Research Projects
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Accelerating identification of cross-species suppressor genes and elucidating early pathophysiology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Advanced systems methods applied to understanding and treating cerebrospinal fluid disorders
Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Brain networks: Inferring cortical microcircuitry with electrophysiology
Computational Brain Science, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Computational methods for faster, more accurate, and more versatile segmentation software for serial electron-microscopic analysis
Computational Brain Science, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Developing novel cognitive and neuroimaging markers of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Drug discovery for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognition and Behavior, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Honeycomb: A template for reproducible psychophysiological tasks for clinic, laboratory and home use
BRAINSTORM, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Human Neocortical Neurosolver for circuit-level interpretation of human MEG/EEG
BRAINSTORM, Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Mechanisms of cognitive interference from value-based choice conflict
Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science
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Movement disorders: Rational design of deep brain stimulation with human electrophysiology and computational neural modeling
Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Nervous system wiring by the Robo3 axon guidance receptor and its ligand NELL2
Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Neuro-Informed Hierarchical Models of Cognition
BRAINSTORM, Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science
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NeuroDAC: An open-source arbitrary biosignal generator
BRAINSTORM, Computational Brain Science, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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PARRM: Period-based Artifact Reconstruction and Removal Method
BRAINSTORM, Computational Brain Science, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Precision TMS: Using EEG and machine learning to predict TMS response
BRAINSTORM, Computational Brain Science, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Quantitative methods for brain connectivity network estimation and inference in functional magnetic resonance imaging
Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science
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Rational design of brain stimulation for neurological and psychiatric disorders
BRAINSTORM, Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Responsive neuromodulation for neuropsychiatric illness
Computational Brain Science, Neuroengineering and Neurotechnology
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Retinal imaging: The eye as a window to the brain
Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Risk and Resilience for Alzheimer’s Disease: A 60-year prospective study
Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognition and Behavior
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SOMA – A novel user-centric technology to tackle chronic pain
BRAINSTORM, Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science
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Somatosensory information processing through spinal commissural neurons
Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Targeting age-related inflammation to slow Alzheimer’s disease: The LINE-AD study
Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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The causal role of neocortical beta events in human sensory perception
Cognition and Behavior, Computational Brain Science
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The role of Microfibrillar Associated Protein 2 and Notch1 in alcohol cravings
Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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trans-Tango, a new method for trans-synaptic labeling of neural circuits
Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Understanding contributions of alternative splicing to appetitive memory
Cognition and Behavior, Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits
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Understanding the pathogenesis of a virus-induced demyelinating disease in human brain
Neurobiology of Cells & Circuits