Leena Ali Ibrahim

A funded postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Leena Ali Ibrahim at KAUST, Saudi Arabia
A major focus of the laboratory is understanding the circuit mechanisms of how internal states of an animal via top-down circuits influences sensory processing during development and learning. In addition we are interested in exploring how the balance of bottom-up and top-down signaling is disrupted in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. A number of potential projects can be supported depending on interest and expertise. We use a variety of approaches including in vivo two-photon microscopy and behavior, slice physiology, optogenetics and viral targeting of defined cell types.