Matt Wilson
Principal Investigatormwilson [at] mit.eduURL

James deMelo
Lab Managerdemelo [at] mit.edu

Tim Brawn
Postdoctoral Fellowtpbrawn [at] mit.eduURL

Tim studies the role of sleep in the memory consolidation and reconsolidation of auditory-spatial learning in rats.

Takato Honda
Postdoctoral Fellowtakatoh [at] mit.edu

Takato investigates the molecular and neural circuit basis of memory consolidation and its neural representations during specific behavioral states: wakefulness, NREM and REM sleep. To decipher those neural codes he combines molecular genetics, electrophysiology and imaging methods.

Wei Guo
Postdoctoral Associatewei_guo [at] mit.edu

Wei Guo studies sensory memory processing in the hippocampal circuit using electrophysiological, optical, and computational tools.

Jon Newman
Research Scientistjpnewman [at] mit.eduURL

Jon is attempting to understand how cortical and hippocampal circuits consolidate memories. He also develops new open-source tools for real-time electrophysiology.

Hector Penagos
Research Scientistpenagos [at] mit.edu

Hector studies the interactions between the hippocampus and anterior thalamus during spatial navigation and sleep.

Pedro Feliciano Ramos
Postdoctoral Fellowpflcn [at] mit.edu

Pedro investigates the contributions of specific neural circuits in the generation of hippocampal spatial representations (“neuronal maps”). By applying multi-site electrophysiological recordings with closed-loop optogenetic and computational analysis he hopes to better understand spatial memory formation.

Honi Sanders
Postdoctoral Associatehoni [at] mit.edu

Honi is looking into how experience shapes an animal's assessment of context identity and how to bound generalization during learning.

Jun Yamamoto
Honorary Lab Member yamajun [at] mit.edu

Jun developed motorized microdrives for better yield and stability. As a research scientist in the Tonegawa lab, he strives to push the limits of tetrode recordings in mice. He performs large-scale multi-unit recordings on transgenic mouse lines such as EC3-TTX and CA3-TTX to identify memory replay during waking and sleep.

Jie Zhang
Postdoctoral Associatejzhang41 [at] mit.edu

Jack attempts to model the hippocampal-cortical interaction in spatial navigation. He also designs open-source tools for electrophysiology, and image sensors for neural functional imaging.

David Francisco Theurel
Graduate Studenttheurel [at] mit.edu

David studies the role of hippocampus as an integrated part of the wider deliberative decision-making system. He works on computational-level, algorithmic-level and mechanism-level models of hippocampus, with special interest in theta sequences and sharp wave-ripple sequences."

Qianli Xu
Graduate Studentqlxu [at] mit.edu