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Giovanni Talei Franzesi

[Web: http://syntheticneurobiology.org/] [Email: geggio, followed by @media.mit.edu] [Phone: N/A]

Nic obtained multiple degrees from MIT (B.S., M.Eng, M. S.) and is now working on technologies and scientific approaches for studying neural synchrony, its control, and potential applications of such insights to neuroengineering and psychiatry.

Projects

Optogenetic hardware and systems for control of neural circuits and biological functions with light
Recording and data analysis technologies for observing and analyzing neural circuit dynamics
Understanding how neural circuits compute, drive behaviors, yield brain disorders, and can serve as therapeutic targets

Publications

Boyden, E. S., Han, X., Talei Franzesi, G., Chan, S., Bernstein, J., Qian, X., Li, M. (2009) "New Techniques for Investigating Brain Rhythms: Optical Neural Control and Multielectrode Recording," In: Rhythms of the Neocortex: Where Do They Come From and What Are They Good For? (Kopell N., ed.) pp. 65-75. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.
Han, X.*, Qian, X., Bernstein, J.G., Zhou, H.-H., Talei Franzesi, G., Stern, P., Bronson, R.T., Graybiel, A.M., Desimone, R., and Boyden, E.S.* (2009) Millisecond-Timescale Optical Control of Neural Dynamics in the Nonhuman Primate Brain, Neuron 62(2): 191-198. (* co-corresponding authors)
Boyden E, Franzesi G T, Qian X, Li M, Han X, Borgers C, Kopell N J, Le Beau F and Whittington M A (2009). Probing mechanisms of gamma rhythmogenesis with cell type-specific optical neural control. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. Conference Abstract: Computational and systems neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.10.2009.03.299

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