Reimer, Jacob (Faculty Profile)

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Jacob Reimer	Associated Profiles
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

Mail Box: BCM295, Smith Medical Research Building, 5th Floor
reimer@bcm.edu (713) 798-2874 Web Link Lab Webpage
Calcium Imaging, Computational Neuroscience, Brain States, Optogenetics, Virus

Professional Preparation
Research and Expertise
Appointments

Professional Preparation

Degree	Major	Institution	Year
PhD	Neuroscience	University of Chicago	2009

Research and Expertise

Research Interests

Our research focuses on brain states and multimodal integration across corticothalamic circuits. Information processing in the brain varies between brain states like sleep and wakefulness, and also more subtly between attention and inattention. When we are driving a car for example, and our attention shifts from the scene in front of us to the song on the radio, the processing of auditory and visual information can change dramatically without any anatomical rewiring of circuits in the brain. We study the mechanisms underlying the differential gating and routing of information in multiple sensory areas during these brain state changes. To address this difficult problem we record and manipulate activity in awake mice using cutting-edge techniques like targeted in vivo whole-cell patching, advanced multiphoton calcium imaging, optogenetics, and viral techniques.

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Appointments

Title	Department / School	Institution
Assistant Professor	Neuroscience	Baylor College of Medicine

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