Research map
Six regions, three topics — select a region to filter
- Memory Circuits
- Motor Control & BCI
- Sleep Rhythms
Pick a region
We record from six regions to ask three questions — where memories settle, where movements are prepared, and how sleep sets its rhythm.
PFCMemory Circuits
Prefrontal cortex
Which neural populations hold information in working memory for a few seconds?
Research here
- Codes that keep working memory stable under distraction
- Theta timing between hippocampus and PFC at choice
Recent papers
- 21Low-dimensional prefrontal codes stabilise working memory under distraction2026
- 16Hippocampal–prefrontal coherence during delay predicts recall accuracy2025
M1Motor Control & BCI
Motor cortex
Can reach direction be read from motor-cortex trajectories before the movement starts?
Research here
- Reach direction readable 300 ms ahead
- Cursor control that survives electrode drift
Recent papers
- 24Preparatory trajectories in motor cortex predict reach direction 300 ms ahead2026
- 23A drift-aware decoder for week-long closed-loop cursor control2026
HPCMemory Circuits
Hippocampus
Does place-cell replay during sleep change next-day navigation?
Research here
- Order of route replay during sleep
- Theta timing between hippocampus and PFC at choice
- Spindle–ripple coupling that weakens with age
Recent papers
- 25Sharp-wave ripples gate overnight replay of newly learned routes2026
- 18Place-cell sequences compress more after novel than familiar runs2025
THSleep Rhythms
Thalamus
Which thalamic rhythm starts sleep spindles and how do they spread to cortex?
Research here
- Order of route replay during sleep
- Thalamic rhythms that set spindle frequency
- The switch into REM sleep
- Spindle–ripple coupling that weakens with age
Recent papers
- 25Sharp-wave ripples gate overnight replay of newly learned routes2026
- 22A lightweight convolutional model for automated sleep-spindle detection2026
CBMotor Control & BCI
Cerebellum
How do cerebellar error signals correct the next movement?
Research here
- Cursor control that survives electrode drift
- Cerebellar error signals after a missed reach
Recent papers
- 23A drift-aware decoder for week-long closed-loop cursor control2026
- 20Climbing-fibre error signals scale with reach endpoint variance2025
BSSleep Rhythms
Brainstem
Which brainstem populations decide the switch into REM sleep?
Research here
- The switch into REM sleep
Recent papers
- 19Brainstem bursts precede the switch from spindle-rich sleep to REM2025
- 15Brainstem population activity just before the onset of REM sleep2025
Questions we are asking
9 questions
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Order of route replay during sleep
64-ch silicon probes · ripple detection in sleep
Memory Circuits -
Codes that keep working memory stable under distraction
Two-photon imaging · low-dimensional analysis
Memory Circuits -
Theta timing between hippocampus and PFC at choice
Dual-site recording · phase coupling
Memory Circuits -
Reach direction readable 300 ms ahead
Array electrodes · trajectory decoding
Motor Control & BCI -
Cursor control that survives electrode drift
Closed-loop tasks · adaptive decoders
Motor Control & BCI -
Cerebellar error signals after a missed reach
Complex-spike recording · learning curves
Motor Control & BCI -
Thalamic rhythms that set spindle frequency
Reticular-nucleus recording · optogenetics
Sleep Rhythms -
The switch into REM sleep
Brainstem recording · sleep scoring
Sleep Rhythms -
Spindle–ripple coupling that weakens with age
Long-term sleep recording · coupling metrics
Sleep Rhythms