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Ryan Squire
Neurosciences
Bio-X
Graduate Student Fellowships 2010/2011
Professors Tirin Moore (Neurobiology) and Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry)
The ability to pay attention is a fundamental cognitive function that enables us to selectively process some aspects of our sensory world while ignoring others. Identifying the specific brain cells and circuits that bring about attention is essential for understanding both normal and impaired cognition, yet this is currently beyond the reach of established neurobiological techniques.
Ryan’s research proposes to apply new technologies from disparate disciplines (e.g., molecular biology, gene therapy, bioengineering) in behaving primates to achieve an unprecedented level of specificity in our knowledge of what cells and circuits underlie cognitive functions such as attention. |
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