
Daniel Huber
Function: Professeur associé
Group name: Neural circuits and behavior
Group type: Main
Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Basic Neurosciences
Domains: Sensory and Motor Systems, Development and Plasticity
Keywords: brain networks, learning, motor control, motor cortex
Research activities
Whether it is for tying one’s shoe laces or exploring the iPhone, we need to continuously practice new movements and acquire novel motor skills. Motor cortex is one of the key brain areas participating in learning and orchestrating such voluntary movements. Despite decades of research this brain area remains poorly understood. We use a series of innovative optical imaging methods, such as in vivo two-photon microscopy with fluorescent activity indicators, to record neuronal activity in the frontal cortex in the behaving animals and thereby gain a better understanding of the exact neuronal network dynamics underlying decision making and motor control. We work with mice since they are great manipulators and give access to a wide variety of important molecular tools. These experiments in rodents will ultimately help us to understand some of the basic neuronal mechanisms that govern our own actions, enabling us to solve new challenges.
Latest publications
eLemur: A cellular-resolution 3D atlas of the mouse lemur brain.
Emergence of a brainstem somatosensory tonotopic map for substrate vibration.
A novel biomechanical model of the mouse forelimb predicts muscle activity in optimal control simulations of reaching movements.
Transformation of neural coding for vibrotactile stimuli along the ascending somatosensory pathway.
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Prof. Daniel Huber
+41 22 37 95 347
daniel.huber@unige.ch

Gregorio Galinanes Avila
+41 22 37 95 389
gregorio.galinanes@unige.ch

Jeremy Marozeau
+41 22 37 95 389
jeremy.marozeau@unige.ch

Ali Nouri Zonoz
+41 22 37 91 049
ali.nourizonoz@unige.ch

Antoine Philippides
+41 22 37 95 389
antoine.philippides@unige.ch

Marina Ulanova
+41 22 37 95 389
marina.ulanova@unige.ch

Özge Yuzgec
+41 22 37 95 389
ozge.yuzgec@unige.ch
Contact
Faculté de médecine
Université de Genève
Email: Daniel.Huber@unige.ch