Edvard Ingjald Moser

About

Founding Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Co-Director of Centre for Algorithms in the Cortex. PhD in neurophysiology, University of Oslo 1995.

OUR PROJECTS AND TEAMS

Moser group

KiloNeurons

TheMini2P

Centre for Algorithms in the Cortex

BIO

Edvard I. Moser is interested in how spatial location and spatial memory are computed in the brain. His work, conducted with May-Britt Moser as a long-term collaborator, includes the discovery of grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, which provides the first clues to a neural mechanism for the metric of spatial mapping. Their current focus is on unravelling how neural microcircuits for space, time and memory are organized in terms of interactions between thousands of diverse neurons with known functional identity, a computational neuroscience endeavour that is significantly boosted by the invention of Neuropixels probes and 2-photon miniscopes for freely moving rodents - technologies that the Mosers and their group have participated in developing.

Edvard Moser is the Founding Director / Co-Director of three Research Council-funded Centres of Excellence:

Centre for the Biology of Memory (2003-2012)
Centre for Neural Computation (2012-2022)
Centre for Algorithms in the Cortex (2023-2033)

In 2007 the Research Centre became a Kavli Institute, with Edvard Moser as the Director.

Nobel Prize: Edvard Moser shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 2014 with May-Britt Moser and John O'Keefe.

Publications

For a full publication list, including the Nobel-awarded studies, please download the CV.

2025

Vollan, Abraham Zelalem; Gardner, Richard James; Moser, May Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2025) Left–right-alternating theta sweeps in entorhinal–hippocampal maps of space. Nature
Academic article
Kanter, Benjamin Richard; Lykken, Christine Marie; Polti, Ignacio; Moser, May Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2025) Event structure sculpts neural population dynamics in the lateral entorhinal cortex. Science
Academic article

2024

Muessig, Laurenz; Ribeiro Rodrigues, Fabio; Bjerknes, Tale Litlere; Towse, Benjamin W.; Barry, Caswell; Burgess, Neil. (2024) Environment geometry alters subiculum boundary vector cell receptive fields in adulthood and early development. Nature Communications
Academic article
Carpenter, Jordan; Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari; Tingley, David; Normand, Valentin Andre; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May Britt. (2024) Investigating Egocentric Tuning in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Furstenberg, Ariel. (2024) Theory and Practice in Neuroscience Modelling of Thought: An Interview with Edvard I. Moser. Human Arenas
Academic article

2023

Jacobsen, Ragnhild Irene; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas Gustav Wilhelm; Donato, Flavio; Slettmoen, Torstein; Moser, May Britt. (2023) Dataset: All-viral tracing of monosynaptic inputs to single birthdate-defined neurons in the intact brain (v1).
Other product
Gonzalo Cogno, Soledad ; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas Gustav Wilhelm; Lautrup, Ane; Jacobsen, Ragnhild Irene; Clopath, Claudia; Andersson, Sebastian Ola. (2023) Minute-scale oscillatory sequences in medial entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article

2022

Gardner, Richard James; Hermansen, Erik; Pachitariu, Marius; Burak, Yoram; Baas, Nils A.; Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2022) Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells. Nature
Academic article
Zong, Weijian; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas; Skytøen, Emilie; Eneqvist, Hanna Ulrika Leo; Vale, Ruben Duque do; de Jong, Nienke Laura. (2022) Large-scale two-photon calcium imaging in freely moving mice. Cell
Academic article
Tsao, Albert; Yousefzadeh, S. Aryana; Meck, Warren H.; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2022) The neural bases for timing of durations. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review

2021

Steinmetz, Nicholas A.; Aydin, Cagatay; Lebedeva, Anna; Okun, Michael; Pachitariu, Marius; Bauza, Marius. (2021) Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings. Science
Academic article

2019

Høydal, Øyvind Arne; Skytøen, Emilie; Andersson, Sebastian Ola; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2019) Object-vector coding in the medial entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article

2018

Bellmund, Jacob Lukas Sarid; Gärdenfors, Peter; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Doeller, Christian Fritz Andreas. (2018) Navigating cognition: Spatial codes for human thinking. Science
Academic literature review
Tsao, Albert; Sugar, Jørgen; Lu, Li; Wang, Cheng; Knierim, James J.; Moser, May-Britt. (2018) Integrating time from experience in the lateral entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article

2017

Donato, Flavio; Jacobsen, R. Irene; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2017) Stellate cells drive maturation of the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit. Science
Academic article
Miao, Chenglin; Cao, Qichen; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2017) Parvalbumin and Somatostatin Interneurons Control Different Space-Coding Networks in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex. Cell
Academic article

2015

Stensola, Tor; Stensola, Hanne; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2015) Shearing-induced asymmetry in entorhinal grid cells. Nature
Academic article
Kropff, Emilio; Carmichael, James E.; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2015) Speed cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article
Ito, Hiroshi; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2015) A prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation. Nature
Academic article

2014

Igarashi, Kei M; Lu, Li; Colgin, Laura Lee; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2014) Coordination of entorhinal-hippocampal ensemble activity during associative learning. Nature
Academic article

2013

Zhang, Sheng Jia; Ye, Jing; Miao, Chenglin; Tsao, Albert; Cerniauskas, Ignas; Ledergerber, Debora. (2013) Optogenetic Dissection of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Functional Connectivity. Science
Academic article

2012

Stensola, Hanne; Stensola, Tor; Solstad, Trygve; Frøland, Kristian; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2012) The entorhinal grid map is discretized. Nature
Academic article

2011

Jezek, Karel; Henriksen, Espen Joakim; Treves, Alessandro; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2011) Theta-paced flickering between place-cell maps in the hippocampus. Nature
Academic article

2010

Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt. (2010) Entorhinal cortex. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Colgin, Laura Lee; Leutgeb, S; Jezek, Karel; Leutgeb, Jill Kristin; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; McNaughton, Bruce. (2010) Attractor-map versus autoassociation based attractor dynamics in the hippocampal network. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Bonnevie, Tora; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2010) Hippocampal contribution to maintenance of entorhinal grid fields. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Henriksen, Espen Joakim; Barnes, Carol; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Spatial representation along the proximo- distal axis of CA1. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Giocomo, Lisa; Hussaini, SA; Zhang, F; Kandel, ER; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Scale of grid cells increases in HCN1 knockout mice. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Whitlock, Jonathan; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Pfuhl, Gerit; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Effects of parietal cortical inactivation on representations in entorhinal cortex. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract

Journal publications

Vollan, Abraham Zelalem; Gardner, Richard James; Moser, May Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2025) Left–right-alternating theta sweeps in entorhinal–hippocampal maps of space. Nature
Academic article
Kanter, Benjamin Richard; Lykken, Christine Marie; Polti, Ignacio; Moser, May Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2025) Event structure sculpts neural population dynamics in the lateral entorhinal cortex. Science
Academic article
Muessig, Laurenz; Ribeiro Rodrigues, Fabio; Bjerknes, Tale Litlere; Towse, Benjamin W.; Barry, Caswell; Burgess, Neil. (2024) Environment geometry alters subiculum boundary vector cell receptive fields in adulthood and early development. Nature Communications
Academic article
Carpenter, Jordan; Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari; Tingley, David; Normand, Valentin Andre; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May Britt. (2024) Investigating Egocentric Tuning in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Furstenberg, Ariel. (2024) Theory and Practice in Neuroscience Modelling of Thought: An Interview with Edvard I. Moser. Human Arenas
Academic article
Gonzalo Cogno, Soledad ; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas Gustav Wilhelm; Lautrup, Ane; Jacobsen, Ragnhild Irene; Clopath, Claudia; Andersson, Sebastian Ola. (2023) Minute-scale oscillatory sequences in medial entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article
Gardner, Richard James; Hermansen, Erik; Pachitariu, Marius; Burak, Yoram; Baas, Nils A.; Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2022) Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells. Nature
Academic article
Zong, Weijian; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas; Skytøen, Emilie; Eneqvist, Hanna Ulrika Leo; Vale, Ruben Duque do; de Jong, Nienke Laura. (2022) Large-scale two-photon calcium imaging in freely moving mice. Cell
Academic article
Tsao, Albert; Yousefzadeh, S. Aryana; Meck, Warren H.; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2022) The neural bases for timing of durations. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
Steinmetz, Nicholas A.; Aydin, Cagatay; Lebedeva, Anna; Okun, Michael; Pachitariu, Marius; Bauza, Marius. (2021) Neuropixels 2.0: A miniaturized high-density probe for stable, long-term brain recordings. Science
Academic article
Høydal, Øyvind Arne; Skytøen, Emilie; Andersson, Sebastian Ola; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2019) Object-vector coding in the medial entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article
Bellmund, Jacob Lukas Sarid; Gärdenfors, Peter; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Doeller, Christian Fritz Andreas. (2018) Navigating cognition: Spatial codes for human thinking. Science
Academic literature review
Tsao, Albert; Sugar, Jørgen; Lu, Li; Wang, Cheng; Knierim, James J.; Moser, May-Britt. (2018) Integrating time from experience in the lateral entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article
Donato, Flavio; Jacobsen, R. Irene; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2017) Stellate cells drive maturation of the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit. Science
Academic article
Miao, Chenglin; Cao, Qichen; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2017) Parvalbumin and Somatostatin Interneurons Control Different Space-Coding Networks in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex. Cell
Academic article
Stensola, Tor; Stensola, Hanne; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2015) Shearing-induced asymmetry in entorhinal grid cells. Nature
Academic article
Kropff, Emilio; Carmichael, James E.; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2015) Speed cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Nature
Academic article
Ito, Hiroshi; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2015) A prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation. Nature
Academic article
Igarashi, Kei M; Lu, Li; Colgin, Laura Lee; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2014) Coordination of entorhinal-hippocampal ensemble activity during associative learning. Nature
Academic article
Zhang, Sheng Jia; Ye, Jing; Miao, Chenglin; Tsao, Albert; Cerniauskas, Ignas; Ledergerber, Debora. (2013) Optogenetic Dissection of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Functional Connectivity. Science
Academic article
Stensola, Hanne; Stensola, Tor; Solstad, Trygve; Frøland, Kristian; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2012) The entorhinal grid map is discretized. Nature
Academic article
Jezek, Karel; Henriksen, Espen Joakim; Treves, Alessandro; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2011) Theta-paced flickering between place-cell maps in the hippocampus. Nature
Academic article
Colgin, Laura Lee; Leutgeb, S; Jezek, Karel; Leutgeb, Jill Kristin; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; McNaughton, Bruce. (2010) Attractor-map versus autoassociation based attractor dynamics in the hippocampal network. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Bonnevie, Tora; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2010) Hippocampal contribution to maintenance of entorhinal grid fields. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Henriksen, Espen Joakim; Barnes, Carol; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Spatial representation along the proximo- distal axis of CA1. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Giocomo, Lisa; Hussaini, SA; Zhang, F; Kandel, ER; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Scale of grid cells increases in HCN1 knockout mice. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract
Whitlock, Jonathan; Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Pfuhl, Gerit; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Effects of parietal cortical inactivation on representations in entorhinal cortex. Society for Neuroscience : Abstracts
Abstract

Part of book/report

Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt. (2010) Entorhinal cortex. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Product

Jacobsen, Ragnhild Irene; Nair, Rajeevkumar Raveendran; Obenhaus, Horst-Andreas Gustav Wilhelm; Donato, Flavio; Slettmoen, Torstein; Moser, May Britt. (2023) Dataset: All-viral tracing of monosynaptic inputs to single birthdate-defined neurons in the intact brain (v1).
Other product

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