Markus Meister

Naive mice learn a 9-turn route in a reconfigurable 3D maze within about 20 rewards; mutants lacking neocortex and hippocampus also learn, remember and generalize, though early exploration is inefficient.

This study develops a fluorescent opioid biosensor to measure fentanyl levels in mice and links pharmacokinetics to behavioral patterns using computational ethology.

The paper integrates single-cell transcriptomic data from 17 vertebrate species to study the evolution of retinal cell types, finding conserved cell classes and subclasses with variation increasing from outer to inner retina.

The paper identifies 24 functional cell types in the mouse superior colliculus using unsupervised clustering of visual responses, revealing two groups with distinct stimulus selectivity and spatial organization.

This paper introduces an algorithm called endotaxis that enables navigation and goal-learning in complex environments by simulating chemotaxis-based internal odor guidance.

This study examines how mice learn complex maze navigation rapidly, finding that they achieve high learning rates through local turning rules rather than global memory.

This paper introduces electrode pooling to increase the number of recording sites on silicon probes by using a single wire for multiple sites, demonstrating its feasibility on Neuropixels 1.0 and simulating its effectiveness.

The paper investigates motion direction processing in the mouse superior colliculus and finds large regions with neurons preferring the same motion direction, showing a locally biased representation unlike other visual areas.

The paper investigates how functional diversity in sensory neurons improves information processing by applying efficient coding principles to model optimal population coding of sensory variables.

The paper develops an automated platform for high-throughput mouse training and trial-by-trial behavioral analysis during learning, revealing hesitation through unsupervised trajectory analysis.