Behavioral Neuroscience LaboratoryPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Robert Vertes Subcortical systems control the hippocampal EEG and its functional significance. We examine brainstem-diencephalic networks that control the theta rhythm and non-theta states of the hippocampal EEG and their role in memory processing functions of the hippocampus. |
Biorobotics LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Erik Engeberg Research interests: Robotics and Prosthetics, Energy Harvesting, Sensor Design, Brain-Machine Interfaces, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics |
Cognitive Control LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Will Alexander Our research investigates the computational and neural mechanisms underlying cognitive control, decision making and learning. |
The ecoNetworks Research LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Ashkaan Fahimipour The ecoNetworks Research Lab is a place where biologists apply tools from ecology, network science, and physics to understand how animal behaviors and species interactions influence ecosystems. We specialize in the study of complex network dynamics, the assembly of ecosystems, and the mathematical foundations of biological stability. Our goal is to integrate mathematical theory with empirical data (which remains a central challenge in the field) to establish predictions for the management of the natural world. |
Gene Therapy LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Howard Prentice Dr. Prentice’s recent investigations have included gene therapy strategies in models of retinal disease. In addition Dr. Prentice has investigated ischemic tissue protection including anti-apoptotic mechanisms and preconditioning pathways. Dr. Prentice’s translational studies have resulted in recent patent awards and these investigations have included analyses of the mechanisms underlying novel stroke therapies. |
Human Brain and Behavior LaboratoryPrincipal Investigator: Dr. JA Scott Kelso The science of coordination aims to understand how the very many different elements of living things - from genes to cells, to neural ensembles, to brains, to societies - are functionally coordinated in space and time. Our current research uses non-invasive imaging methods (EEG, MEG, fMRI, DTI etc) and behavioral measures to investigate brain areas that underlie human learning, cognition, and the disorders thereof. |
Human Development LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Gizelle AnzuresResearch area: development of visual and social cognition, functional brain development |
Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics (MPCR) LabPrincipal Investigators: Dr. Elan Barenholtz and Dr. William Hahn How does the brain encode the external world to guide behavior? We are using behavioral, neurophysiological and embedded computational ( robotics) approaches to study the brain and behavior with the goal of developing a broad theoretical framework of neural function. |
Neurobiological Bases of Learning and Memory LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Robert W. Stackman The principal research interest is the neurobiology of learning and memory. The lab uses a systems and behavioral neuroscience approach to understand the basic neural mechanisms that underlie mammalian learning and memory - from the analysis of individual cells and molecules to the study of circuits supporting memory processes. |
Neurodegenerative Disease LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Jang Yen Wu Our research interests are focused on the fundamental principles underlying normal brain function as well as brain diseases. |
Retinal Circuitry LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Wen Shen Our primary research interests focus on the mechanisms of visual information processing within the retina. |
Vision LabPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Sammy Hong The long-term objective of my research is to provide a better understanding how the human visual system constructs neural representations based on sensory inputs and what neural mechanisms make it possible for us to consciously experience the world based on those representations. |
Vision Research LaboratoryPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Howard Hock The focus of our laboratory is on the identification of mechanisms responsible for the detection of motion, and on the interactions among local motion detectors that result in the formation of global motion patterns. Nonlinear dynamics constitutes the unifying theoretical framework for these studies and is the basis for the computational models through which we simulate our experimental results. |
