Simone Ebert
PhD Candidate, Biovision team, Inria, Université Côte d’Azur 

 

I am a PhD student in the Biovision Team at INRIA Sophia Antipolis on the topic ‘Dynamical Synapses in the Retinal Network’, supervised by Dr. Bruno Cessac and in collaboration with Dr. Olivier Marre from the Vision Institute in Paris,

My fundamental research intertest is to understand how cellular mechanisms contribute to higher neuronal functioning. I’m currently investigating how the retina detects and encodes surprise in response to unexpected stimuli and the role of short-term plasticity in this process.  

To this end, we are combining biophysical modeling, dynamical systems theory, and electrophysiological experiments to gain theoretical insights into potential mechanisms that we then explore experimentally. At the same time, we are recursively adapting models to experimental outcomes. 

Email: simone.ebert@inria.fr

 

Fellowships 

• 3 years PhD scholarship attributed by the Neuromod Institute (2020-2023) 
•  ‘Brouse d’excellance etrante’ attributed by the French government (2018-2019) 
• AYRIU-program intenship  stipend attributed by the Scripps Research Institute (2016) 

 

Background 

• MSc in Modeling for Neuro- and Cognitive Systems, Université Côte d’Azur, France 
• BSc in Biology, University of Cologne, Germany 

 

Teaching 

• Neuronal dynamics (teaching assistant), MSc Mod4NeuCog, Université Côte d’Azur (since 2020) 
•  ‘Biochemistry and molecular basics of cellular biology’ (teaching assistant), BSc Biology, University of Cologne (2015 – 2016)