Jonathan Robert Whitlock

Om

Jonathan Whitlock is head of the Whitlock research group at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. His focus is on unraveling how the brain coordinates body posture and actions in dynamic environments. His group studies these phenomena by combining precision 3D behavioral tracking, high-speed facial tracking, and neuronal population recordings in freely-behaving rats and mice. The group combines quantitative behavioral analysis, statistical methods, and data visualization with the goal of understanding how sensory and postural signals are integrated and read out in emergent population dynamics in cortex.

The lab has both local and international collaborations to develop statistical and machine learning-based analyses of high-dimensional neural and behavioral data.

Beyond the lab, Whitlock currently directs the Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience, coordinates the PhD program in Neuroscience at the Kavli Institute, and organizes the Institute's course in Physiological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.

His group strarted at the Kavli Institute in 2014 under the auspices of an ERC starting grant, prior to which he was a Kavli post-doctoral fellow with Edvard and May-Britt Moser, studying navigational representations across parietal and entorhinal cortices. Prior to moving to Trondheim, he was a graduate student of Mark Bear at Brown University and MIT, with his thesis work demonstrating that synaptic connections in the hippocampus grew stronger as a consequence of single-trial learning in rats.

Publikasjoner

2024

Olsen, Valdemar Lee Kargård; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert; Roudi, Yasser. (2024) The quality and complexity of pairwise maximum entropy models for large cortical populations. PLoS Computational Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2023

Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Holmberg, Ella Holt; Kurup, Devika; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) A novel paradigm for observational learning in rats. Cognitive Neurodynamics
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Hovde, Karoline; Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Hegstad, Andrea Marie; Witter, Menno Peter; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) Visuomotor interactions in the mouse forebrain mediated by extrastriate cortico-cortical pathways. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo; Saldanha, Pearl; Paglia, Jacopo; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) Histological E-data Registration in rodent Brain Spaces. eLIFE
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Mimica, Bartul; Tombaz, Tuce; Battistin, Claudia; Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) Behavioral decomposition reveals rich encoding structure employed across neocortex in rats. Nature Communications
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2020

Tombaz, Tuce; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Hovde, Karoline; Cubero, Ryan John Abat; Mimica, Bartul; Mamidanna, Pranav. (2020) Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network. Scientific Reports
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Gheorghiu, Medorian; Ciuparu, Andrei; Mimica, Bartul; Whitlock, Jonathan; Mureşan, Raul. (2020) A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
Gheorghiu, Medorian; Ciuparu, Andrei; Mimica, Bartul; Whitlock, Jonathan; Mureşan, Raul. (2020) A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie

2019

Mimica, Bartul; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Neural coding of behavior in the rodent associative cortices. NTNU
Doktorgradsavhandling
Olsen, Grethe Mari; Hovde, Karoline; Kondo, Hideki; Sakshaug, Teri; Haaland Sømme, Hanna; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2018

Hovde, Karoline; Gianatti, Michele; Witter, Menno; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas. European Journal of Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. Science
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2017

Whitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex. Neuron
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Posterior parietal cortex. Current Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2014

Whitlock, Jonathan. (2014) Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2012

Whitlock, Jonathan; Pfuhl, Gerit; Dagslott, Nenitha; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2012) Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat. Neuron
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert; Derdikman, Dori Moshe. (2012) Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation. Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Vitenskapelig artikkel

2011

Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Bonnevie, Tora; Whitlock, Jonathan; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Moser, May-Britt. (2011) A brain full of maps. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review

2009

Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Whitlock, Jonathan; Tsao, Albert; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Moser, May-Britt. (2009) Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment. Nature Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2009) Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus. MIT Press
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel

2008

Whitlock, Jonathan; Sutherland, Robert; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2008) Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Leder

2006

Whitlock, Jonathan; Heynen, Arnold; Shuler, Marshall; Bear, Mark. (2006) Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus. Science
Vitenskapelig artikkel

Tidsskriftspublikasjoner

Olsen, Valdemar Lee Kargård; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert; Roudi, Yasser. (2024) The quality and complexity of pairwise maximum entropy models for large cortical populations. PLoS Computational Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Holmberg, Ella Holt; Kurup, Devika; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) A novel paradigm for observational learning in rats. Cognitive Neurodynamics
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Hovde, Karoline; Rautio, Ida Välikangas; Hegstad, Andrea Marie; Witter, Menno Peter; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) Visuomotor interactions in the mouse forebrain mediated by extrastriate cortico-cortical pathways. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo; Saldanha, Pearl; Paglia, Jacopo; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) Histological E-data Registration in rodent Brain Spaces. eLIFE
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Mimica, Bartul; Tombaz, Tuce; Battistin, Claudia; Fuglstad, Jingyi Guo; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Whitlock, Jonathan Robert. (2023) Behavioral decomposition reveals rich encoding structure employed across neocortex in rats. Nature Communications
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tombaz, Tuce; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Hovde, Karoline; Cubero, Ryan John Abat; Mimica, Bartul; Mamidanna, Pranav. (2020) Action representation in the mouse parieto-frontal network. Scientific Reports
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Olsen, Grethe Mari; Hovde, Karoline; Kondo, Hideki; Sakshaug, Teri; Haaland Sømme, Hanna; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Organization of Posterior Parietal–Frontal Connections in the Rat. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Hovde, Karoline; Gianatti, Michele; Witter, Menno; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Architecture and Organization of Mouse Posterior Parietal Cortex Relative to Extrastriate Areas. European Journal of Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Mimica, Bartul; Dunn, Benjamin Adric; Tombaz, Tuce; Bojja, V.P.T.N.C. Srikanth; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2018) Efficient cortical coding of 3D posture in freely behaving rats. Science
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Movement Coding at the Mesoscale in Posterior Parietal Cortex. Neuron
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan. (2017) Posterior parietal cortex. Current Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan. (2014) Navigating actions through the rodent parietal cortex. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan; Pfuhl, Gerit; Dagslott, Nenitha; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2012) Functional Split between Parietal and Entorhinal Cortices in the Rat. Neuron
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan Robert; Derdikman, Dori Moshe. (2012) Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation. Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Bonnevie, Tora; Whitlock, Jonathan; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Moser, May-Britt. (2011) A brain full of maps. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
Derdikman, Dori Moshe; Whitlock, Jonathan; Tsao, Albert; Fyhn, Marianne; Hafting, Torkel; Moser, May-Britt. (2009) Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment. Nature Neuroscience
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan; Sutherland, Robert; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2008) Navigating from hippocampus to parietal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Leder
Whitlock, Jonathan; Heynen, Arnold; Shuler, Marshall; Bear, Mark. (2006) Learning Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus. Science
Vitenskapelig artikkel

Bøker

Gheorghiu, Medorian; Ciuparu, Andrei; Mimica, Bartul; Whitlock, Jonathan; Mureşan, Raul. (2020) A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex Behavior. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie

Del av bok/rapport

Gheorghiu, Medorian; Ciuparu, Andrei; Mimica, Bartul; Whitlock, Jonathan; Mureşan, Raul. (2020) A Machine Learning Approach to Investigate Fronto-Parietal Neural Ensemble Dynamics During Complex. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
Whitlock, Jonathan; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2009) Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Representations in the Hippocampus. MIT Press
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel

Rapport

Mimica, Bartul; Whitlock, Jonathan. (2019) Neural coding of behavior in the rodent associative cortices. NTNU
Doktorgradsavhandling

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