International Graduate School of Neuroscience

Research Interests

Our lab investigates how the brain uses its neuronal networks for computational strategies that link perception and behavior. We further aim to explore the brain’s capacities for plastic reorganization and learning. As major methods we use optical imaging techniques and optogenetics. Optical imaging is unique in its capability of capturing highly resolved activity of millions of neurons at once using light (for a review see VSDI: a new era in functional imaging of cortical dynamics and our contribution therein). In combination with light stimulation and recordings of specific target neurons and neuronal subnetworks using 2-photon imaging our approaches provide access to theoretical and experimental questions dealing with the computational power of activity patterns across the brain.

For more information see our website https://jancke-lab.de/.