Professor Mikko Juusola
School of Biosciences
Professor of Systems Neuroscience
M.Juusola@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1087
+44 114 222 1087
B2 222b, Alfred Denny Building
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Professor Mikko Juusola
School of Biosciences
B2 222b
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
91Ö±²¥
S10 2TN
School of Biosciences
B2 222b
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
91Ö±²¥
S10 2TN
- Profile
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- 2013-present: Professor of Systems Neuroscience (PI), Drosophila Vision Laboratory, School of Biosciences, University of 91Ö±²¥
- 2015-2017: High-End Foreign Expert (PI); selected by the Chinese National Recruitment Program
- 2013-2017: Jane and Aatos Erkko Research Fellow (PI)
- 2012-Present: Visiting Professor (PI), Cognition in Small Brains Institute, National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- 2005-2012: Reader (PI), Drosophila Vision Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Science, University of 91Ö±²¥
- 2008-2012: Guest Professor (PI), National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- 1999-2007: Royal Society University Research Fellow (PI), Universities of Cambridge & 91Ö±²¥
- 1997-1999: Academy of Finland Research Fellow (PI), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1996: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1995-1996: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University, Canada
- 1993-1995: Alberta Heritage Foundation Medical Research Fellow, University of Alberta, Canada
Education
- 1995, Docent in Neurophysiology, University of Oulu, Finland
- 1993, Ph. D. (Neurophysiology), University of Oulu, Finland
- 1993, M.D., University of Oulu, Finland
- Research interests
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- Neural processing, particularly in the visual system of Drosophila
- Efficient codes and circuitry, form-function relationships, attention, learning and memory
Neural mechanisms of cognition in small brains: Experiments and theory to decode perception and action
Goal:
- Spearhead our 91Ö±²¥ and Beijing laboratories to be among the best in the world in studying visual information processing and cognition in the Drosophila brain.
Approaches and interests:
- Development and use of novel experimental and theoretical techniques and original ideas to study information processing in sensory-neural circuits in vivo.
- Building innovative analytical methods and instruments & then exploiting them scientifically.
- Neural processing, particularly in the Drosophila visual system, efficient codes and circuitry, form-function relationships, perception, adaptive and collective behaviours, attention, learning and memory, and cognition.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Nature, 627, 572-578.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(12).
- . Communications Biology, 5(1).
- . Journal of Neuroscience.
- . eLife, 6.
- . Journal of Physiology.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments, 112.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(6), 2731-2746.
- . Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 34, 37-45.
- . J Neurosci, 34(21), 7216-7237.
- . J Neurosci, 34(1), 202-217.
- . Current Biology, 22(15), 1371-1380.
- . Science, 336(6083), 925-931.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 31(39), 13897-13910.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 108, 4224-4229.
- . PLoS One, 5(12).
- . PLoS ONE, 4(1).
- . PLoS One(4).
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 14199-14210.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 28(29), 7250-7259.
- . PLoS One, 3(5).
- . Bioessays, 29(2), 178-187.
- . Curr Biol, 16(10), 982-989.
- . J Gen Physiol, 127(5), 495-510.
- . J Neurosci, 26(10), 2652-2660.
- . J Neurosci, 25(23), 5657-5665.
- . J Gen Physiol, 122(2), 191-206.
- . Nature, 421(6923), 630-634.
- . Neuron, 36(4), 689-701.
- . Neuron, 30(1), 149-159.
- . J Gen Physiol, 117(1), 3-25.
- . J Gen Physiol, 117(1), 27-42.
- . Neuron, 18(6), 959-968.
- . J Neurophysiol, 77(3), 1487-1495.
- . Trends Neurosci, 19(7), 292-297.
- . J Neurophysiol, 74(6), 2538-2547.
- . J Neurophysiol, 74(1), 470-473.
- . J Gen Physiol, 105(1), 117-148.
- . J Gen Physiol, 104(3), 593-621.
- . Neurosci Lett, 154(1-2), 84-88.
- LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CONTRAST CODING IN LIGHT-ADAPTED BLOWFLY PHOTORECEPTORS. J COMP PHYSIOL A, 172(4), 511-521.
- PRESYNAPTIC ENHANCEMENT OF SIGNAL TRANSIENTS IN PHOTORECEPTOR TERMINALS IN THE COMPOUND EYE. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 250(1327), 83-89.
- . Pflugers Arch, 421(5), 469-472.
- Theory of morphodynamic information processing: linking sensing to behaviour. Vision Research.
All publications
Journal articles
- . Nature, 627, 572-578.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(12).
- . Communications Biology, 5(1).
- . Journal of Neuroscience Methods.
- . Journal of Neuroscience.
- . eLife, 6.
- . J Physiol, 595(16), 5425-5426.
- . Physiological Reports, 5.
- . Journal of Physiology.
- . Journal of Physiology.
- . Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 10.
- . PLoS ONE, 11(6).
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments, 112.
- . Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 10.
- . Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 202(2), 85-86.
- . BMC Neuroscience, 16(S1).
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 35(6), 2731-2746.
- . Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 34, 37-45.
- . J Neurosci, 34(21), 7216-7237.
- . J Neurosci, 34(1), 202-217.
- . J Neurophysiol, 108(10), 2641-2652.
- . Current Biology, 22(15), 1371-1380.
- . Science, 336(6083), 925-931.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 31(39), 13897-13910.
- . PLoS Curr, 3, RRN1286.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 108, 4224-4229.
- Modelling molecular mechanisms in Drosophila photoreceptor. J NEUROGENET, 24, 7-8.
- . PLoS One, 5(12).
- . PLoS ONE, 4(1).
- . PLoS One(4).
- Dissecting Drosophila visual circuits to understand lobula plate motion processing.. J NEUROGENET, 23, S61-S61.
- Selective attention gates visual information processing in Drosophila. J NEUROGENET, 23, S62-S63.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 14199-14210.
- . Journal of Neuroscience, 28(29), 7250-7259.
- . PLoS One, 3(5).
- . Bioessays, 29(2), 178-187.
- Coding by action potential waveform in the cortex. NEUROSCI RES, 58, S28-S28.
- Dynamic optimization of sensory information by adapting histamine receptors at the first visual synapses of Drosophila. J NEUROGENET, 20(3-4), 266-267.
- Impact of synaptic feedbacks from L2 neurones on the signaling performance of Drosophila photoreceptors. J NEUROGENET, 20(3-4), 191-192.
- . Curr Biol, 16(10), 982-989.
- . J Gen Physiol, 127(5), 495-510.
- . J Neurosci, 26(10), 2652-2660.
- . J Neurosci, 25(23), 5657-5665.
- . IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 52(2), 229-237.
- . J Neurophysiol, 92(3), 1918-1927.
- . J Neurophysiol, 91(6), 2696-2706.
- . J Neurophysiol, 90(3), 2014-2021.
- . Proc Biol Sci, 270 Suppl 1, S58-S61.
- . J Gen Physiol, 122(2), 191-206.
- . Nature, 421(6923), 630-634.
- . Neuron, 36(4), 689-701.
- . Neuron, 30(1), 149-159.
- . J Gen Physiol, 117(1), 3-25.
- . J Gen Physiol, 117(1), 27-42.
- . Ann Biomed Eng, 27(3), 391-402.
- . J Neurophysiol, 80(5), 2781-2784.
- . Ann Biomed Eng, 26(2), 308-314.
- . Neuron, 18(6), 959-968.
- . J Neurophysiol, 77(3), 1487-1495.
- . J Neurosci Methods, 71(2), 199-204.
- . J. Neurophysiol., 77, 1487-1487.
- . Trends Neurosci, 19(7), 292-297.
- Resolution of moving dots by first- and second-order visual neurons in the fly eye. PROG BIOPHYS MOL BIO, 65, PG206-PG206.
- . J Neurophysiol, 74(6), 2513-2523.
- . J Neurophysiol, 74(6), 2538-2547.
- . Pflugers Arch, 431(1), 125-128.
- . J Neurophysiol, 74(1), 470-473.
- . J Neurophysiol, 73(5), 1782-1792.
- . Ann Biomed Eng, 23(1), 70-77.
- . J Gen Physiol, 105(1), 117-148.
- . J. Neurophysiol., 74, 2513-2523.
- . Pflugers Arch., 431, 125-128.
- . J Neurophysiol, 72(6), 3026-3028.
- . Vis Neurosci, 11(6), 1221-1225.
- . J Gen Physiol, 104(3), 593-621.
- . J Neurosci Methods, 53(1), 1-6.
- . J. Neurophysiol., 72, 2026-3028.
- . Biophys J, 65(2), 832-839.
- . Neurosci Lett, 154(1-2), 84-88.
- LINEAR AND NONLINEAR CONTRAST CODING IN LIGHT-ADAPTED BLOWFLY PHOTORECEPTORS. J COMP PHYSIOL A, 172(4), 511-521.
- A NA+-DEPENDENT HCO3-/CL--EXCHANGE MECHANISM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE E(CL) IN 1ST-ORDER VISUAL INTERNEURONS OF THE FLY COMPOUND EYE. INVEST OPHTH VIS SCI, 34(4), 1156-1156.
- PRESYNAPTIC ENHANCEMENT OF SIGNAL TRANSIENTS IN PHOTORECEPTOR TERMINALS IN THE COMPOUND EYE. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 250(1327), 83-89.
- . Pflugers Arch, 421(5), 469-472.
- A SODIUM CONDUCTANCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIGHT-OFF SPIKE GENERATION IN THE NONSPIKING VISUAL INTERNEURONS OF THE FLY 1ST OPTIC NEUROPIL. INVEST OPHTH VIS SCI, 33(4), 1409-1409.
- Theory of morphodynamic information processing: linking sensing to behaviour. Vision Research.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(112).
- . Nature Precedings.
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- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Chapters
- , Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 2758-2776).
- , Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 2359-2376). Springer New York
- , Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 1-20). Springer New York
Conference proceedings papers
- . BMC Neuroscience, Vol. 14(S1)
- . Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2012 (pp 420-425)
- Does Calcium diffusional feedback lead to slow light adaptation in Drosophila photoreceptors—a 3D biophysical modelling approach. Computational and System Neuroscience Conf
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 153A(2) (pp S54-S55)
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 153A(2) (pp S157-S157)
- . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 153A(2) (pp S158-S158)
- Data Modelling for Analysis of Adaptive Changes in Fly Photoreceptors. NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING, PT 1, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 5863 (pp 34-48)
- Biophysical Modeling of a Drosophila Photoreceptor.. ICONIP (1), Vol. 5863 (pp 57-71)
- Slow conductances encode stimulus history into spike shapes. MECHANISMS, SYMBOLS AND MODELS UNDERLYING COGNITION, PT 1, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 3561 (pp 150-155)
Website content
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules
Undergraduate:
- Level 3 Practical and Dissertation Modules
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Selected as a High-End Foreign Expert; by the Chinese National Recruitment Program of High-End Foreign Experts (2015)
- Visiting Professor in Department of Physics and Docent of Neurophysiology, University of Oulu, Finland
- Grant reviewer for UK/EU/US/other international Research Councils and Charities
- Reviewer for many leading scientific journals
- Teacher in many advanced international courses
- Examiner of higher degrees in UK and abroad
Invited talks 2019-20
- University of Hong Kong, China (17.02.2019)
- Technical University of Hefei, China (16.03.2019)
- (23.05.2019)
- (09.08.2019)
- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (25.09.2019)
- (27.09.2019)
- (12.12.2019)
- (16.03.2020)