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
2010Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
working with Christopher Moore and Tomaso Poggio
2004Diplom in Computer Science, Saarland University

 Full CV


Research interests
  • Neural Coding
  • Sensory Processing and Integration (in visual and somatosensory cortices)
  • Intra- and Extracellular in vivo and in vitro recordings
  • Large-scale biophysical Modeling

Publications

Journal Papers

I. Kahn*, U. Knoblich*, M. Desai, J. Bernstein, A.M. Graybiel, E.S. Boyden, R.L. Buckner, C.I. Moore.
Systematic characterization of the functional MRI response driven by optical control of neocortical pyramidal neurons.
[in preparation]

M. Desai, I. Kahn, U. Knoblich, J. Bernstein, H. Atallah, N. Kopell, R.L. Buckner, A.M. Graybiel, C.I. Moore, E.S. Boyden.
Algorithmic mapping of brain network dynamics measured via combined optical neural control and fMRI.
[in press]

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]

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.
[under review]

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.

Conference Papers

U. Knoblich, M. Riesenhuber, D.J. Freedman, E.K. Miller and T. Poggio.
Visual Categorization: How The Monkey Brain Does It.
Biologically Motivated Computer Vision, 2002.

Conference Abstracts

U. Knoblich and C.I. Moore.
What do we gain from gamma?
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2010.

J.A. Cardin, M. Carlén, K. Meletis, U. Knoblich, F. Zhang, K. Deisseroth, L.H. Tsai and C.I. Moore.
Selective in vivo activation of fast- or regular-spiking barrel cortex neurons with Channelrhodopsin.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2009. [doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.06.2009.03.080]

U. Knoblich and C.I. Moore.
Direction-dependence of inter- and intra-vibrissa adaptation in rat primary somatosensory cortex.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2009. [doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.06.2009.03.003]

J. Mutch, U. Knoblich and T. Poggio.
A biophysical model of cortical tuning and invariance operations using a transient population code.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2009. [doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.06.2009.03.120]

U. Knoblich, R. Cao, B.T. Higashikubo, J.A. Cardin, R. Ramos, J.C. Brumberg and C.I. Moore.
The Impact of Hyperemia on Neurons and Glia.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2008.

C.I. Moore, U. Knoblich, R. Cao, J.A. Cardin, B.T. Higashikubo, R. Ramos and J.C. Brumberg.
The Hemo-Neural Hypothesis: A Proposed Role for Blood Flow in Neuromodulation and Information Processing.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2008.

U. Knoblich, R. Cao, B.T. Higashikubo, R. Ramos, J.C. Brumberg and C.I. Moore.
The impact of hyperemia on neural and glial membrane potential.
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2007.

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.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2006.

U. Knoblich, C. Koch and T. Poggio.
Biophysical mechanisms for the maximum and tuning operations.
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2005.

U. Knoblich and T. Poggio.
Canonical Neural Circuits for Multidimensional Tuning and a MAX-like operation.
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2004.

M. Riesenhuber and U. Knoblich.
What Stimulus Simplification Does and Does not Tell us about Neuronal Tuning and Object Representation in Inferotemporal Cortex (IT): Insights from Modeling.
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2002.

U. Knoblich, D.J. Freedman, T. Poggio, E.K. Miller and M. Riesenhuber.
Category- vs. Shape-Tuning in Inferotemporal (ITC) and Prefrontal (PFC) Cortices: Insights from Modeling.
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2002.

Contact

 Ulf Knoblich

Department of Neurobiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
Phone: +1 (203) 737-6957
ulf.knoblich at yale.edu

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