We study
🤓
how information is stored
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, processed
⚙️
, and transmitted
📡
between cells with a special focus on how aforementioned information processing enables computations
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in the nervous system
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.
To do this we develop novel tools and techniques at the intersection of molecular biology
🧬
and computer science
🧮
.
Understanding
🤔
the nature of cell communication
💬
in health and disease
🏥
remains one of the most important areas of biology.
🧬
🌿
🪰
🔬
🧠
🐀
🧪
.
Our lab searches
🔎
for hitherto unknown
🤷🏻
mechanism
🛠️
by which symbolic
🔣
information
📡
can be transferred between cells
🧫 ↔️ 🧫
.
Identification of such transmission would enable us to
read 👁️
📖
and
write ✍️
those messages
📫
.
Development of novel tools is an intricate part of our lab.
We use and develop methods to read and write information at single molecule level.
We combine nonlinear optical microscopy together with chemoselective moeities to develop new ways to perturb and interrogate information at the single-molecule level.
Whole-mount 3D single-molecule data at the transcriptome level necessitates new ways compiling and analyzing anatomical data. We develop computational tools and resources.