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Nicolas Brunel

Adjunct Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
311 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Canonical computations for motor learning by the cerebellar cortex micro-circuit

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Striatal Microcircuit Drivers of Adaptive Learning in Habit Formation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

CRCNS: Multiscale dynamics of cortical circuits for visual recognition & memory

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Chicago · 2017 - 2023

Large-scale, neuronal ensemble recordings in motor cortex of the behaving marmoset

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Chicago · 2018 - 2022

Circuitry underlying response summation in mouse and primate: theory and experiment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Salk Institute Biotechnology/Industrial Associatio · 2018 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Investigating ripple oscillations as a mechanism for human memory retrieval

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

An Integrated Nonparametric Bayesian and Deep Neural Network Framework for Biologically-Inspired Lifelong Learning

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2018 - 2022

Learning spatio-temporal statistics from the environment in recurrent networks

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2017 - 2020

Learning spatio-temporal statistics from the environment in recurrent networks

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · 2017 - 2020

CRCNS: US-French Research Proposal: Synaptic plasticity rules under physiological conditions for hippocampus and cerebellum

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2017

External Relationships


  • Centre de Recerca Matematica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
  • Universita Bocconi
  • Universita La Sapienza

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