Brian Lau |
Curriculum Vitae
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Dept. of Neuroscience
Columbia University 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 87 NYSPI Kolb Research Annex, Room 561 New York, NY 10032 |
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Ph.D. - New York University
Neural Science |
2000-2007
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B.A. - University of California, Berkeley
Molecular & Cell Biology, emphasis in Neurobiology |
1994-1998
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Dean's Dissertation Fellowship
Travel Fellowship, Adaptive Representation & Control in Vision Symposium Department of Defense NDSEG Fellowship Graduate Student Travel Grant, NYU Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biology Fellows Award Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program Stipend |
2005-2006
2004 2000-2003 2000,2003 1997 1996 |
| Publications |
| Peer-reviewed Journal Articles Search Pubmed | ||
| Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher. Value representations in the primate caudate nucleus during free-choice. Neuron, in press, 2008. | ||
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Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher.
Action and outcome encoding in the primate caudate nucleus.
Journal of Neuroscience, 27: 14502-14, 2007.
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Bayer, H.B., Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher.
Statistics of midbrain dopamine neuron spike trains in the awake primate.
Journal of Neurophysiology, 98: 1428-39, 2007.
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Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher.
Dynamic response-by-response models of matching behavior in rhesus monkeys.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 84(3): 555-79, 2005.
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Touryan, J., Lau, B. and Y. Dan.
Isolation of relevant visual features from random stimuli for cortical complex cells.
Journal of Neuroscience, 22(24): 10811-8, 2002.
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Lau, B., Stanley, G.B. and Y. Dan.
Computational subunits of visual cortical neurons revealed by artificial neural networks.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(13): 8974-9, 2002.
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Glimcher, P.W. and Lau, B..
Rethinking the thalamus.
Nature Neuroscience, 8(8): 983-4, 2005.
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| Platt, M.P., Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher. Situating the superior colliculus within the gaze control network. Chapter 1 in The Oculomotor System: New Approaches for Studying Sensorimotor Integration. Hall, W.C. and Moschovakis, A.K., eds., 2003. | ||
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Paninski, L., Lau, B. and A. Reyes.
Noise-driven adapation: in vitro and mathematical analysis.
Neurocomputing, 52-54: 877-83, 2003.
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| Rutledge, R., Lau, B., Geghmna, K.D., Myers, C.E., Gluck, M.A. and P.W. Glimcher. Matching behavior in humans: Comparing healthy subjects, monkeys, and Parkinson's disease. Society for Neuroscience, 2005. abstract | ||
| Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher. Neurons in striatum encode variables predicted by reinforcement learning models in a decision-making task. Society for Neuroscience, 2004. abstract | ||
| Glimcher P.W. and B. Lau. Reinforcement learning models of basal ganglia function in a decision-making task. Society for Neuroscience, 2004. abstract | ||
| Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher. Comparing models of choice in a dynamic environment. Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior, 2004. | ||
| Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher. Modelling how monkeys learn from their decisions. Computational & Systems Neuroscience (CoSyNe), 2004. poster | ||
| Lau, B. and P.W. Glimcher. How monkeys learn from their decisions: Behavior and models for physiology. Society for Neuroscience, 2003. abstract | ||
| Touryan, J., Lau, B. and Y. Dan. Additive and divisive interactions in cortical coding of visual features. Society for Neuroscience, 2002. abstract | ||
| Touryan, J., Lau, B. and Y. Dan. Nonlinear analysis of complex cells in cat visual cortex. Vision Sciences Society, 2001. abstract | ||
| Fu, Y.X., Lau, B. and Y. Dan. Temporal specificity in the plasticity of human spatial perception. Society for Neuroscience, 2000. abstract | ||
| Lau, B. and W.J. Freeman. Spatio-temporal analysis of multisite field potentials in conditioned rabbits. Society for Neuroscience, 25: 1415, 1999. | ||
| Stanley, G.B., Heiser, L.M., Lau, B. and Y. Dan. Predicting neuronal responses in the striate cortex with neural networks. Society for Neuroscience, 25: 1549, 1999. |
| Reviewing Activities |
| Ad hoc reviewer for Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS Computational Biology, Neural Networks |
| Research Experience |
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Predoctoral Fellow, New York University
Laboratory Rotations: Prof. Peter Lennie, Prof. Alex Reyes Thesis Advisor: Prof. Paul Glimcher |
2000-present
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Staff Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator: Prof. Yang Dan Visual cortical neurophysiology and visual psychophysics |
1999-2000
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Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator: Prof. Walter J. Freeman Analysis of EEG from animals performing discrimination tasks |
1996-1999
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Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator: Prof. Rainer K. Sachs Mathematical modeling of cell population growth dynamics |
1996
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| Other Activities |
| The Neurobiology of Decision-making, Pre-COSYNE Workshop |
2004
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| Computational Neuroscience, summer course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
2002
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| Teaching Experience |
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Teaching Assistant, New York University
Math Tools for Neural Science, Center for Neural Science Teaching assistant for graduate course |
2002
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Teaching Assistant, New York University
Behavioral & Integrative Neural Science, Center for Neural Science Taught weekly recitation for a upper division undergraduate course |
2002
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Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley
MCB 160L - Neurobiology Lab, Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology Taught the laboratory portion of a upper division undergraduate course |
1999
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