The project part of the PhD position comprises electrical stimulation in the mouse brain combined with cutting-edge (optogenetic) voltage-sensitive dye imaging techniques (Knöpfel Lab, Imperial College London). The aim of our international consortium (Switzerland, Canada, and Germany) is to improve the ability of cortical prostheses to 'mimic' the language of the brain and increase the safety and longevity of visual prosthetic devices.

Collaborators:

Udo Ernst (Coordinator) and David Rotermund
Computational Neurophysics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bremen.

Bogdan Draganski
Laboratory for Research in Neuroimaging, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV and University of Lau-sanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Michael Herzog Laboratory of Psychophysics, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Christopher Pack Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.

Thomas Knöpfel Optogenetics and Circuit Neurosciences at Imperial College, Division of Brain Sciencesl, UK.