Reverse engineering cortical circuits
Principal Investigator
Koen Vervaeke, Associate Professor of Medicine
2011-2014 Janelia Farm Junior Fellow (mentors Karel Svoboda and Jeff Magee)
2007-2011 Postdoc, University College London (Angus Silver lab)
2002-2007 PhD in Physiology, Oslo University (Johan Storm Lab)
Lab Manager
Kristin Larsen Sand
Postdoctoral students
Dr. Nora Lenkey
Studied medicine at the Semmelweis University in Budapest and joined us after her postdoc position with Zoltan Nusser (KOKI, Budapest).
Dr. Mate Neubrandt
Studied Biology at the E. Lorand University in Budapest and got his PhD in the lab of Janos Szabadics at the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Budapest.
Dr. Aree Witoelaar
Studied Physics in Groningen and got his PhD in machine learning from Groningen University. Did a postdoc in the lab of Yasser Roudi (Kavli Institute, NTNU), and with Ole Andreasen (Oslo University Hospital).
Dr. Matthijs Dorst
Studied Machine Learning in Groningen and KTH Stockholm. Obtained a PhD in the lab of Gilad Silberberg at the Karolinska Institute and worked as an editor at the Nature Communications office in Berlin.
PhD fellows
Nora Cecilie Ebbesen
Studied Neuroscience at the Norwegian Technical Univerisity (NTNU).
Sondre Jordbræk
Studied Neuroscience at the Norwegian Technical Univerisity (NTNU).
Alumni
Rune Lanton
PhD student. Now, Chief Technology Officer, Zeekit AS.
Dr. Malte Bieler
Postdoc (Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow). Now, Data and Research Scientist at Bane Nor.
Dr. Birgit Kriener
Postdoc. Now, Researcher at the Computational Oncology group, NCMM Oslo.
Dr. Michele Gianatti
PhD student 2018-2022 (Defended thesis in 2022). Now, Astra Zeneca, Milan (Rare Neurological disorders).
Eivind Hennestad
PhD student. Now, Researcher at the Lab for Computational Neuroanatomy (NESYS, UiO).
Andreas Lande
PhD student. Now, Section Head at the Norwegian Safety Authority (Mattilsynet).
Christoffer Berge
PhD student. Now, Data Engineer at NAV.
Dr. Anna Chambers
Postdoc (Marie SklodowskaCurie Fellow). Now, Harvard Medical School Investigator at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Institute.
Ann-Christin Garvert
PhD student. Now, Postdoc at the Oslo University Hospital.