Johns Hopkins University · Biomedical EngineeringHarris Lab
Timothy D Harris · Baltimore, Maryland
Research Focus
Dr. Timothy D. Harris's lab at Johns Hopkins University focuses on developing advanced techniques for brain-wide electrophysiology in freely moving rodents. The lab is pioneering robotic-assisted surgeries for implanting multiple probes, improving data acquisition methods, and creating automated data analysis pipelines. This research aims to enhance our understanding of how different brain regions work together during behaviors like navigation.
electrophysiologybrain connectivityneuronal signalingrobotic surgerydata analysislarge-scale recordingsnavigation tasksprobe technologyneural networksdata acquisition
Research Aims
5AIM 01Develop robotic-assisted techniques for faster and more reliable multi-probe surgeries.
AIM 02Enhance data acquisition methods to handle large terabyte-scale datasets.
AIM 03Create automated analysis pipelines for efficient data curation and spike sorting.
AIM 04Investigate the neural activity patterns during complex navigation tasks in rodents.
AIM 05Establish a new standard for brain-wide recording that evaluates multiple brain regions simultaneously.
Skills the Lab Values
robotic-assisted surgeryelectrode implantationdata acquisition softwareautomated spike sortinglarge-scale data processingbehavioral testing in rodentsneuroimaging techniquesprogramming in Pythonneuroscience experimental designreal-time data visualization
Output against the department
Publications219top 48% of dept.286th of 595
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Citations15ktop 24% of dept.140th of 595
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