Ulf Knoblich
Short CV
| 2011 - present | Postdoctoral Associate in the
Department of Neurobiology,
Yale University, laboratory of Jessica Cardin |
| 2010 - 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the
McGovern Institute for Brain
Research at MIT, laboratory of Christopher Moore |
| 2010 | Ph.D. in Neuroscience,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Christopher Moore and Tomaso Poggio |
| 2004 | Diplom in Computer Science, Saarland University |
Full CV
Research interests
I employ intra- and extracellular recordings in vivo, optogenetics, behavioral assays and
large-scale biophysically accurate modeling.
Publications
Journal Papers
I. Kahn*, U. Knoblich*, M. Desai, J. Bernstein, A.M. Graybiel, E.S. Boyden, R.L. Buckner, C.I. Moore.Optogenetic drive of neocortical pyramidal neurons generates fMRI signals that are correlated with spiking activity.
Brain Res 1511:33-45, 2013. [doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.03.011]
R. Mao, J. Schummers, U. Knoblich, C.J. Lacey, A. Van Wart, C. Kim, J.R. Huguenard, J.L.R. Rubenstein, M. Sur.
Influence of a specific inhibitory interneuron subtype on stimulus-specific responses in visual cortex.
Cereb Cortex 22(3):493-508, 2012. [doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhr057]
I. Kahn*, M. Desai*, U. Knoblich*, J. Bernstein, A.M. Graybiel, E.S. Boyden, R.L. Buckner, C.I. Moore.
Characterization of the Functional MRI Response Temporal Linearity via Optical Control of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons.
J Neurosci 31(42):15086-15091, 2011. [doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0007-11.2011]
M. Desai, I. Kahn, U. Knoblich, J. Bernstein, H. Atallah, A. Yang, N. Kopell, R.L. Buckner, A.M. Graybiel, C.I. Moore, E.S. Boyden.
Mapping Brain Networks in Awake Mice Using Combined Optical Neural Control and fMRI.
J Neurophysiol 105(3):1393-1405, 2011. [doi: 10.1152/jn.00828.2010]
U. Knoblich, J.H. Siegle, D.L. Pritchett, C.I. Moore.
What do we gain from gamma? Local dynamic gain modulation drives enhanced efficacy and efficiency of signal transmission.
Front. Hum. Neurosci. 4:185. [doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00185]
C.I. Moore, M. Carlén, U. Knoblich and J.A. Cardin.
Neocortical interneurons: from diversity, strength.
Cell 142(2):189-193, 2010. [doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.07.005]
J.A. Cardin, M. Carlén, K. Meletis, U. Knoblich, F. Zhang, K. Deisseroth, L.H. Tsai and C.I. Moore.
Targeted optogenetic stimulation and recording of neurons in vivo using cell-type-specific expression of Channelrhodopsin-2.
Nature Protoc 5(2):247-254, 2010. [doi: 10.1038/nprot.2009.228]
J.A. Cardin, M. Carlén, K. Meletis, U. Knoblich, F. Zhang, K. Deisseroth, L.H. Tsai and C.I. Moore.
Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses.
Nature 459(7247):663-667, 2009. [doi: 10.1038/nature08002]
R. Cao, B.T. Higashikubo, J.A. Cardin, U. Knoblich, R. Ramos, M.T. Nelson, C.I. Moore and J.C. Brumberg.
Pinacidil induces vascular dilation and hyperemia in vivo and does not impact biophysical properties of neurons and astrocytes in vitro.
Cleve. Clin. J. Med. 76, 2009. [doi: 10.3949/ccjm.76.s2.16]
T. Serre, G. Kreiman, M. Kouh, C. Cadieu, U. Knoblich and T. Poggio.
A quantitative theory of immediate visual recognition.
Prog. Brain Res. 165:33-56, 2007. [doi: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)65004-8]
Technical Reports
J. Mutch, U. Knoblich and T. Poggio.CNS: a GPU-based framework for simulating cortically-organized networks.
MIT-CSAIL-TR-2010-013 / CBCL-286, 2010.
T. Serre, M. Kouh, C. Cadieu, U. Knoblich, G. Kreiman and T. Poggio.
A Theory of Object Recognition: Computations and Circuits in the Feedforward Path of the Ventral Stream in Primate Visual Cortex.
CBCL Paper #259/AI Memo #2005-036, 2005.
U. Knoblich and M. Riesenhuber.
Stimulus simplification and object representation: a modeling study.
CBCL Paper #215/AI Memo #2002-004, 2002.
U. Knoblich, D.J. Freedman and M. Riesenhuber.
Categorization in IT and PFC: Model and Experiments.
CBCL Paper #216/AI Memo #2002-007, 2002.
Contact
Department of Neurobiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
Phone: +1 (203) 737-6957
ulf.knoblich at yale.edu
Last modified: Jan 2012 by uk