Collins Assisi | Theoretical Neuroscience

Animals can rapidly detect changes, characterize, and navigate a constantly changing world. The richness of this milieu is reflected in the variety of dynamic patterns that neuronal networks can generate. The goal of our research is to study how cellular and network properties constrain the generation of these spatiotemporal patterns and determine their functional role. We address these broad goals within the context of two paradigmatic systems in neuroscience, the hippocampal formation and the olfactory system. We construct and simulate detailed and idealized models of neuronal networks to understand the peculiarities of these systems while also abstracting broad principles underlying information processing in the brain.

CAMP 2024 is Here!

CAMP 2024

We invite Ph.D. students, master’s students, final-year undergraduates, and postdocs worldwide from all backgrounds to CAMP@Pune. At this intensive 17-day course, students will be trained in theoretical and computational modeling of memory and plasticity in the brain, spanning different scales of space, time, and complexity. This year’s flavor of CAMP will be Data-Driven Neuroscience. The course will have lectures, hands-on tutorials, and projects to launch students into the exciting field of computational neuroscience. Accommodation and meals will be covered for the participants.