Eva Aimable Naumann | Scholars@Duke

Eva Aimable Naumann
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

The Naumann lab's goal is to understand how neural circuits across the entire brain guide behavior and how individuality manifests within these circuits. To dissect such circuits, we use the genetically accessible, translucent zebrafish to map, monitor, and manipulate neuronal activity. By combining whole-brain imaging, behavioral analysis, functional perturbations, neuroanatomy, we aim to generate brain-scale circuit models of simple behaviors in individual brains.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2018
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2018
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center, Regeneration Next Initiative, Basic Science Departments 2021

Contact Information

311 Research Dr, Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
311 Research Dr, Bryan Research Bldg 327F, Durham, NC 27710
eva.naumann@duke.edu (919) 684-4174
Naumann Lab

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany) 2010
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Instructor in the Department of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2017 - 2018
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 30, 2021 School of Medicine Magnify
  
  A Small Fish Is Key to a Big Question About the Brain
- FEB 15, 2021
  
  Three From Duke Named Sloan Fellows
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Muser Mentor
Research
Selected Grants
- Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2026
- Neurobiology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship awarded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2021 - 2023
- Dissection of the neural microcircuitry of the zebrafish pretectum awarded by Whitehall Foundation, Inc. 2020 - 2023
- Real-time, all-optical interrogation of neural microcircuitry in the pretectum awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2022
- Enteroendocrine cells sense gut bacteria and activate a gut-brain pathway awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021
- High-Resolution, Parallelized Imaging of Freely Swimming Zebrafish with a Gigapixel Microscope awarded by Ramona Optics, Inc. 2018 - 2020
External Relationships
- US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Loring, Matthew D., Eric E. Thomson, and Eva A. Naumann. “Whole-brain interactions underlying zebrafish behavior.” Curr Opin Neurobiol 65 (December 2020): 88–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2020.09.011.
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  - Naumann, Eva A., James E. Fitzgerald, Timothy W. Dunn, Jason Rihel, Haim Sompolinsky, and Florian Engert. “From Whole-Brain Data to Functional Circuit Models: The Zebrafish Optomotor Response.” Cell 167, no. 4 (November 3, 2016): 947-960.e20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.019.
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  - Dunn, Timothy W., Yu Mu, Sujatha Narayan, Owen Randlett, Eva A. Naumann, Chao-Tsung Yang, Alexander F. Schier, Jeremy Freeman, Florian Engert, and Misha B. Ahrens. “Brain-wide mapping of neural activity controlling zebrafish exploratory locomotion.” Elife 5 (March 22, 2016): e12741. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12741.
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  - Dunn, Timothy W., Christoph Gebhardt, Eva A. Naumann, Clemens Riegler, Misha B. Ahrens, Florian Engert, and Filippo Del Bene. “Neural Circuits Underlying Visually Evoked Escapes in Larval Zebrafish.” Neuron 89, no. 3 (February 3, 2016): 613–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2015.12.021.
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  - Randlett, Owen, Caroline L. Wee, Eva A. Naumann, Onyeka Nnaemeka, David Schoppik, James E. Fitzgerald, Ruben Portugues, et al. “Whole-brain activity mapping onto a zebrafish brain atlas.” Nat Methods 12, no. 11 (November 2015): 1039–46. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3581.
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  - Naumann, Eva A., Adam R. Kampff, David A. Prober, Alexander F. Schier, and Florian Engert. “Monitoring neural activity with bioluminescence during natural behavior.” Nat Neurosci 13, no. 4 (April 2010): 513–20. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2518.
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- Conference Papers
  - Harfouche, M., T. W. Dunn, E. A. Naumann, and R. Horstmeyer. “Imaging the behavior and neural activity of freely moving organisms with a gigapixel microscope.” In Optics Infobase Conference Papers, Vol. Part F169-BRAIN 2019, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1364/BRAIN.2019.BT3A.3.
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- Theses and Dissertations
  - Naumann, E. A. “Illuminating the neural circuitry underlying larval zebrafish behavior,” n.d.
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- Datasets
  - Naumann, Eva, Whitney Jacobs, Shiqi Xu, Eric Thomson, Colin Cooke, Timothy Dunn, Jaehee Park, et al. “Data from: Gigapixel behavioral and neural activity imaging with a novel multi-camera array microscope,” February 10, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4nv9kp8v.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Theses and Dissertations

Datasets

Recent Courses