Maximiliano Jose Nigro
Group leader
I have always been interested in animal behavior. Since I was a kid, I was observing birds and their habits in my parent’s backyard. As a teenager I discovered the work of Charles Darwin and Konrad Lorenz and I started reading all their books. But it wasn’t until reading “Bright Air, Brilliant Fire” by Gerald Edelman that I fell in love with neuroscience. Since then I have worked in different fields from ion channel biophysics, cellular neurophysiology and neuronal diversity. During my training I had the privilege of working with amazing scientists: Jacopo Magistretti (PhD), Johan Storm (postdoc in cellular neurophysiology), Bernardo Rudy (postdoc in inhibitory circuits and diversity) and Menno Witter (systems neuroscience). In 2020 I received a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship and in January 2021 I joined the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience to establish my own research group. At Kavli, I aim to study how the diversity of neurons in the cortex contributes to computations such as sensory and multisensory processing and ultimately to behavior.
Email me: maximiliano.j.nigro@ntnu.no
Grethe Olsen
Senior engineer
I have for a long time been interested in the biological aspect of behavior and disease, this has led me through a BSc in Psychology as well as a MSc and PhD in Neuroscience. I have as a histology lab manager in the Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience since 2013. I have extensive experience with injection surgeries in mice and rats, tissue slicing, immuno- and histological processing of tissue. In my spare time I practice tai chi, I also enjoy hiking and going to concerts.
Email me: grethe.olsen@ntnu.no
Rejwan Farhad Salih
PhD candidate
I completed my Bachelors and Masters in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Manchester. During this time, I discovered the field of Computational Neuroscience. Having always been curious about the brain, I decided to pursue a PhD in that field. This led me to the Roudi group in Trondheim, where I worked on simulating recurrent neural networks to evaluate storage capacity. In the Nigro lab, I will be analysing electrophysiological data along with neural network simulations to uncover the computational principles underlying multisensory processing.
Email me: rejwan.f.salih@ntnu.no
Francois Philippe Pauzin
Researcher
I graduated from my PhD studies in neurosciences at the Ruhr university of Bochum, Germany under the supervision of Prof. Patrik Krieger. I worked on electrophysiology combined with optogenetic in the in-vivo mouse model. I then moved to California to the lab of Prof. Moxon at UC Davis, where I worked on positional control leading me to acquire experience on rodent’s freely moving electrophysiology technics. I continued my scientific career at the university of Bergen, Norway (Prof. Bramham’s lab) where I gained salient experience in the molecular study of synaptic plasticity, including regulation of gene expression and novel analysis of Arc protein domain function.
A major goal in neuroscience is to decipher how our senses (smell, taste, sight, sound, and touch) are transformed from their physical and/or chemical properties (i.e., light wavelengths for sight) into electrical information that will reach the brain. In the Nigro lab, I will be focusing on how this multiplex information is encoded by the brain as a whole.
Email me: francois.p.pauzin@ntnu.no
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