Educational Background
- PhD, Dept. of Biological Cybernetics, University of Tübingen, Germany
Dr. Preuss studies how social status modifies sensory processing and perception at the behavioral, neurophysiological and molecular level in African cichlid fish.
See Contact DetailsResearch in the lab focuses on mechanistic questions of neural decision-making and plasticity in sensorimotor systems. Specifically, we are studying how the environment modifies the expression of adaptive behaviors at the level of individual neurons.
We employ a wide range of approaches including: high-speed video analysis of behavior, in vivo electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, immunohistochemistry, and neuropharmacology. Most recently, we also use the Mauthner-cell system as an identifiable target for single-cell molecular biology.
Current projects focus on the Mauthner-cell escape system and include: