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Neural mechanisms of social communication in songbirds and parrots
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Jesse Goldberg, MD, PhD
Cornell University
Jesse received his B.S. from Haverford College and his MD/PhD degrees from Columbia University. His PhD with Rafa Yuste focused on dendritic computation and microcircuits of the cerebral cortex. In medical school, he became interested in neuropsychiatric disorders such as Parkinson's and dystonia that impair basal ganglia function. His postdoctoral work with Michale Fee at MIT focused on vocal learning in songbirds. He joined Cornell's Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in 2012. There, his lab studies motor control, learning, and social behavior in mice, songbirds and parrots. His guiding philosophy is that comparative approaches distinguish general principles from behavior-, effector-, machine- and species-specific solutions to motor learning problems. Or perhaps his guiding philosophy is that comparing behavior and brain function across species is simply fun. Jesse has been supported by the Pew, Klingenstein, and Kavli foundations, as well as the NIH New Innovator and Cornell Neurotech programs.
Hosted by - Jun Ding (Ding Lab)
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