معرفی
Dr. Anton Nikolaev serves as a Lecturer in Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences since 2013, investigating neuronal circuits for visual information processing using zebrafish models and in vivo calcium imaging techniques to decode object recognition mechanisms and memory encoding processes.
Education:
- PhD, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Science, St.Petersburg (2001-2005)
- BSc and MSc, University of St.Petersburg (1994-2000)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, University of Sheffield (2015)
His research program focuses on how visual systems extract features for object recognition and how synaptic plasticity encodes memory. Using zebrafish larvae expressing calcium indicators, his lab studies neural population dynamics during visual processing, examining feature extraction convergence into object-recognizing neurons and adaptation's role in efficient information processing. Current projects include developing GFP-based reporters for synaptic strength changes during memory formation.
Publication trends reveal a consistent neuroscience focus spanning molecular calcium channel studies to systems-level visual processing in zebrafish and Drosophila. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary integration of behavioral paradigms, live imaging, and computational analysis to investigate neural circuit dynamics, synaptic adaptation mechanisms, and sensory information encoding across multiple model organisms.
Dr. Nikolaev contributes to the University of Sheffield's Neuroscience Institute and Hearing Research Group, teaching undergraduate neuroscience modules including BMS109-153 Neuroscience and coordinating BMS242 Advanced Concepts in Molecular Physiology as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
