Synaptic mechanisms and Brain disorders: MCell models of synapses and Neuron models of intrinsic properties and demyelination diseases
Spike Timing
Ryanodine Receptor Dynamics
Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Image Analysis, Theoretical Biology
Brain function: Role of the default mode network in memory systems
Single neuron dynamics and computation as related to neuronal diversity, circuit level mapping and analysis of the olfactory system, human stem cell research
Intracellular transport: MCell models and microscopy of transport in complicated geometries
Model of Actin Polymerization
statistical mechanics, machine learning, neural coding
Inhibitory circuits and neural code: In vivo experimentation and model simulation of inhibitory neural circuits to explore their role in shaping the neural code
Olfaction: Network mechanisms of information processing in the olfactory system
Sleep spindle synchronization: multi-scale modeling of thalamocortical networks
Motor systems: optimal control theory approach to modeling the motor system
Synaptic mechanisms: MCell model of glutamate diffusion in 3D reconstructions
Development and integration of novel neurophysiology collection and analysis techniques in humans and animals, with special emphasis on sleep research and non-invasive methods
Spatiotemporal dynamics, networks
Synaptic mechanisms: Modeling the molecular machinery involved in synaptic plasticity
Neurobiology: synaptic plasticity, single-cell computation, neural noise, Fragile-X syndrome
Spatial network models of the anatomical and dynamical foundations of epilepsy, Williams Syndrome, autonomous activity and social cognition
The role of SK channels in dendritic excitability and synaptic plasticity.
Memory systems: Models of neural circuits in the hippocampus and rate remapping
Brain disorders: glial basis of post-traumatic epileptogenesis, computational modeling of schizophrenia
Sleep and paroxysmal oscillations: neuronal correlates of spindles and slow-wave oscillations -- multi-scale modeling and EEG/fMRI
Analyzing Brain Activity
Multiscale Synaptic Modeling
Information Theory
Neural coding issues, including the role of synchrony on the reliability and precision of neural spiking