Laboratory for Investigative Neurophysiology

Events

• Katia Steinfeld successfully defended her medical MSc thesis, which focuses on understanding the impact of blur and myopia on visual cortical processes.

• Anna Gaglianese starts her 2-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Felllowship "It's All About Motion"

• Benedetta Franceschiello and Anna Ganglianese will each chair symposia at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

• Hélène Turpin successfully defended her Ph.D. Hélène is now working as a clinical psychologist.

• Patricia Ciller Ruiz successfully defends her MSc thesis. Patricia is currently working at Nanolive SA as a Scientific Content Creator

• Nora Turoman successfully defended her Ph.D. She is now a post-doctoral fellowship with Evie Vergauwe at the University of Geneva.

• Ruxandra Tivadar successfully defended her Ph.D. As of July 2020, she started a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Athina Tzovara in Bern.

• Camille Deforges passed her mid-thesis examination. Camille's PhD work focuses on developing interventions for post-partum PTSD in mothers.

• Ana Hernando Ariza successfully defended her MSc thesis. Ana is currently working as the co-founder of Bionomous.

• Astrid Minier passed her mid-thesis exam. Astrid's research focuses on structure-function relationships in AMD.

• Support Escolhares, an outreach program spearheaded by the LINE's Katia Steinfeld. Escholhares offers free eye exams and glasses to children.

Recent Publications

• Glomb et al. (2021) "Computational Models in Electroencephalography", Brain Topography [Open Access]

• Turoman et al. (2021) Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

• Gaglianese et al. (2021, preprint) Encoding of motion by spatial and temporal frequency in the human middle temporal cortex measured by 7T fMRI

• Franceschiello et al. (2021 preprint) Convolutional neural networks on eye tracking trajectories in patients with spatial neglect

• Retsa et al. (2021, preprint) A psychophysically-tuned computational model of human primary visual cortex produces geometric optical illusions

• Tivadar, Gaglianese, & Murray (2021) Multisensory Research

• Franceschiello*, Di Sopra* et al. (2020) Progress in Neurobiology

• Maitre et al. (2020) Brain Topography (Open Access)

• Gaglianese et al. (2020) Brain Topography

• Bertalmio et al. (2020) Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

• Tovar, Murray, & Wallace (2020) Journal of Neuroscience

• Retsa et al. (2020) Neuropsychologia

Upcoming talks from the LINE

• 16-20 May 2021: Dr. Franceschiello will chair a symposium on "New Frontiers of Visual Rehabilitation" at ICON in Helsinki, Finland

• 7-10 June 2021 in Ulm, Germany: Dr. Gaglianese to chair a symposium at the International Multisensory Research Forum, "New insights on multisensory brain organization from MVPA to laminar fMRI"

• Autumn, 2021: Prof. Murray to give the keynote address to the Département de Femme, Mere, Enfant at their annual research day.

Upcoming seminars

• LINE seminar, 19.04.2021 @3pm: Dr. Laurence Harris (Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Canada) will deliver his lecture via zoom entitled "The effect of gravity on the perception of distance and self-motion"

• CIBM Breakfast & Science

• Department of Fundamental Neurosciences Seminars

• Center for Neuroprosthetics Seminars

• Brain Mind Institute Seminars

The LINE in the media

• IEEE Spectrum covers the work of Ruxandra Tivadar and Benedetta Franceschiello. "Neuroscientists unveil tech for the vision-impaired: bionic eyes, textured tablets and more"

• Swiss national radio discusses innovative eye MRI methods developed in the LINE

• 24 Heures coverage of Franceschiello et al.'s new technology for eye-brain imaging

• Ruxandra Tivadar, Olivier Lorentz, and Micah Murray discuss digital haptics and their application with the visually-impaired.

• The LINE in the summer issue of Uniscope

• Ruxandra Tivadar and Micah Murray on Swiss-French national radio to discuss new technologies for the visually-impaired

• Dr. Matusz speaks to Swiss National Radio about mechanisms of attention.

• Prof. Murray speaks on Swiss National Radio about binaural sounds and the brain.

• Medical Express: New screening tool could help diagnose early cognitive decline in dementia from home

• Le Matin: Dr. Matusz interviewed on the role of screen-time on the brain.

• Stroke Patients Take the Lead in Their Rehabilitation - press coverage of Carda et al.

• PBS covers LINE's research on premature infants' response to touch

• Swiss-French radio interviews Prof. Murray and artist Naomi Middelmann.

Prof. Murray's webinar on Fundamentals of Topographic EEG Analysis

Tactile responses in visual cortices

Where to find the LINE

• Our offices are located at Rue Centrale 7, in the heart of Lausanne.

CHUV - BH 08.078 - rue du Bugnon 46 - CH-1011 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel. +41 21 314 13 21

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