Experience

NeuroGEARS Ltd

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Working on extending and improving the bonsai-rx ecosystem. Working on extending and improving the bonsai-rx ecosystem.



University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • May 2018 - Apr 2022

  Utilising all-optical techniques to investigate neuronal ensemble recruitment in somatosensory cortex. Using 2-photon imaging with spatial-light modulation optogenetics to investigate information propagation across cortical layers, and the effects of ensemble recruitment on tactile perception. Modified DeepLabCut for Google Cloud - allowing for fast, parallel usage on large whisker tracking datasets. Developed data processing pipelines for large 2p and behavioral datasets. Utilising all-optical techniques to investigate neuronal ensemble recruitment in somatosensory cortex. Using 2-photon imaging with spatial-light modulation optogenetics to investigate information propagation across cortical layers, and the effects of ensemble recruitment on tactile perception. Modified DeepLabCut for Google Cloud - allowing for fast, parallel usage on large whisker tracking datasets. Developed data processing pipelines for large 2p and behavioral datasets.



The Francis Crick Institute

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Student

  • 2013 - 2018

  PhD with Andreas Schaefer's lab at NIMR / Francis Crick Institute / UCL Developed an automated, high-throughput mouse behavior system (AutonoMouse) capable of training 20+ mice simultaneously in GNG/2AFC paradigms; as well as the associated control and analysis software. Utilised AutonoMouse in a large-scale study investigating the effect of targeted olfactory bulb (OB) lesions on olfactory discrimination behaviors (Erskine 2019, PLOS ONE) Using a custom-built odor delivery device, in vivo electrophysiology and automated behavior: investigated the role of temporal patterns in odor concentration on detection and coding in the mouse OB (Ackels, T., Erskine, A. Nature, 2021). Produced several software solutions for use in the lab (AutonoMouse, PulseBoy).



The University of Manchester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Student

  • 2012 - 2013

  Developed protocol and experimental rig for head-fixed GNG behavioral training in mice with simultaneous awake in vivo electrophysiology and high-speed recording / tracking of whisker movement. Using this approach, investigated the coding of whisker kinematics in awake mice at the primary afferent level (Campagner et al., 2016; Bale et al., 2015) Developed protocol and experimental rig for head-fixed GNG behavioral training in mice with simultaneous awake in vivo electrophysiology and high-speed recording / tracking of whisker movement. Using this approach, investigated the coding of whisker kinematics in awake mice at the primary afferent level (Campagner et al., 2016; Bale et al., 2015)



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • 2012 - 2012

  Project in the Paninski lab investigating approaches for decoding limb position from macaque PMd multi-site recordings for neural prosthetic applications. Project in the Paninski lab investigating approaches for decoding limb position from macaque PMd multi-site recordings for neural prosthetic applications.