Faculty Profiles

Sensory biology and cell physiology

Cellular fat metabolism and inter-organelle communication

Neurobiology; functional organization of the retina

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

Mechanisms of parasitic behavior manipulation across molecules, cells and circuits.

Synaptic plasticity: cellular mechanisms, development of functional networks and links to behaviour

Experience-dependent brain development; critical periods

The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.

Development of the nervous system, synaptic plasticity, behavior and evolution

Synaptic structure and competition

Neuronal cell biology, neural circuits and olfaction

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling

System biology, decision making, neurobiology

Assembly and function of neural circuits in the visual system (currently not taking students)

Neurobiology of perception and decision making

Non-coding RNA biology, imprinted gene expression regulation, neurobiology

Theoretical and computational studies of the structure, dynamics and function of neuronal circuits.