Dendritic Computations in Learning & Disease

I am a neuroscientist at the Institute of Experimental Epilepsy and Cognition research (IEECR). My research goals focus on dendrites in neuronal network, and ultimately how dendritic computations contribute to behaviour and go awry in disease.

Dendrites are the intricate and fascinating input structure of neurons with 10’s of thousands of synaptic inputs. The structure is not only beautiful but tightly tuned to perform computations that determine neuronal network activity in behavior.

Research Projects

Dendritic computation from network computation to disease

Dendrites in Epilepsy

Investigating the contribution of dendritic changes to pathology of acquired and genetic epilepsies.

Dendritic Morphology and Learning

Investigating how novel dendritic structures contribute to dendritic computations and learning.

GECI: Cautionary tale of Tools

Common tools to investigate activity in the brain resulted in artefacts. What do they look like and how to avoid them.

News & Updates

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We are hiring! We have an open PhD student position in the field of synaptic physiology. We will explore what controls the activity of NMDA receptors, which are important for synaptic plasticity and learning processes. See for more information.

We have open PhD and postdoc positions to work on molecular dynamics in dendrites as well as ANN based data analysis of circuit activity. Please reach out via email if interested.

preprint Alert📢 Time to talk about the🐘 in the room of genetically encoded Calcium indicators (GECIs). These indicators are widely used to report activity in the brain and an invaluable tool, but the expression of these GECIs can change activity. 🧵1/7
https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.11.08.566169v1

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