Richard Born

Richard Born is a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, focusing on the circuitry of the mammalian cerebral cortex and its role in visual perception. His lab employs multi-species approaches, combining

• primate psychophysics and electrophysiology
• rodent 2-photon imaging and optogenetics
• hierarchical Bayesian modeling of perceptual inference

to investigate cortico-cortical feedback, neural variability, and context-dependent visual processing.

Research Interests span visual systems neuroscience, with emphasis on

• top-down modulation of sensory processing
• binocular rivalry and perceptual states
• gamma oscillations and neural synchrony
• input-gain control in V1/V2/V3
• Bayesian brain frameworks
• neuroanatomical connectomics

Recent work explores layer 1 dendritic interactions with somatostatin interneurons and collaborations with institutions like Boston University and the University of Rochester.

Advising includes mentoring postdoctoral fellows (Ariana Sherdil, Camille Gómez-Laberge, Abhinav Grama) and students at Harvard Medical School. The lab utilizes advanced techniques including

• multi-electrode arrays
• laminar probes
• optogenetic perturbation
• DTI tractography validation

for circuit analysis.