Dave Burbank
Joseph R. Fetcho
Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Arts and Sciences/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Contact Information
W103 Seeley G. Mudd Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 254-4341
Joseph R. Fetcho
Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Arts and Sciences/College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Expertise
Neuronal control of movement; zebrafish; development and function of neural circuits; hindbrain; spinal cord; imaging the structure and function of neurons in intact animals
Current Research Interest
Principles of organization of neuronal circuits in the spinal cord and hindbrain
Distinction
National Institutes of Health Jacob Javits Award
National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award
Grass Foundation Forbes Lecturer
Victor Hamburger Lecturer
Selected Publications
Koyama, Minoru, Francesca Minale, Jennifer Shum, Nozomi Nishimura, Chris B. Schaffer, and Joseph R. Fetcho. “A Circuit Motif in the Zebrafish Hindbrain for a Two Alternative Behavioral Choice to Turn Left or Right." eLIFE 5 (2016): e16808.
Kinkhabwala, Amina, Michael Riley, Minoru Koyama, Joost Monen, Chie Satou, Yukiko Kimura, Shin-ichi Higashijima, and Joseph R. Fetcho. "A Structural and Functional Ground Plan for Neurons in the Hindbrain of Zebrafish." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (2011):1164-9.
Cornell Research Website Article
NeuroNex—a Radical Collaboration