Jonathan Whitlock
About
Jonathan Whitlock is head of the Whitlock research group at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. His focus is on unraveling how higher motor systems in cortex coordinate natural behavior and permit social learning. His group studies these phenomena by combining quantitative behavioral tracking with neuronal ensemble recordings in freely-behaving rats and mice. The group uses optogenetics and neuroanatomical methods to better understand the function and connectivity of relevant circuits, and has both local and international collaborations toward the development of statistical and machine learning-based analyses of high-dimensional neural and behavioral data.
Beyond the lab, Whitlock currently coordinates the Master's program in Neuroscience at the Kavli Institute, and organizes the Institute's course in Physiological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
His group strarted at the Kavli Institute in 2014 under the auspices of an ERC starting grant, prior to which he was a Kavli post-doctoral fellow with Edvard and May-Britt Moser, studying navigational representations across parietal and entorhinal cortices. Prior to moving to Trondheim, he was a graduate student of Mark Bear at Brown University and MIT, with his thesis work demonstrating that synaptic connections in the hippocampus grew stronger as a consequence of single-trial learning in rats.
Competencies
Publications
2020
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior.
IEEE. 2020. ISBN 978-1-7281-7167-8.
Scientific anthology
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Tombaz, Tuce;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Hovde, Karoline;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Mimica, Bartul;
Mamidanna, Pranav;
Roudi, Yasser;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2020)
Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network.
Scientific Reports.
volum 10 (1).
Academic article
2019
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Olsen, Grethe Mari;
Hovde, Karoline;
Kondo, Hideki;
Sakshaug, Teri;
Haaland Sømme, Hanna;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Witter, Menno.
(2019)
Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
volum 13 (38).
Academic article
2018
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Hovde, Karoline;
Gianatti, Michele;
Witter, Menno;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas.
European Journal of Neuroscience.
Academic article
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Mimica, Bartul;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats.
Science.
volum 362 (6414).
Academic article
2017
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex.
Neuron.
Academic article
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Posterior parietal cortex.
Current Biology.
Academic article
2014
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2014)
Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
volum 8 (MAY).
Academic article
2012
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Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe.
(2012)
Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits.
volum 6.
Academic article
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Pfuhl, Gerit;
Dagslott, Nenitha;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat.
Neuron.
volum 73 (4).
Academic article
2011
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
A brain full of maps.
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.
volum 45.
Scientific translation/review
2009
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 12 (10).
Academic article
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus.
The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition.
Academic chapter/article
2008
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Sutherland, Robert;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2008)
Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
volum 105 (30).
Editorial
2006
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Heynen, Arnold;
Shuler, Marshall;
Bear, Mark.
(2006)
Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.
Science.
volum 313 (5790).
Academic article
Scientific articles
-
Tombaz, Tuce;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Hovde, Karoline;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Mimica, Bartul;
Mamidanna, Pranav;
Roudi, Yasser;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2020)
Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network.
Scientific Reports.
volum 10 (1).
Academic article
-
Olsen, Grethe Mari;
Hovde, Karoline;
Kondo, Hideki;
Sakshaug, Teri;
Haaland Sømme, Hanna;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Witter, Menno.
(2019)
Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
volum 13 (38).
Academic article
-
Hovde, Karoline;
Gianatti, Michele;
Witter, Menno;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas.
European Journal of Neuroscience.
Academic article
-
Mimica, Bartul;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats.
Science.
volum 362 (6414).
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex.
Neuron.
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Posterior parietal cortex.
Current Biology.
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2014)
Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
volum 8 (MAY).
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe.
(2012)
Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits.
volum 6.
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Pfuhl, Gerit;
Dagslott, Nenitha;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat.
Neuron.
volum 73 (4).
Academic article
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 12 (10).
Academic article
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Heynen, Arnold;
Shuler, Marshall;
Bear, Mark.
(2006)
Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.
Science.
volum 313 (5790).
Academic article
Journal publications
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
A brain full of maps.
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.
volum 45.
Scientific translation/review
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Sutherland, Robert;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2008)
Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
volum 105 (30).
Editorial
Books
-
Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior.
IEEE. 2020. ISBN 978-1-7281-7167-8.
Scientific anthology
Part of book/report
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus.
The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition.
Academic chapter/article
Teaching
Courses
Media
2019
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Popular scientific lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) AI-assisted detection of 3D behavior in freely running rodents. Intern fagdag om kunstig intelligens i Helsedirektoratet . Helsedirektoratet; Oslo. 2019-01-17.
2014
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Popular scientific lectureWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “How your brain geotags memories”. TEDx Trondheim, “Matters of the Mind”, Trondheim, Norway ; 2014-04-29.