpose is to design usable (and/or accessible) interfaces. This field is more focused on Cognitive (and Social) Psychology. In the Neuroscience concentration in addition to a course of Computational Neuroscience (that not any universities have) there are courses that study the brain from a biological point of view and maybe someone on research techniques to analyze it (like Neuroimaging, fMRI etc.). So computational neuroscience is more focues on the computational side of Neuroscience, Cognitive Science is a bigger field

  • @Starcell170

    @Starcell170

    Жыл бұрын

    There is one field of study called cognitive computational neuroscience. They resarch cognitive functions based on computational methods.

  • @michelealbanese3261

    @michelealbanese3261

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Starcell170 that is computational cognitive neuroscience

  • @theonepurpose3968
    @theonepurpose3968 Жыл бұрын

    do you need a neuroscience degree to study computational neuroscience?

  • @michelealbanese3261

    @michelealbanese3261

    Жыл бұрын

    In some university master degrees you need to take courses like Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics and maybe some computer science course

  • @devthomaskutty550
    @devthomaskutty550Ай бұрын

    Bci has more future

  • @jjr1728
    @jjr17282 ай бұрын

    Are you allowed your pet labrador at work?

  • @GasserAyad
    @GasserAyad9 ай бұрын

    But it is a difficult major, not for the average-IQ Joe.