Research Labs

Our group studies neural mechanisms for the processing and production of socially meaningful communication, with a particular focus on vocal communication. more

Our lab studies the neural and genetic mechanisms underlying behavioral evolution, focusing on the role of ecologically relevant aspects of the environment in shaping the diversification of reproductive behaviors. more

We acquire connectomes, the maps of neuronal networks in the brain, to decipher how the cerebral cortex stores sensory experience and uses it to detect objects in the environment. more

Our laboratory is interested in the behavior, dynamics and emergent properties of neural systems (typically, networks of interacting neurons or neuron populations), especially as these properties relate to neural coding and sensory representation. more

Our research interest is to investigate how the synaptic circuitry of the vertebrate brain gives rise to the computational algorithms that animals use to solve real-world behavioral problems. We study this question in the larval zebrafish, where we can use behavioral experiments, and state-of-the-art functional imaging, electrophysiology, and electron microscopy techniques. more

Erin Schuman’s long-standing research interest is the study of cellular mechanisms and neural circuits that underlie information processing and storage and animal behavior. Memories are stored within and between the cells that make neural circuits. Although memories can last a lifetime, the substrates for memory are relatively unstable, proteins. more

Our lab studies the neural mechanisms that underlie the flexible implementation of instinctive behaviours, with a focus on the synaptic and cellular correlates of behavioural flexibility in defined neural circuits. more