How does the brain process environmental and internal information to orchestrate the most adaptive response to ongoing and incoming challenges? I began to approach this question during my graduate studies at IIT in the laboratory of Paolo Medini, where I aimed to understand better how the microcircuits of the visual cortex respond to visual deprivation and non-visual stimuli from the external environment in mice. Then, as a postdoc, I moved to the laboratory of Bob Datta at Harvard Medical School, where I gradually shifted my focus on the innate behavioral responses to sensory stimuli, specifically to olfactory stimuli, the most primordial sensory stimuli used by animals. Finally, back at IIT as a Principal Investigator, I am working with a fantastic group of talented young scientists to discover the central circuit mechanisms that coordinate an animal's behavioral and visceral activity in anticipation of what will be coming.
Giuliano Iurilli
Systems Neurobiology
Title: Ph.D. in Robotics and Neuroscience
Institute: Italian Institute of Technology
Location: Genova
Country: Italy
From: 2008 To: null
Title: Laurea Specialistica (M. Sc.) in Biomedical Sciences
Institute: University of Pisa
Location: Pisa
Country: Italy
From: 2006 To: 2007