cv
A probably already outdated short version of my CV. See the publication tab for a full list of publications.
Contact Information
| Name | Antonin Blot |
| Professional Title | Scientist |
| antonin.blot@crick.ac.uk | |
| Phone | |
| Location | 1 Midland road, London, NW1 1AT |
| Website | https://https://ablot.github.io/ |
Professional Summary
Experience
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2020 - present London, UK
Principal Laboratory Research Scientist
The Francis Crick Institute
Neural circuit for depth perception in the primary visual cortex
- Freely moving electrophysiological recording with head/eye tracking.
- Molecular connectomics using barcoded rabies virus.
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2018 - 2020 London, UK
Postdoctoral fellow in the Hofer lab - part 2
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre - UCL
Functional organisation of higher-order thalamocortical circuits in the mouse visual system
- Two-photon calcium imaging of axonal projections and acute silicon probe recording in awake mice.
- Head-fixed electrophysiology recoridng of preparatory activity in the cerebellum.
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2014 - 2018 Basel, Switzerland
Postdoctoral fellow in the Hofer lab - part 1
Biozentrum
Functional organisation of higher-order thalamocortical circuits in the mouse visual system
- Slice electrophysiology, CRACM characterisation of thalamic input and of GCaMP6f linearity in cortical interneurons
- Posthoc immunostaining of cells functionally characterised by two-photon imaging in vivo.
Education
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2009 - 2013 Paris, France
PhD under the supervision of Dr. Boris Barbour
Ecole Normale Superior
Functions of cerebellar molecular layer interneurones
Publications
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2021 Barcoded Rabies In Situ Connectomics for high-throughput reconstruction of neural circuits
BioRXiv
Development of a new method for high-througput connectomics.
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2021 Visual intracortical and transthalamic pathways carry distinct information to cortical areas
Neuron
Anatomical description of the organisation of the transthalamic pathway and characterisation of the functional specificity of its projection to different visual areas.
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2014 Ultra-rapid axon-axon ephaptic inhibition of cerebellar Purkinje cells by the pinceau
Nature Neuroscience
Demonstration of direct ephatic coupling between two neurons in the mamalian brain.
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References
- Dr. Petr Znamenskiy
Group leader, Specification and Function of Neural Circuits Laboratory. The Francis Crick Institute
- Dr. Boris Barbour
Chairman of Neuroscience section, group leader, Cerebellum group. Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Superieure
- Pr. Sonja Hofer
Group leader, Sainsbury Wellcome centre - UCL - London