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Biology Faculty Profile
Robert Liu
Professor robert.liu@emory.edu Office Phone: 404-727-5274 | Lab Phone: 404-727-9207 Office Room: Rollins 2131 Office Address: Emory University, Department of Biology, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta , GA 30322 Lab Room: Rollins 2179 Lab Website
Research Area:
Neuroscience
Graduate Program Affiliation:
Emory/Georgia Tech Bio Engineering Neuroscience
Degree: B.S., Stanford Physics, 1991 Ph.D., Stanford Applied Physics, 1998 Postdoc, UCSF Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology
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Our Computational Neuroethology Laboratory is interested in understanding how behaviorally-relevant sensory signals are encoded by cortical neurons, and what factors (e.g. experience, hormones) might lead to plastic changes in that code. We investigate this in the mouse, where ultrasonic communication between animals provides a natural behavioral context for these studies, and transgenic methods offer future possibilities for mechanistic dissection of coding mechanisms. Our experimental approaches include electrophysiology in awake mice, hormonal manipulations, immunohistochemistry, and behavioral analysis. We also employ computational methods to analyze the information processing capabilities of neurons.
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