Venkatachalam Lab
Studies of the neurophysiology of C. elegans from its birth to adulthood, which reveals the detailed relationship between the developing nervous system and the animal behavior. Advanced neurotechnology and microscopy techniques are used to measure large populations of neurons in freely behaving animals, while simultaneously recording their movements and motor decisions.
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Vivek Venkatachalam
Vivek Venkatachalam received his PhD in Physics from Harvard University. His research seeks to understand how neurons communicate within the brain to process sensory information and shape behavior in the nematode C. elegans. His group develops tools to measure and quantify whole-brain activity at cellular resolution across diverse sensory and behavioral contexts, across sexes, and…