People
Principal investigator
Professor Mikko Juusola
Docent of Neurophysiology, 1995, University of Oulu, Finland
PhD (Neurophysiology), 1993, University of Oulu, Finland
M.D. (General Medicine), 1993, University of Oulu, Finland
Career
Professor of Systems Neuroscience, the University of Sheffield, 2013-
Visiting Professor and PI, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, China, 2008-2019
Reader, the University of Sheffield, 2005-2012
Royal Society University Research Fellow and PI, University of Sheffield, 2005-2007
Royal Society University Research Fellow and PI, University of Cambridge, 1999-2005
Academy of Finland Research Fellow and PI, University of Cambridge, 1997-1999
Postdoc, University of Cambridge, 1996-1997 (Hugh Robinson's lab)
Postdoc, Dalhousie University, Canada, 1994-1996 (Andrew French's lab)
Alberta Heritage Foundation Medical Research Fellow, University of Alberta, Canada, 1993-1994
Biography
I study how animals see and behave, typically concentrating on information processing in the eye and brain circuits of an established genetic model organism, Drosophila. In my research, I use a broad multidisciplinary systems approach that combines theory with experiments.
Our laboratory develops and refines methods for in vivo electrophysiology, 2-photon calcium imaging, fly genetics, mathematical analysis, biophysical modelling and behavioural studies and uses them to quantify neural mechanisms and dynamics that contribute to visual perception and behaviours.
With Aurel Lazar I have been organising a summer workshop "Methods of System Identification for Studying Information Processing in Sensory Systems": 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Besides science, I much enjoy running/training with "Monday Night Club" and hiking in the Peak District and beyond with my wife and kids.