Christiane Linster
Christiane Linster | |
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Nationality | American |
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Known for | Research in neuromodulation as it relates to learning and memory, using the olfactory system of rodents as a model |
Spouse | Thomas A. "Thom" Cleland[1] |
Children | 4[2] |
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Christiane Linster is a
As of 2000, Linster co-directs (with Thomas Cleland) the Computational Neurophysiology Lab in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. She teaches a classes in Systems and Computational Neuroscience, Programming for Neuroscience and Introduction to Neuroscience. Linster is completely fluent in English, French, and German (as well as Luxembourgish), which broadened her horizons for her professional career.[6]
Education and teaching experience
Christiane Linster was born in
In 1989, Linster accepted a position as a research fellow in the
Professional career and research
Linster focuses largely on research for most of her professional career, although she has aided in the instruction of a few courses and labs at multiple universities. While working at ESPCI, she had a hand in publishing many articles that focused on pheromone recognition based on relative concentrations of major and minor molecular components in the pheromones themselves.[8][9]
From 1995 to 2000, while Linster held the post-doctoral position with Michael Hasselmo at Harvard University, and broadened her research into the computational roles of neuromodulation. She also began seeking out a possible physiological pathway for the proposed regulation of neural activity in the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of Broca (HDB) by activity in the olfactory bulb or cerebral cortex of the brain.[10][11][12]
Most of Linster's work has been undertaken since she was named an assistant professor (and later professor) of the Department for Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University in 2000. She has continued to contribute to multiple scientific articles and is still making advances in research into how various neuromodulators affect olfactory information.[13][14]
Linster's recent research has shown that neuromodulators such as
Personal life
Linster married Thomas A. "Thom" Cleland, Associate Professor of Psychology at Cornell University,[1] on October 3, 1998. They have four daughters named Linsey, Haley, Jasmine and Anna, and live in the small village of Freeville, New York.[2]
Linster and Cleland share a common interest in the olfactory system, and as a result publish many articles together covering everything from the importance of computation and predictive models in
Personal statement
"In my research, I focus on the neural basis of sensory information processing, using olfaction as a model system. I am primarily interested in the relationship between perceptual qualities, as measured by behavioral experiments, and neural activity patterns, as observed electrophysiologically. My present work concerns how the central nervous system neuromodulators acetylcholine and noradrenaline, both of which have been implicated in memory deficits such as those symptomatic of Alzheimer’s disease, influence the representation and storage of olfactory information. This approach necessitates coordinated behavioral and electrophysiological experiments based on predictive theories."[19]
References
- ^ a b Thomas Cleland. Associate Professor of Psychology at Cornell University
- ^ a b Linster's Personal Page, See "My Family".
- ^ Cornell Faculty, Christiane Linster.
- ^ Ranu Jung's Florida International University Faculty Profile, Second President of OCNS.
- ^ OCNS, Founders: Christiane Linster, Erik De Schutter, Linda Larson-Prior, Phil Ulinski, Todd Troyer.
- ^ a b c d e Christiane Linster's Resume, Cornell University.
- ^ Linster, Christiane. "Get rhythm: A musical application for neural networks". Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH, 1989. Retrieved 18 November 2015
- ^ Linster, Christiane, Michel Kerszberg, and Claudine Masson. "How neurons may compute: the case of insect sexual pheromone discrimination". Journal of computational neuroscience 1.3 (1994): 231-238. Retrieved 18 November 2015
- ^ Wiltrout, Charles, Samriti Dogra, and Christiane Linster. "Configurational and nonconfigurational interactions between odorants in binary mixtures". Behavioral neuroscience 117.2 (2003): 236. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- S2CID 8272654.
- ^ Linster, Christiane, and Michael E. Hasselmo. "Neural activity in the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of broca can be modulated by electrical stimulation of the olfactory bulb and cortex in rats". Neuroscience letters 282.3 (2000): 157-160. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ a b Devore, Sasha, et al. "Basal forebrain dynamics during non-associative and associative olfactory learning". Journal of neurophysiology (2015): jn-00572. Retrieved 17 November 2015
- ^ Mandairon, Nathalie, and Christiane Linster. "Odor perception and olfactory bulb plasticity in adult mammals". Journal of neurophysiology 101.5 (2009): 2204-2209. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ Linster, Christiane, and Alfredo Fontanini. "Functional neuromodulation of chemosensation in vertebrates". Current Opinion in Neurobiology 29 (2014): 82-87. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ S2CID 2524701.
- ^ a b Cleland, Thomas A., et al. "Behavioral models of odor similarity". Behavioral neuroscience 116.2 (2002): 222. Retrieved 19 November 2015
- ^ McNamara, Ann Marie, et al. "Distinct neural mechanisms mediate olfactory memory formation at different timescales". Learning & memory 15.3 (2008): 117-125. Retrieved 17 November 2015
- ^ Cleland, Thomas A., and Christiane Linster. "Computation in the olfactory system"[dead link]. Chemical senses 30.9 (2005): 801-813. Retrieved 19 November 2015
- ^ Computational Physiology Laboratory-Cornell University, Christiane Linster's Personal Statement.
External links
- Christiane Linster at the Computational Physiology Laboratory
- Cornell University Department of Neuroscience and Behavior Faculty
- Publications: Pub.Med.gov listing