ELIEZYER
DE OLIVEIRA
Understanding the brain, one dimension at a time.
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher and Neuroscientist (Ph.D.) with a background in Biomedical Engineering. I study how the brain self-organizes to form and stabilize new memories, selecting neural patterns for consolidation without disrupting existing ones.
Using behavioral, systems, computational, and molecular approaches, I investigate the principles that govern neural dynamics. My goal is to understand how brain activity interacts with the world to turn experiences into lasting memories, and how disruptions in these processes contribute to psychiatric and neurological disorders.
The key to brain function is within its intrinsic organization
Behavior
Behavior reveals how we learn and adapt in a changing world. Modeling it provides the opportunity to study the strategies behind these processes and study the neural circuits that underlie it.
Circuits and manifold
At the neural circuit level, cells are organized into a dynamical system that performs computations that drive behavior. This is often referred to as the manifold and is highly influenced by and dependent on cell-type and cell-state activity.
Molecular
Molecular states shape the composition and recruitment of neurons into computational processes. Understanding these molecular states provides a window into how neural circuits are remodeled and reshape behavior.
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