Understanding the brain and body in action

Research Areas

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New methods for 3D motion capture in small animals
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New methods for measuring neural activity
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Resolving how the basal ganglia control action and movement
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Closed-loop brain stimulation to both understand and treat the brain

Latest Publications

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High-resolution in vivo kinematic tracking with injectable fluorescent nanoparticles

Ulutas EZ, Pradhan A, Koveal D, Markowitz JE.

Science Advances October, 2025

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Act natural: a review of new methods for assessing dopamine’s role in natural behavior

Markowitz JE.

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences May, 2025

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Inverse Reinforcement Learning with Switching Rewards and History Dependency for Characterizing Animal Behaviors

Ke J, Wu F, Wang J, Markowitz JE, Wu A.

arXiv January, 2025

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Spontaneous behaviour is structured by reinforcement without explicit reward

Markowitz JE, Gillis WF, Jay M, Wood J, Harris RW, Cieszkowski R, Scott R, Brann D, Koveal D, Kula T, Weinreb C, Osman MAM, Pinto SR, Uchida N, Linderman SW, Sabatini BL, Datta SR.

Nature June, 2023

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We like to build tools and then use them to understand how the brain gives rise to action. As a lab we strive to do rigorous science while maintaining a fun, inclusive place to work.