Yutaka Sprague

Rotation labs: Jan Drugowitsch, Carlos Ponce, Bence Olveczky, Sam Gershman

For me, home is: Reston, Virginia

Prior degree(s): B.S. in computer science and neuroscience with a certificate in Science & Society (Duke University)

Research experience before PiN: Genetic mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease (Chiba-Falek lab, Duke), software and models for closed-loop neuromodulation in larval zebrafish (Pearson lab, Duke), machine learning models and tools for analysis of whole-brain calcium imaging in C. elegans (Kato lab, UCSF)

Current research interests: Computational neuroscience, machine learning, interpretable dimensionality reduction, latent space neural computation, neural encoding

Interests outside lab: Live music, cooking, fine dining, video games, fashion, travel, science policy