Given calcium imaging data of active neurons, can we detect groups of co-firing neurons, called neuronal ensembles? We have a number of datasets consisting of hundreds of neurons imaged for thousands of time steps, and seek to extend an existing CRF model to consider temporal relationships. The goal is to be able to detect neuronal ensembles that span multiple time steps, and that are not conditioned on external stimuli.

Faculty Advisors

  • Professor Rafael Yuste
  • Department/School: Biological Science/A&S, Neuroscience
  • Location: NWC 9th floor

Project timeline

  • Start date: 06/01/2018
  • End date: 08/17/2018
  • Number of hours per week of research expected: 20

Candidate requirements

  • Skill sets: Matlab, knowledge of graphical probabilistic models. Familiarity with calcium imaging time series data and general neuroscience a plus.
  • Student eligibility (as of Spring 2018): freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, master’s
  • International students on F1 or J1 visa: eligible