Jonathan Whitlock
Om
Jonathan Whitlock is head of the Whitlock research group at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. His focus is on unraveling how higher motor systems in cortex coordinate natural behavior and permit social learning. His group studies these phenomena by combining quantitative behavioral tracking with neuronal ensemble recordings in freely-behaving rats and mice. The group uses optogenetics and neuroanatomical methods to better understand the function and connectivity of relevant circuits, and has both local and international collaborations toward the development of statistical and machine learning-based analyses of high-dimensional neural and behavioral data.
Beyond the lab, Whitlock currently coordinates the Master's program in Neuroscience at the Kavli Institute, and organizes the Institute's course in Physiological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
His group strarted at the Kavli Institute in 2014 under the auspices of an ERC starting grant, prior to which he was a Kavli post-doctoral fellow with Edvard and May-Britt Moser, studying navigational representations across parietal and entorhinal cortices. Prior to moving to Trondheim, he was a graduate student of Mark Bear at Brown University and MIT, with his thesis work demonstrating that synaptic connections in the hippocampus grew stronger as a consequence of single-trial learning in rats.
Publikasjoner
2020
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior.
IEEE. 2020. ISBN 978-1-7281-7167-8.
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie
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Tombaz, Tuce;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Hovde, Karoline;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Mimica, Bartul;
Mamidanna, Pranav;
Roudi, Yasser;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2020)
Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network.
Scientific Reports.
volum 10 (1).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2019
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Olsen, Grethe Mari;
Hovde, Karoline;
Kondo, Hideki;
Sakshaug, Teri;
Haaland Sømme, Hanna;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Witter, Menno.
(2019)
Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
volum 13 (38).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2018
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Hovde, Karoline;
Gianatti, Michele;
Witter, Menno;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas.
European Journal of Neuroscience.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Mimica, Bartul;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats.
Science.
volum 362 (6414).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2017
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex.
Neuron.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Posterior parietal cortex.
Current Biology.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2014
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Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2014)
Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
volum 8 (MAY).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2012
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Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe.
(2012)
Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits.
volum 6.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Pfuhl, Gerit;
Dagslott, Nenitha;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat.
Neuron.
volum 73 (4).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2011
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
A brain full of maps.
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.
volum 45.
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
2009
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Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 12 (10).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus.
The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
2008
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Sutherland, Robert;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2008)
Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
volum 105 (30).
Leder
2006
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Heynen, Arnold;
Shuler, Marshall;
Bear, Mark.
(2006)
Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.
Science.
volum 313 (5790).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Tombaz, Tuce;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Hovde, Karoline;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Mimica, Bartul;
Mamidanna, Pranav;
Roudi, Yasser;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2020)
Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network.
Scientific Reports.
volum 10 (1).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Olsen, Grethe Mari;
Hovde, Karoline;
Kondo, Hideki;
Sakshaug, Teri;
Haaland Sømme, Hanna;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Witter, Menno.
(2019)
Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.
volum 13 (38).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Hovde, Karoline;
Gianatti, Michele;
Witter, Menno;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas.
European Journal of Neuroscience.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Mimica, Bartul;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Tombaz, Tuce;
Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth;
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2018)
Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats.
Science.
volum 362 (6414).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex.
Neuron.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2017)
Posterior parietal cortex.
Current Biology.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Whitlock, Jonathan.
(2014)
Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
volum 8 (MAY).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe.
(2012)
Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits.
volum 6.
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Pfuhl, Gerit;
Dagslott, Nenitha;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat.
Neuron.
volum 73 (4).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
A brain full of maps.
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience.
volum 45.
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 12 (10).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Sutherland, Robert;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2008)
Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
volum 105 (30).
Leder
-
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Heynen, Arnold;
Shuler, Marshall;
Bear, Mark.
(2006)
Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.
Science.
volum 313 (5790).
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Bøker
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Gheorghiu, Medorian;
Ciuparu, Andrei;
Mimica, Bartul;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Mureşan, Raul.
(2020)
A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior.
IEEE. 2020. ISBN 978-1-7281-7167-8.
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie
Del av bok/rapport
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Whitlock, Jonathan;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus.
The Cognitive Neurosciences, 4th Edition.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
Undervisning
Emner
Formidling
2019
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Populærvitenskapelig foredragWhitlock, Jonathan. (2019) AI-assisted detection of 3D behavior in freely running rodents. Intern fagdag om kunstig intelligens i Helsedirektoratet . Helsedirektoratet; Oslo. 2019-01-17.
2014
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Populærvitenskapelig foredragWhitlock, Jonathan. (2014) “How your brain geotags memories”. TEDx Trondheim, “Matters of the Mind”, Trondheim, Norway ; 2014-04-29.