Project 1:
Project 1:
The Osmonauts
Dmitry Rinberg, PhD
Neuroscience Institute, New York University
We study how olfactory information is represented in the brain and how the brain extracts information relevant for behavior. We are using wide-field and two-photon imaging, multiunit electrophysiology and behavioral experiments, in combination with theoretical approaches, to study how odors are represented at different stages of neural processing. To understand how spatiotemporal neural codes are read by the brain and evoke behavior, we are developing optogenetic pattern stimulation techniques, including 2P holography. Most of the projects are deeply rooted in theoretical approaches and statistical modeling. In addition, as an applied direction, we are developing bio-electronic nose, a universal, versatile, and sensitive chemical detector based on the mouse olfactory system.
The Lab
Beatrice Barra
Postdoctoral Scientist
Jonathan Gill
Postdoctoral Scientist
Pavan Veeramreddy
Lab Manager/Research Technician
Mursel Karadas
Postdoctoral Scientist
Saeed Karimimehr
PhD Student
Shannon Toole
Research Associate
Joshua Harvey
Postdoctoral Scientist
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Pedro Herrero-Vidal
PhD Student
Sebastian Ceballo Charpentier
Postdoctoral Scientist
Ophir Auslaender, PhD
Research Scientist
Timothy Reizis
Research Technician
Selected Publications
Chong E, Moroni M, Wilson CD, Shoham S, Panzeri S, Rinberg D.
Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors reveals the coding logic of olfactory perception.
Lerman GM, Little JP, Gill JV, Rinberg D, Shoham S.
Real‐Time In Situ Holographic Optogenetics Confocally Unraveled Sculpting Microscopy.
Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019, 1900144 [pdf]
Lerman GM, Gill JV, Rinberg D, Shoham S.
Precise optical probing of perceptual detection.
Arneodo EM, Penikis KB, Rabinowitz N, Licata A, Cichy A, Zhang J, Bozza T, and Rinberg D.
Stimulus Dependent Diversity And Stereotypy In The Output Of An Olfactory Functional Unit.
Nat Commun 9, 1347 [pdf] (also at Biorxiv)
Wilson CD, Serrano GO, Koulakov AA, and Rinberg D.
A primacy code for odor identity.
Nat Commun 8, 1477 [pdf] (also at Biorxiv)
Smear M, Resulaj A, Zhang J, Bozza T, and Rinberg D.
Multiple perceptible signals from a single olfactory glomerulus.
Nature Neuroscience, 16, pp.1687–1691 (reviewed at Faculty 1000) [pdf]
Smear M, Shusterman R, O’Connor R, Bozza T, and Rinberg D.
Perception of sniff phase in mouse olfaction.
Nature, 479, pp.397-400 (reviewed at Faculty 1000) [pdf]
Shusterman R, Smear M, Koulakov A, and Rinberg D.
Precise olfactory responses tile the sniff cycle.
Nature Neuroscience, 14 (8), pp.1039-1044 (reviewed at Faculty 1000) [pdf]
Koulakov A and Rinberg D.
Sparse incomplete representations: A novel role for olfactory granule cells.
Neuron, 72, 124-136 [pdf]
Public Talks
Rinberg D, "What the nose knows"
August 2018, KITP Blackboard Lunch. Workshop "Neural computations for sensory navigation: mechanisms, models, and biomimetic applications", The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University California Santa Barbara, CA
July 2015. Workshop “Deconstructing the Sense of Smell”. The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University California Santa Barbara, CA