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Konstantinos Meletis is a Professor of Systems Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet. His research focuses on understanding neural circuit mechanisms underlying motivated behaviors and mood disorders, including the role of basal ganglia, hypothalamus, habenula, and serotonergic systems. His work integrates advanced technologies like optogenetics, spatial transcriptomics, and circuit mapping to dissect how neurons and circuits contribute to decision-making and pathological states.
Key research areas include:
- Neural circuits regulating aversion and reward
- Dopamine pathways and Parkinson’s disease
- Genetic and molecular profiling of neuron types
- Optogenetic manipulation of brain circuits
Awards and grants include the Arvid Carlsson Foundation Prize (2024), Swedish Research Council grants on striatal and dopamine circuits, and funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. His lab has published extensively on spatial transcriptomics, striatal organization, and aversion circuits.
Clinical and outreach efforts include public engagement through initiatives like the 'Adventure Through the Brain' project. His team collaborates on translational research, including studies on stress-related neurons and motor dysfunction in Parkinsonism.
