ANYI LIU
PhD Student
Functional architecture of neural circuits
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AboutI obtained my masters in neuroscience at UCL, where I studied the place cell’s representation of environmental connectivity in rat's hippocampus. Currently I am a PhD student in Neuroscience, funded by BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium and the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. I am based in the Carandini-Harris laboratory at University College London, where, in collaboration with the Rossi Lab (IIT) I investigate how the responses of neurons in the primary visual cortex are shaped by the inputs they receive on their apical dendrite. Using two-photon synaptic imaging I characterise the activity of inputs targeting apical dendrites, and then manipulate them with optical micro-dissection. My project will reveal the causal role of apical dendrites in the visual cortex. |
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AboutI obtained my masters in neuroscience at UCL, where I studied the place cell’s representation of environmental connectivity in rat's hippocampus. Currently I am a PhD student in Neuroscience, funded by BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium and the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. I am based in the Carandini-Harris laboratory at University College London, where, in collaboration with the Rossi Lab (IIT) I investigate how the responses of neurons in the primary visual cortex are shaped by the inputs they receive on their apical dendrite. Using two-photon synaptic imaging I characterise the activity of inputs targeting apical dendrites, and then manipulate them with optical micro-dissection. My project will reveal the causal role of apical dendrites in the visual cortex. |