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The Leifer lab focuses on understanding how neural dynamics generate animal behavior. By studying the small nematode C. elegans, the lab employs innovative optical techniques to record and manipulate brain-wide neural activity as the worm moves. Central to the lab's mission is deciphering the principles that govern neural dynamics, including how collective patterns of neuron activity emerge and influence decision-making, learning, and higher cognitive functions. Current research initiatives investigate the relationship between neural connectivity and dynamics, how brain-wide neural patterns drive transitions in behavior, and the mechanisms behind maintaining long-term internal brain states. The multidisciplinary team includes experts from neuroscience, physics, molecular biology, engineering, and computer science, collaborating to explore brain behavior in this tractable model system.
Princeton Neuroscience Institute • Princeton, NJ
Teaching and conducting research in neuroscience, focusing on neural dynamics and behavior.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.