Erik De Schutter — INCF Neuroinformatics Portal

	Full name Erik De Schutter	Affiliation Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	Address OIST Seaside House 7542 Onna, Onna-Son 904-0411 Kunigami-gun Okinawa Japan
	Email erik(at)oist.jp		Phone Office: +81-98-966-8714 Fax: +81-98-966-8717
Research Areas Computational neuroscience
Research focus We use computational methods to study how neurons and microcircuits in the brain operate. We are interested in the interaction between fundamental properties like morphology or homeostatic regulation and neural functions like information processing or learning. Most of our models concern the cerebellum as this brain structure has a relatively simple anatomy and the physiology of its main neurons has been studied extensively, allowing for detailed modeling at many different levels of complexity. Our research depends on high quality software, some of which we develop ourselves: STEPS (reaction-diffusion modeling in detailed morphologies), Neurofitter (automated parameter searching for compartmental models) and standard model description languages.
	Profile updated: 2013-04-03