Motor systems

Seethapathi, Nidhi

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Seethapathi, Nidhi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Computational predictive models of human motor control and motor learning

Colins Rodriguez, Andrea

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Colins Rodriguez, Andrea (University of Nottingham) Theoretical and computational motor control and neural encoding in the somatosensory system in awake behaving animals

Nelson, Alexandra

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Nelson, Alexandra (UCSF) Cellular and circuit mechanisms of basal ganglia movement disorders

Schroeder, Karen

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Schroeder, Karen (Columbia University) Cortical neuroprosthetics; motor control and planning

Fisher, Yvette

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Fisher, Yvette (University of California Berkeley) Mechanisms and circuits of spatial navigation in fruit flies

Jovanic, Tihana

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Jovanic, Tihana (Institut des Neurosciences Paris Saclay) Neural circuits underlying sensorimotor decisions and action sequences and their modulation by the context and internal state

Cayco Gajic, N Alex

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Cayco Gajic, N Alex (Ecole Normale Superieure) Modelling circuits underlying cerebellar representations of sensorimotor behaviours

Levine, Ariel

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Levine, Ariel (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Spinal cord motor circuits and cell types

Stinear, Cathy

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Stinear, Cathy (University of Auckland) Motor rehabilitation following stroke

Wenderoth, Nicole

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Wenderoth, Nicole (ETH Zurich) Motor learning and plasticity

Striem-Amit, Ella

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Striem-Amit, Ella (Georgetown University) Sensory and motor plasticity in people born blind, deaf or without hands

Swann, Nicole

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Swann, Nicole (University of Oregon) Human motor system in health and disease

Esposito, Maria Soledad

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Esposito, Maria Soledad (Medical Physics Department, CNEA, Argentina) Neurobiology of movement

Tan, Kelly

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Tan, Kelly (University of Basel (Switzerland)) Mechanisms underlying cellular, synaptic and circuit function in the basal ganglia that control motor actions

Saxena, Shreya

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Saxena, Shreya (Columbia University) Estimation and Control for Neural Populations; Sensorimotor Control

Evans, Carys

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Evans, Carys (University College London) Interventions in pathology and healthy ageing

Aw, Sherry

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Aw, Sherry (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore) Circuit and molecular mechanisms that underlie movement dysfunctions using Drosophila disease models

Collinger, Jen

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Collinger, Jen (University of Pittsburgh) Sensorimotor neuroprosthetics to restore upper limb function

Herrojo Ruiz, Maria

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Herrojo Ruiz, Maria (Goldsmiths University of London) Neural bases of sensorimotor learning and motor control in healthy and clinical populations

Tschida, Katherine

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Tschida, Katherine (Duke University) Neural circuits for the production of social vocalizations in the mouse

Orsborn, Amy

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Orsborn, Amy (University of Washington) Motor learning and adaptation in brain-machine interfaces

Oostland, Marlies

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Oostland, Marlies (Princeton University) Cerebellar circuit mechanisms in motor systems, learning and memory, and decision making

Yakusheva, Tatyana

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Yakusheva, Tatyana (Washington University in St Louis) Understanding the vestibular, visual and motor (oculomotor) signal processing by the central nervous system

Ros, Hana

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Ros, Hana (University College London) Neural circuits for sensory and motor processing in the cerebellum

Schnell, Bettina

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Schnell, Bettina (Caesar/ Max Planck) Neurobiology of flight control in Drosophila

Chestek, Cindy

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Chestek, Cindy (Uni of Michigan) Development of brain machine interface (BMI) systems using 100 channel arrays implanted in motor and premotor cortex

 

Semprini, Marianna

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Semprini, Marianna (Italian Institute of Technology) Neuroprostheses, neural control of movement and high density electroencephalography.

Abosch, Aviva

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Abosch, Aviva (University of Colorado Denver) High-field magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, and electrophysiological correlates of movement and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Raman, Indira

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Raman, Indira (Northwestern University) Synaptic and biophysical mechanisms of cerebellar function

Person, Abigail

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Person, Abigail (University of Colorado) Circuit mechanisms of cerebellar control of movement

Gallea, Cecile

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Gallea, Cecile (CNRS, ICM, France) Functional neuroanatomy of motor systems

Nisky, Ilana

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Nisky, Ilana (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Computational models and behavioral experiments of perception, action, and motor adaptation and learning, complex skill aquisition, haptics, robotics in medicine

Kornysheva, Katja

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Kornysheva, Katja (Bangor University) Mechanisms of skilled motor perfomance

Uusisaari, Marylka Yoe

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Uusisaari, Marylka Yoe (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) Computational and experimental methods to study the rhythmic and resonant features of neuronal circuits related to motor behavior

Badura, Aleksandra

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Badura, Aleksandra (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience) Cerebellar computation and autism

Hermes, Dora

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Hermes, Dora (Stanford/ UMC Utrecht) Neurophysiological signatures of large-scale brain dynamics; neurophysiological correlates of the functional MRI signal

Kiss, Zelma

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Kiss, Zelma (University of Calgary) Deep brain stimulation mechanisms of action

Lumpkin, Ellen

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Lumpkin, Ellen (Columbia University) Molecular and mechanical basis of mammalian touch

Okamura, Allison

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Okamura, Allison (Stanford) Haptics, medical and rehabilitation robotics, behavioral studies and models of human motor control

Gonzalez Bellido, Paloma

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Gonzalez Bellido, Paloma (Univ. of Cambridge) Neural code driving visually driven predation

Gritsenko, Valeriya

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Gritsenko, Valeriya (West Virginia University) Human sensorimotor control and develops new rehabilitation methods

Ahmed, Alaa

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Ahmed, Alaa (Univ. of Colorado) Neural and computational mechanisms of motor learning and decision making

Veit, Lena

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Veit, Lena (UCSF) Context-dependent learning in songbirds

Makin, Tamar

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Makin, Tamar (UCL)  Brain plasticity and the neural basis of perception and action

Piochon, Claire

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Piochon, Claire (Northwestern) Cerebellar plasticity and Motor learning

Klein-Flügge, Miriam

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Klein-Flügge, Miriam (Oxford) Human decision making, learning and action planning

Doig, Natalie

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Doig, Natalie (Oxford) Synaptic connectivity underlying basal ganglia function

Schiemann, Julia

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Schiemann, Julia (Edinburgh) Modulation of Motor Output

Severi, Kristen

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Severi, Kristen (New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, USA) Neural control of swimming speed in zebrafish

Heckscher, Ellie

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Heckscher, Ellie (University of Chicago) Development and Function of Neural Circuits in the Sensorimotor System

Sternad, Dagmar

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Sternad, Dagmar (Northeastern University) Acquisition and control of goal-directed human movements

Gittis, Aryn

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Gittis, Aryn (Carnegie Mellon) Neural circuits of the basal ganglia

Thirumalai, Vatsala

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Thirumalai, Vatsala (NCBS) Understanding the hierarchy, mechanisms and development of neural circuits that generate movement.

Sarma, Sridevi

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Sarma, Sridevi (John’s Hopkins) Modeling, Estimation and Control in Neuroscience: Applications to Disease

Sereno, Anne

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Sereno, Anne (The University of Texas) Physiological mechanisms of attention and short-term memory

Seidler, Rachael

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Seidler, Rachael (University of Michigan) Neural and behavioral processes underlying motor control

Kuhlman, Sandra

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Kuhlman, Sandra (Carnegie Mellon) Modification of sensory-motor circuits during learning

Arber, Silvia

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Arber, Silvia (FMI and Biozentrum Switzerland) Function and assembly of neuronal circuits controlling motor behavior

Fox, Jessica

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Fox, Jessica (Case Western) Quantitative behavioral approach to insect sensory systems

Bagnall, Martha

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Bagnall, Martha (Washington University) Organization and dynamic function of spinal circuits in zebrafish

Bastian, Amy

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Bastian, Amy (Kennedy Krieger/Johns Hopkins) Movement disorders following neurological damage in adults & children

Chiappe, Eugenia

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Chiappe, Eugenia (Champalimaud) Drosophila sensorimotor integration

Ting, Lena

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Ting, Lena (Emory University) Neural control of movement, balance

Verghese, Preeti

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Verghese, Preeti (Smith Kettlewell) Probing vision with signal detection theory and psychophysics

Cullen, Kathy

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Cullen, Kathy (Johns Hopkins): Visual-vestibular interactions for self motion

Diester, Ilka

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Diester, Ilka (Ernst Stungmann Institute) Sensorimotor integration for advancing protheses

Claire Wyart

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Wyart, Claire (ICM, Paris) Understanding how specific spinal cord circuits are recruited to produce movements

Ma-Wyatt, Anna

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Ma-Wyatt, Anna (University of Adelaide) Visual perception, eye movements, hand movements

Murthy, Mala

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Murthy, Mala (Princeton) Sensorimotor integration and social interactions in Drosophila

Carey, Megan

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Carey, Megan (Champalimaud) Cerebellar circuits: from synapses to behavior

Kotaleski, Jeanette

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Kotaleski, Jeanette (Karolinska) Information processing, rhythm generation and learning in motor systems