Circuits
El-Shamayleh, Yasmine
El-Shamayleh, Yasmine (Columbia University) Neural circuits for visual form processing in primates; optogenetics in primates
Devineni, Anita
Devineni, Anita (Columbia University) Using the taste system of Drosophila as a model of how flexible dynamics can link sensory stimuli to behavioral responses
Runyan, Caroline
Runyan, Caroline (University of Pittsburgh) Contextual modulation of coding in cortical circuits, focusing on neuromodulation, inhibition, and information flow between regions.
De Rubeis, Silvia
De Rubeis, Silvia (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Quinlan, Elizabeth
Quinlan, Elizabeth (University of Maryland) Initiation, termination and reactivation of critical periods.
Zeldenrust, Fleur
Zeldenrust, Fleur (Radboud University, Nijmegen) Neuronal Network structure and information processing
Hong, Elim
Hong, Elim (Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (IBPS)) Development and plasticity of neural circuits
Gutierrez, Gabrielle J
Pala, Aurélie
Sederberg, Audrey
Raman, Indira
Raman, Indira (Northwestern University) Synaptic and biophysical mechanisms of cerebellar function
Sachse, Silke
Sachse, Silke (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology) Olfactory coding and processing in Drosophila
Heilbronner, Sarah
Heilbronner, Sarah (University of Minnesota) Using connectomics to understand the neural circuitry for motivation and decision-making
Uddin, Lucina
Akrami, Athena
Al-Hasani, Ream
Al-Hasani, Ream (Washington University) Endogenous opioid circuits in motivated behaviors
Hadjieconomou, Dafni
Hermes, Dora
Pallas, Sarah
Pallas, Sarah (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) Developmental Neurobiology of Mammalian Sensory Systems
Borgland, Stephanie
Borgland, Stephanie (Univ. of Calgary) Synaptic plasticity in circuits underlying motivated behaviour
Kiss, Zelma
Kiss, Zelma (University of Calgary) Deep brain stimulation mechanisms of action
Miguel-Aliaga, Irene
Miguel-Aliaga, Irene (Imperial College London) Gut Signalling and Metabolism
Silies, Marion
Silies, Marion (European Neuroscience Institute, Goettingen) Visual processing in Drosophila
Meredith, Andrea
Meredith, Andrea (U. Maryland Medical School) Ion channels, circadian rhythms in neuronal activity and circuits
Janak, Patricia
Janak, Patricia (Johns Hopkins) Behavioral and neural mechanisms of associative learning
Roberts, Angela
Roberts, Angela (Uni. of Cambridge) Neural circuits underlying the regulation and dysregulation of positive and negative emotion
Schwarz, Lindsay
Rajasethupathy, Priya
Rajasethupathy, Priya (Rockefeller) Neural circuits supporting memory and cognition
Lerner, Talia
Lerner, Talia (Northwestern) Neuromodulatory circuits regulating reward learning and motivation
Martelli, Carlotta
Martelli, Carlotta (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Drosophila sensory systems
de Vries, Saskia
de Vries, Saskia (Allan Institute) Function and computation in visual circuits
Canavier, Carmen
Ehrlich, Ingrid
Ehrlich, Ingrid (University of Tuebingen) Cellular and synaptic basis of fear conditioning and extinction.
Rouach, Nathalie
Rouach, Nathalie (College de France) Role of glia and connexins in synaptic transmission and neuronal networks
Sargolini, Francesca
Sargolini, Francesca (Aix-Maseille, France) Coding of spatial information in the hippocampal and entorhinal cortex.
Quilichini, Pascale
Quilichini, Pascale (Marseille, France) Hippocampal neuronal networks & epilepsy (freely moving rodents)
Steinberg, Elizabeth
Steinberg, Elizabeth (Stanford) Physiology and function of neural circuits for reinforcement learning
Iacaruso, Florencia
Iacaruso, Florencia (Oxford) Synaptic organisation and visual perception
Galliano, Elisa
Galliano, Elisa (King’s College London/ Harvard University) Development, plasticity and learning in olfactory circuits
Wefelmeyer, Winnie
Wefelmeyer, Winnie (King’s College London) Homeostatic plasticity; Axon Initial Segment regulation
Lim, Lynette
Lim, Lynette (King’s College London) Interneuron cell-type specification and development
Clancy, Kelly
Clancy, Kelly (Univ. of Basel) Principles of biological information processing
Veit, Julia
Veit, Julia (University of Freiburg) Cortical circuits and perception
Doig, Natalie
Doig, Natalie (Oxford) Synaptic connectivity underlying basal ganglia function
Gore, Felicity
Gore, Felicity (Stanford) Neural circuits mediating motivated behavior
Priesemann, Viola
Priesemann, Viola (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Selforganization) Network dynamics and function in vivo; analytical treatment of spatial subsampling constraints
Cossart, Rosa
Cossart, Rosa (INSERM, Aix-Marseille University) Functional organization of hippocampal circuits: shaping inhibitory circuits during development
Desrochers, Theresa
Desrochers, Theresa (Brown University) Neural basis of behavioral sequence learning and control in cortical and striatal circuits through integrated studies in humans and animals
Burwell, Rebecca
Burwell, Rebecca (Brown University) Structure and function of the cortical regions that surround the hippocampus
Kaun, Karla
Kaun, Karla (Brown University) Mechanisms of memory, reward and addiction in the fruit fly
Zhang, Yun
Zhang, Yun (Harvard University) Neural circuits underlying olfactory learning
Hartmann, Mitra
Hartmann, Mitra (Northwesteren) Active touch sensing and sensorimotor integration
Heckscher, Ellie
Heckscher, Ellie (University of Chicago) Development and Function of Neural Circuits in the Sensorimotor System
Clowney, Josie
Clowney, Josie (University of Michigan) Development of random vs stochastic wiring in the fly olfactory system
Sanchez-Vives, Mavi
Sanchez-Vives, Mavi (ICREA- Institute of Biomedical Research, Barcelona) Spontaneous emergent activity, slow oscillations, brain states, immersive virtual reality, body representation
Goshen, Inbal
Goshen, Inbal (The Hebrew University) Hippocampal neurons and glia in recent and remote memory
Warden, Melissa
Warden, Melissa (Cornell University) Neural basis of motivated behavior
Yapici, Nilay
Yapici, Nilay (Cornell University) Neural basis of state-dependent decision making
Gittis, Aryn
Gittis, Aryn (Carnegie Mellon) Neural circuits of the basal ganglia
Rico, Beatriz
Rico, Beatriz (King’s College London) Neural circuit assembly and brain disorders
Rochefort, Nathalie
Rochefort, Nathalie (Edinburgh University) Cortical processing of visual information
Clopath, Claudia
Clopath, Claudia (Imperial College) Computational approaches to learning and memory
Keck, Tara
Keck, Tara (UCL) Imaging plasticity and adaptation of circuits in vivo
Thirumalai, Vatsala
Thirumalai, Vatsala (NCBS) Understanding the hierarchy, mechanisms and development of neural circuits that generate movement.
Angelucci, Alessandra
Angelucci, Alessandra (University of Utah) Neuronal circuits that underlie visual perception
Morales, Marisela
Morales, Marisela (NIH) Neurobiology of reward processing and drug addiction.
Sarma, Sridevi
Sarma, Sridevi (John’s Hopkins) Modeling, Estimation and Control in Neuroscience: Applications to Disease
Preston, Alison
Preston, Alison (University of Texas) Memory formation and retrieval
Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori
Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori (University of Toronto) Physiological mechanisms underlying memory
Sereno, Anne
Sereno, Anne (The University of Texas) Physiological mechanisms of attention and short-term memory
Rolls, Asya
Rolls, Asya (Israel Institute of Technology) Neuronal basis of brain-immune interactions
Jones, Stephanie
Jones, Stephanie (Brown University) Circuit mechanisms underlying human attention, perception and disease states
Boulanger, Lisa
Boulanger, Lisa (Princeton University) Immune proteins in the formation and function of neuronal connectivity
Skinner, Frances
Skinner, Frances (Krembil Research Institute and Univ Toronto) Modeling cellular-based hippocampal activities
Butler, Samantha
Butler, Samantha (UCLA) Development and regeneration of spinal cord Neural Circuitry
Sekuler, Allison
Sekuler, Allison (McMaster University) Visual and cognitive neuroscience
Jones, Susan
Jones, Susan (University of Cambridge) Channel kinetics of reward circuits
Ayaz, Asli
Ayaz, Asli (Neuro-electronic research Flanders) Neural circuits of sensory-motor integration
Ahmari, Susanne
Ahmari, Susanne (U. Pittsburgh) Neural circuits underlying obsessive compulsive disorder
Lee, Seung-Hee
Lee, Seung-Hee (KAIST, South Korea) Sensory processing and behavioral state
Glickfeld, Lindsey
Glickfeld, Lindsey (Duke) Functional organization of visual cortex
Kuhlman, Sandra
Kuhlman, Sandra (Carnegie Mellon) Modification of sensory-motor circuits during learning
Hanganu-Opatz, Ileana
Hanganu-Opatz, Ileana (Hamburg-Eppendorf) Maturation of neuronal networks for sensation and cognition
Kozorovitskiy, Yevgenia
Kozorovitskiy, Yevgenia (Northwestern) Decoding neuromodulation and neural circuit design principles
Jackie Schiller
Schiller, Jackie (The Rappaport Institute) Cortical computations and dendritic processing
Brown, Solange
Brown, Solange (Johns Hopkins) Functional organization of cortical circuits
Fox, Jessica
Fox, Jessica (Case Western) Quantitative behavioral approach to insect sensory systems
Bagnall, Martha
Bagnall, Martha (Washington University) Organization and dynamic function of spinal circuits in zebrafish
Bastian, Amy
Bastian, Amy (Kennedy Krieger/Johns Hopkins) Movement disorders following neurological damage in adults & children
Bloodgood, Brenda
Bloodgood, Brenda (UCSD) How neuronal computations change following an animal’s interactions with the environment
Disney, Anita
Disney, Anita (Vanderbilt University) Neuromodulators in mammalian cortical circuits
Chiappe, Eugenia
Chiappe, Eugenia (Champalimaud) Drosophila sensorimotor integration
Hofer, Sonja
Hofer, Sonja (Basel) Neural circuits for perception and learning of visual information
Marder, Eve
Marder, Eve (Brandeis) How circuit function arises from the intrinsic properties of individual neurons and their connections
Zlatic, Marta
Zlatic, Marta (Janelia) Neural and genetic basis of sensory processing, decision-making and motor production in drosophila larvae
Scott, Kristin
Scott, Kristin (UC. Berkeley) Neural circuits for taste recognition in drosophila
Lima, Susana
Lima, Susana (Champalimaud) Decision-making, olfaction in ethological behaviors
Jeffery, Kate
Jeffery, Kate (UCL) Neural mechanisms of learning & memory and navigation
Role, Lorna
Role, Lorna (NIH NINDS) The role of cholinergic circuits in neuropsychiatric disease
Wilson, Rachel
Wilson, Rachel (Harvard Medical School, HHMI) Neural circuits for sensory processing in drosophila
Read, Heather
Heather Read (U. Conn) Cortical and brainstem circuits for processing auditory inputs
Feller, Marla
Feller, Marla (UC. Berkeley) Mechanisms that guide assembly of neural circuits during development
Moss, Cynthia
Moss, Cynthia (Hopkins) Auditory processing and sensorimotor integration in bats
Moser, May-Britt
Moser, May-Britt (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU) Memory and navigation. Entorhinal cortex and hippocampus
Tsao, Doris
Tsao, Doris (Caltech) Brain mechanisms for object recognition and spatial vision
Clark, Beverley
Clark, Beverley (UCL) Neuronal integration and axonal signalling
Nielsen, Kristina
Nielsen, Kristina (Johns Hopkins) Neural circuits underlying object recognition
Briggs, Farran
Briggs, Farran (University of Rochester Medical Center) Neural circuits of the early visual system
Busse, Laura
Busse, Laura (Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat Munchen) Modulation of neural circuits by cognitive factors
Ruta, Vanessa
Ruta, Vanessa (Rockefeller) Neural circuits for sensory processing and learning
Maffei, Arianna
Maffei, Arianna (Stony Brook) homeostatic mechanisms in the visual system
Cardin, Jessica
Cardin, Jessica (Yale) The role of interneurons in shaping cortical activity
Witten, Ilana
Witten, Ilana (Princeton) Circuit level analysis of reward and motivation
Wilbrecht, Linda
Wilbrecht, Linda (UC Berkeley) Synapses, circuits and behavior in adolescent brains
Churchland, Anne
Churchland, Anne (UCLA) Neural circuits for sensory integration and decision-making
Hastenstaub, Andrea
Hasenstaub, Andrea (UCSF) Circuits and functional organization of auditory cortex