Research - Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience/Centre for Neural Computation
Research
Moser group
May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser are Professors and Directors at the Kavli Institute and the Centre for the Biology of Memory. They use grid cells to understand fundamental neural circuit computations underlying cognition and behaviour.
Kentros group
Transgenic investigation of neural circuits
The Kentros laboratory uses mouse molecular genetic techniques to address the neural circuitry underlying learning and memory. Combining the anatomical specificity of mouse molecular genetics with in vivo recordings from awake, behaving animals gives an edge to analyzing the functional circuitry of memory.
Witter group
Functional neuroanatomy aims to understand the relationships between the wiring of neuronal networks and their function. Witter's research group focuses on the architecture of the parahippocampal and hippocampal networks.
Whitlock group
The aim of the Kentros group is to describe the population coding of goal-directed movement intentions in the parietal and frontal areas of neocortex. By describing how these circuits work, they hope to also shed light on how we understand the actions of others.
Roudi group
SPINOr: Stat. Phys. of Inference and Network Organization
In SPINOr, they seek to understand principles that underlie inference, information processing and learning, mainly by using tools from statistical physics.
Yaksi group
Sensory computations in zebrafish
The Yaksi group aims to understand the fundamental principles underlying the function and development of neural circuits in genetically tractable model organisms.
Research projects
Recent publications
Speed cells in the medial entorhinal cortex in Nature July 2015
A prefrontal–thalamo–hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation in Nature May 2015
Shearing-induced asymmetry in entorhinal grid cells in Nature February 2015