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Dr. Romo is professor of neuroscience at the Institute of Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He received his M.D. degree from UNAM and a D.Sc. in the field of neuroscience from the University of Paris in France. His postdoctoral work was done with Wolfram Schultz at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and with Vernon Mountcastle at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Romo has received the Demuth Prize in Neuroscience from the Demuth Foundation, the National Prize in Sciences and Arts from the Mexican government, and the Prize in Basic Medical Sciences from the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, a member of the Neurosciences Research Program, and a foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Ranulfo Romo's lab combines psychophysical and neurophysiological experiments to investigate the neural codes for perceptual discrimination. Current research in his lab aims to understand how sensory experiences arise from activity of brain circuits.
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