Team

Renata Batista-Brito

Principal Investigator

Geneticist and systems neuroscientist interested in bridging knowledge from genes to circuits and behavior. Special focus on the role of inhibition in cortical circuits across postnatal development. Mother of three troublemakers that are a lot of fun. Lover of poetry and cinema.

José Moreno-Larios

Postdoctoral Fellow

Joint postdoc between the Batista-Brito Lab and the Sjulson Lab. Interested in ultra fast optics applications to neuroscience. Loves cooking and coding.

Duy Tran

M.D./Ph.D. Student

Joint MSTP student between the Batista-Brito and the Sjulson labs. Interested in how PFC activity contributes to decision making and impulsive behaviors. Loves food and nature.

Nelson Catalan

M.D./Ph.D Student

Interested in the cross talk between glia and neurons in the context of health and disease. Loves to camp in wild places and get lost in nature.

Ehsan Sabri

Postdoctoral Fellow

Systems neuroscientist with focus on circuit function. Interested in efficient information processing in the sensory cortex. Dad of the sweetest kid. Consumed by nature and loves hiking.

Geoffrey Terral

Postdoctoral Fellow

Interested in studying how specific inhibitory neurons regulate neural circuitry and cortical rhythms and how they influence behavioral actions. Loves nature, baking bread, and watching rugby.

Joclyn Barnett

M.D./Ph.D Student

Studies how interneuron development helps shape cortical function within the framework of neurodevelopmental disorders. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching reality TV, and spending time with her friends and cats.

Arenski Lechuga

Research Trainee

Interested in how cortico-cortical under-connectivity may underlie the behavioral deficits registered in some neurodevelopmental diseases. Loves ice skating, walking around the city and finding new activities to do with friends.

Manal Salmi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Interested in how visual input around eye-opening shape cortical wiring and inhibitory function. Proud aunt. Loves to walk under the New York sky, French cheese and wine.

Jacob Ratliff

Ph.D. Student

Wanting to understand how long-range inhibitory neurons shape cortical network function and behavior. Interested in cooking/eating new foods, gardening, and hiking through the mountains.

Claire Ward

Ph.D Student

Interested in dissecting the circuit dysfunctions underlying neuro-developmental disorders. An accomplished community organizer and aspiring bread baker, Claire likes to make friends with the local wildlife.

Alumni

Nisa Cuevas

Research Trainee (2018-2019)
Next Step: PhD student at the Vinck Lab in The Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society

Diego Vazquez

Research Assistant (2019-2021)

Next Step: PhD student in neuro-immunology at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin.

Julie Mota

Research Assistant (2021-2023)

Next Step: Project Manager for the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Kennedy Krieger (IDDRC).

Yi Tian

Research Assistant (2019-2021)

Next Step: Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Join the Team

We are currently recruiting motivated postdocs and research trainees. We will consider anyone who is enthusiastic about our research, however applicants with a background in electrophysiology, two-photon imaging and computer science are particularly encouraged to apply.

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