The central aim of our laboratory is to understand the physiology of brain circuits: how brain cells interact and dynamically tune their connections to generate neural representations of the world and ultimately support learning, memory, and flexible behaviour. Through this approach, our research aims to uncover the physiological mechanisms through which neural circuits support adaptive behaviour as internal conditions and environmental demands change.

Addressing these questions requires complementary approaches and advanced technologies. Our lab combines large scale electrophysiology, optogenetic manipulation, behavioural assays, and computational methods to measure, perturb, and interpret neural circuit activity across distributed brain regions during learning and memory tasks in animal models. These approaches allow us to investigate how circuit physiology gives rise to neural representations that guide adaptive behaviour.