Jan Sigurd Blackstad
About
I am a special advisor and scientific writer employed at the Norwegian Centre for Headache Research. My main responsibility is centre growth: Initiating and supporting applications for new and existing research projects to enhance the quality and quantity of the centre's research output.
In my thesis, I investigated the comparative anatomy and electrophysiology of the hippocampal formation in mammals at the Moser group, the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and in collaboration with the Neural Systems group at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences at the Medical Faculty at the University of Oslo, where I was employed as a visiting researcher.
I have a bachelor’s and master’s degree in molecular biosciences from the University of Oslo, where I during my thesis work contributed to investigating the electrophysiological effects of enzymatic degradation of extracellular matrix structures (perineuronal nets) in the entorhinal cortex of rats at the Fyhn group, Centre for Integrative Neuroplasticity, Department of Biosciences.
Additionally, I studied one year on the bachelor program in psychology at the University of Oslo and completed a bachelor’s degree in music teaching and music production in 2011.
Publications
2024
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Carpenter, Jordan;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Tingley, David;
Normand, Valentin Andre;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May Britt;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric.
(2024)
Investigating Egocentric Tuning in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons.
Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
2022
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Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg;
Leergaard, Trygve Brauns.
(2022)
The fibro- and cyto-architecture demarcating the border between the dentate gyrus and CA3 in sheep (Ovis aries) and domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).
Hippocampus
Academic article
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Blackstad, Jan Sigurd;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2022)
Observations on the Hippocampal Formation: A study on the anatomy of the dentate-ammonic region in mink, sheep, and domestic pig, and spatial representations in the CA1 and subiculum of rats.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2021
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Ledergerber Wäfler, Debora;
Battistin, Claudia;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd;
Gardner, Richard;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Roudi, Yasser;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2021)
Task-dependent mixed selectivity in the subiculum.
Cell reports
Academic article
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Christensen, Ane Charlotte;
Lensjø, Kristian Kinden;
Elle Lepperød, Mikkel;
Dragly, Svenn-Arne;
Sutterud, Hallvard;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel.
(2021)
Perineuronal nets stabilize the grid cell network.
Nature Communications
Academic article
2019
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Christensen, Ane Charlotte;
Lepperød, Mikkel;
Lensjø, Kristian Kinden;
Dragly, Svenn-Arne;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel.
(2019)
Perineuronal nets stabilize the grid cell network.
BioRxiv
Academic article
2016
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Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg;
Scharfman, Helen E.;
Storm-Mathisen, Jon;
Blackstad, Theodor;
Leergaard, Trygve Brauns.
(2016)
Observations on hippocampal mossy cells in mink (Neovison vison) with special reference to dendrites ascending to the granular and molecular layers.
Hippocampus
Academic article
Journal publications
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Carpenter, Jordan;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Tingley, David;
Normand, Valentin Andre;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May Britt;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric.
(2024)
Investigating Egocentric Tuning in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons.
Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
-
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg;
Leergaard, Trygve Brauns.
(2022)
The fibro- and cyto-architecture demarcating the border between the dentate gyrus and CA3 in sheep (Ovis aries) and domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).
Hippocampus
Academic article
-
Christensen, Ane Charlotte;
Lepperød, Mikkel;
Lensjø, Kristian Kinden;
Dragly, Svenn-Arne;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel.
(2019)
Perineuronal nets stabilize the grid cell network.
BioRxiv
Academic article
-
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari;
Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg;
Scharfman, Helen E.;
Storm-Mathisen, Jon;
Blackstad, Theodor;
Leergaard, Trygve Brauns.
(2016)
Observations on hippocampal mossy cells in mink (Neovison vison) with special reference to dendrites ascending to the granular and molecular layers.
Hippocampus
Academic article
-
Ledergerber Wäfler, Debora;
Battistin, Claudia;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd;
Gardner, Richard;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Roudi, Yasser;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2021)
Task-dependent mixed selectivity in the subiculum.
Cell reports
Academic article
-
Christensen, Ane Charlotte;
Lensjø, Kristian Kinden;
Elle Lepperød, Mikkel;
Dragly, Svenn-Arne;
Sutterud, Hallvard;
Blackstad, Jan Sigurd;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel.
(2021)
Perineuronal nets stabilize the grid cell network.
Nature Communications
Academic article
Student thesis or dissertation
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Blackstad, Jan Sigurd;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2022)
Observations on the Hippocampal Formation: A study on the anatomy of the dentate-ammonic region in mink, sheep, and domestic pig, and spatial representations in the CA1 and subiculum of rats.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Outreach
2025
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Conference posterBlackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari; Osen, Kirsten; Storm-Mathisen, Jon; Leergaard, Trygve Brauns. (2025) The Evolutionary Reorganization of the Dentate Gyrus and CA3 in an Ontogenetic Perspective. FENS Regional Meeting
2019
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Conference posterBlackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari; Ledergerber Wäfler, Debora; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2019) Egocentric representation of goals in the hippocampus of rats?. Nordic Neuroscience
2017
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Interview
2016
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Conference posterBlackstad, Jan Sigurd; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Hafting, Torkel; Fyhn, Marianne. (2016) Involvement of perineuronal nets in spatial information transfer between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus. Third HBP School - FUTURE NEUROSCIENCE THE MULTISCALE BRAIN: FROM GENES TO BEHAVIOUR
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Conference posterBlackstad, Jan Sigurd; Christensen, Ane Charlotte; Lensjø, Kristian Kinden; Hafting, Torkel; Fyhn, Marianne. (2016) Involvement of perineuronal nets in spatial information transfer between the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus. The Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Physiological Society
2015
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Conference posterBlackstad, Jan Sigurd Beddari; Osen, Kirsten Kjelsberg; Scharfman, HE; Storm-Mathisen, Jon; Blackstad, Theodor W.; Leergaard, Trygve Brauns. (2015) Hippocampal mossy cells in mink (Neovison vison). Nordic Neuroscience meeting