Faculty
Biological Sciences has more than 60 full-time faculty members, as well as more than 20 faculty with joint appointments and 15 visiting or adjunct professors. Among its many distinctions and honors, the Ph.D. program faculty includes two members of the National Academy of Sciences, four members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 18 holders of endowed chairs and professorships.
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Tansu CelikelAssistant Professor of Biological SciencesContact Information E-mail: celikel@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3461 Office: HNB 507 |
Education
- Ph.D. Cognitive Neuroscience, La Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, 10/2001
Postdoctoral Training
- Postdoctoral researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, 2004-2007
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, San Diego, 2001-2003
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Topographic representations in the primary sensory cortices are believed to be the neural basis of sensory perception. These representations are continuously altered during learning and after sensory organ loss. Despite their role in sensory information processing, the mechanisms by which they are modified is still unknown. The major goal of our lab is to describe the neural circuits and the synaptic mechanisms responsible for the development and maintenance of the sensory representations using in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological recordings, imaging, computerized behavioral trainings and molecular biological methods.
For further details please visit the homepage of the Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Plasticity at http://lncp.usc.edu
Research Keywords
learning, memory, information processing, somatosensation, behavior, plasticity, computational behavior, neural circuits, electrophysiology, gene recombination, targeted neural activation and inactivation
Research Specialties
"Learning&Memory", "Sensory Systems", "Brain simulations", "Brain Mapping", "Molecular control of neural activity"