Neuro-X seminar: Prof Shy Shoham - Illuminating neural systems and codes with innovative bidirectional neurotechnology

Abstract: In this talk, I will highlight recent advances in neurophotonics and neuro-acoustic techniques that achieve highly precise manipulation and imaging of neural activity at different spatial scales: from single neurons to an entire brain. I will first briefly demonstrate how we use this strategy towards the dissection of computations underlying olfactory perception and the underlying circuit computations. Next, I will discuss the results of recent multi-scale imaging and computational studies that together allow us to (roughly) deconstruct how network interactions mediate the responses to transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), a powerful new neuromodulation tool.


Shy Shoham is a Professor of Neuroscience and of Ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and co-director of the Tech4Health institute. His lab develops acoustic, photonic and computational tools for bidirectional neural interfacing.  He holds a Physics BSc (Tel-Aviv University), a PhD in Bioengineering (University of Utah) and was a Lewis-Thomas postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. He is a Fellow of SPIE, serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Neural Engineering and of Neurophotonics and has co-edited the Handbook of Neurophotonics.