Role of morphologically and developmetally diverse dopaminergic neurons in olfactory circuit processing": The goal of the project is to uncover how axon-bearing/embryonic-born and anaxonic/adult-born dopaminergic neurons differentially contribute to olfactory processing and behaviour. This project combines cutting-edge techniques in the field of neuroscience from the cellular to the behavioural level. In fact, whole-cell patch-clamp, optogenetic and chemogenetic, as well as the use of an AutonoMouse system built by our lab, could allow us to elucidate what is the impact of the dopaminergic bulbar population as a whole, and divided in developmetally-defined subtypes, on basic olfactory performance, sensitivity and discrimination. In parallele, I develop the Cambridge Open Lab (UK local hub of the Open Lab Network all around the world) to promote Open Science.
