Past Kohl Group lab members
POST-DOCS
Dr Ana Carolina Bottura de Barros
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
"Restoring hippocampal-cortical circuit and memory dysfunction in prodromal Alzheimer's Disease"
(2018-2023, MRC)
Dr Mariangela Panniello
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
"Input-output relationships in somatosensory processing."
(2016-2019, Wellcome Trust)
Dr Liad Baruchin
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
"Interrogation of the role of transient interneuron circuits in the development of normal sensory activity in vivo."
(with Prof Simon Butt and Prof Pete Magill, 2017-20, BBSRC)
Dr Ee (Chris) Chong
Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist
"Spatiotemporally multiplexed 2-photon imaging."
(with Prof Martin Booth, 2016-18, Wellcome Trust)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Dr Filippo Ghezzi
"Investigation into early interneuron circuits of the mouse visual cortex."
(2018-2022)
Dr Gabriella Margetts-Smith
"Does disrupted retrosplenial cortex connectivity underlie memory impairments in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease?"
(2018-22)
Dr Severin Limal
"Unravelling principles of multisensory processing in vS1 and A1."
(2016-20)
Dr Ana Carolina Bottura de Barros
"Linking neocortex and hippocampus – The Role of Retrosplenial Cortex in Associative Memory."
(2015-19, CNPq Scholarship)
Dr Suzanne Scott
"Novel pharmacological tools for the functional dissection of different GABAergic interneuron populations."
(2015-18, Wellcome Trust Scholarship)
PROJECT STUDENTS
Ms Brighde Morrison
(MSc in Brain Sciences 2022-23)
Ms Claudia Armengol Arcas
(BSc in Neuroscience Honours 2022-23)
Ms Martina Ip
(BSc in Neuroscience Honours 2022-23)
Ms Eloise Funnell
(MSc in Brain Sciences 2021-22)
Mr Chase O'Brien
(MSc in Brain Sciences 2021-22)
Mr Mufeed Patel
(MSc in Computer Sciences 2021-22)
Mr Léo Goldstein
(Visting MSc in Neurosciences (Aix-Marseille) 2021-22)
Ms Natasha Tucker
(BSc in Neuroscience Honours 2021-22)
Ms Olivia Tinsley
(BSc in Neuroscience Honours 2021-22)
Mr Philip Graemer
"Influences of behavioural states on neural activity in the retrosplenial cortex of freely moving mice."
(MSc Brain Sciences, 2020-21)
Ms Sophie Ankner
"Impact of behavioural states on an associative, non-spatial learning task and the involvement of the retrosplenial cortex."
(MSc Brain Sciences, 2020-21)
Dr Iyanuoluwa Tobi Oderinde
"Retrosplenial Cortex Involvement in Vicarious Trial and Error during a Spatial Reference Memory Task."
(MSc Brain Sciences, 2020-21)
Ms Aashritaa Gopalakrishnan
"The Role of the Retrosplenial Cortex in Decision Making."
(BSc in Neuroscience Honours, 2020-21)
Ms Luiza Lucuta
"Gain Modulation: the elusive computation of multisensory processing."
(BSc in Neuroscience Honours, 2020-21)
Ms Sonali Sriranga
"Representation of Sensory Stimuli in the Retrosplenial Cortex."
(MSc Brain Sciences, 2019-20)
Mr Colm Dowling
"Principles of Single-Trial Variability in Cortical Processing."
(MSc Brain Sciences, 2019-20)
Ms Afrah Shibu
"Laminar-specific neural coding principles in somatosensory processing."
(FHS Medical Sciences, 2017-18)
Mr Mitchell Mealing
"Intrinsic connectivity in the retrosplenial cortex."
(FHS Medical Sciences, 2017-18)
Ms Zoe Curtis
"Plasticity rules in the retrosplenial cortex."
(FHS Biomedical Sciences, 2017-18)
Ms Marta Blanco Pozo
"Unsupervised vs. supervised learning methods in extracting information from spiking neural activity."
(MSc Neuroscience Project Student, Hilary Term 2018)
Mr James Rowland
"Role of inhibition in spike propagation in vS1."
(MSc Neuroscience Project Student, Trinity Term 2017; now: D.Phil student in Oxford)
Ms Veronika Samborska
"Testing the role of the retrosplenial cortex in associative memory with cell-type specific optogenetics."
(MSc Neuroscience Project Student, Trinity Term 2017; now: RA in Walton lab)
Mr Nils Nyberg
"Testing the role of the retrosplenial cortex in associative memory with cell-type specific optogenetics."
(MSc Neuroscience Project Student, Hilary Term 2017)
Dr Roman Rothaermel
"Interaction of multisensory representations during learning."
(MSc Neuroscience Project Student, Hilary Term 2017; now: D.Phil student in Dupret lab)
Ms Karyna Mishchanchuk
"Timing-dependent plasticity rules in the retrosplenial cortex."
(FHS Biomedical Sciences, 2016-17; now: PhD student Wellcome Neuroscience UCL)
Mr Steven Middleton
"Calcium dynamics in vS1 neurons during somatosensory processing."
(2016, Wellcome Trust OXION Rotation Student, Oxford; now: D.Phil student in Bennett lab)
Mr Aaron Lanz
"Synaptic plasticity rules in the retrosplenial cortex."
(Summer 2016, Oxford Hotchkiss Brain Institute Exchange Student, Calgary; now: M.Sc student in the Bains and Gordon labs)
Dr Stephen Wilson
"Optogenetic mapping of inputs into the retrosplenial cortex."
(2015-2016, FHS Medicine, Oxford; now: clinical student in Oxford)
Dr Inês Barreiros
"Role of fast vs. slow inhibition in somatosensory processing."
(2014-2015, M.Sc Neuroscience, Coimbra - ERASMUS; now: D.Phil student in Behrens lab)
Dr Marta Huelin
"Different types of cortical inhibition in the modulation of thalamic input."
(2014-2015, M.Sc Neuroscience, Amsterdam - ERASMUS; now: PhD student in Bendor lab)
Dr Aleksandar Ivanov
"Characterising thalamic input in vS1."
(Summer 2014, MBiochem, Oxford; now: D.Phil student in King and Walker labs)
Dr Vincent Nocera
"Spike detection in fluorescent calcium signals."
(Summer 2014, BA Neurobiology, Berkeley; now: clinical student at University of Vermont)
VISITORS
Mr Mikel Pérez Rodríguez
Visiting Research Fellow
(2021, Fellowship of the Autonomous Community of Basque Country)
Mr Matthew Tran, Linc Lab, University of Toronto.
"Advanced methods for in-vivo 2-photon imaging."
(Summer 2016, Collaborator, Toronto)
Prof Jeehyun Kwag, Korea University