Peter Doohan

PhD student @OxNeuro // Interested in how goals structure our behaviour

[Mohamady El-Gaby @GabyMohamady]

Amazing work! Featuring one of the most convincing prefrontal silencing results I’ve ever seen.

[Tim Behrens @behrenstimb]

This is one of the coolest things I have been involved with. Truly flexible navigation in mice. Real insight into how mPFC computes the plans. Great fun to see what PFC is doing with those hippocampal theta sweeps. From the awesome @petertdoohan

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

@takahikoike Flexible* navigation ;)

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

All data, analysis code & relevant docs are publicly available. Ready for anyone to start making their own discoveries 💡

See code & data availability section of manuscript :)
https://t.co/ggFUZvxtCj

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

How do brains plan actions towards goals?
To get at this question we studied mice navigating complex mazes as goals changed on every trial 🧵

New work with Thomas Akam @behrenstimb @KrisTorpJensen now on BioRxiv: https://t.co/ggFUZvxtCj

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

Finally, a big thank you to all our co-authors Yaqing Chen, @BeatrizSimG, @charlesdgburns, Xiao Qin, Josie Emery, Ryan Cini, Mark Walton + everyone in the Akam and Behrens labs across SWC & Oxford for their support!

[Sumedha Nalluru @SumedhaNalluru]

Our paper "Memory reactivation generates new, adaptive behaviours that reach beyond direct experience" is now out https://t.co/oiTC4HH2ks ! With @AnnieBRawson, Jill O’Reilly and @HelenCBarron at @MRCBNDU @NDCNOxford 1/6

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

@Ssfaizan2 @CortexClub @EnnyvBeest Dm’d :)

[Cortex Club @CortexClub]

Our next CorTech talk is scheduled for Monday, November 11th at 4pm with @EnnyvBeest in Biochemistry Seminar Room 1. Title: Tracking Neurons Across Days with High Temporal Resolution. Enny will lead a brief tutorial afterwards so please bring a laptop!

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

@behrenstimb @AnnaShpektor Looks like my handwriting

[Peter Doohan @petertdoohan]

@AnnaShpektor Sup Fig2.2 is really impressive ;)

[bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv_neursci]

A hierarchical coordinate system for sequence memory in human entorhinal cortex. https://t.co/EtpJZIRIuP #biorxiv_neursci

[Josh Selfe @joshsselfe]

Ever wanted to explore the driving forces underlying inhibitory neuronal signalling? We did! So, for my MSc in @JosephRaimondo lab, we developed the all-optical approach ORCHID - all-Optical Reporting of CHloride Ion Driving force. Now out in @NatureComms https://t.co/kJGv5mZkpg

[Cortex Club @CortexClub]

Our second talk of the year is scheduled for Wednesday, 9th October at 4pm with Lisa Spiering in the Pharmacology Lecture Theatre. Title: Controllability and cause in human collaboration. Post-talk, we will head to the Lamb and Flag at 5.15pm for some drinks and chats!