Carlos Pantoja

GROUP LEADER NAME (as it appears in publications): Carlos Pantoja

AFFILIATION AND CURRENT POSITION:

Senior Researcher, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brazil

Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Baier Dept.

TEL: +55-61-99868 9894

EMAIL: cpantoja@gmail.com

WEB: N/A

GROUP NAME / RESEARCH INTEREST IN FEW WORDS: Investigation of Mechanisms of Behavioral Individuality. We research genetic and neural mechanisms that generate and/or maintain stable differences in behavior between individuals.

SHORT SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTEREST (MAX. 200 WORDS):

Behavioral differences between individuals in a population are universal and underlie the related concepts of behavioral individuality and personality. Psychiatric conditions are often associated with individual behavioral characteristics that represent extremes of behaviors normally present in a population. The long-term goal of my research is to determine how genetic differences affect patterns of brain activity to generate differences in behavior between individuals.

LIST OF UP TO FIVE RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

1. Larsch, J., Pantoja, C. (2019). Learning: Complexities of Habituation in Escaping Zebrafish Larvae. (invited dispatch, accepted at Current Biology)

2. Pantoja C, Hoagland A, Carroll E, Schoppik D, Isacoff EY. Measuring Behavioral Individuality in the Acoustic Startle Behavior in Zebrafish. Bio-protocol. 2017; 7(7): e2200.

3. Pantoja C, Hoagland A, Carroll E, Conner A, Isacoff EY. Neuromodulatory regulation of behavioral individuality in zebrafish. Neuron. 2016 Aug 3;91(3):587-601.

4. Levitz J, Pantoja C, Gaub B, Janovjak H, Reiner A, Hoagland A, Schoppik D, Kane B, Stawski P, Schier AF, Trauner D, Isacoff EY. Optical control of metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Apr;16(4):507-16.

GROUP MEMBERS (NAME, POSITION, EMAIL):*

N/A

FISH FACILITIES (TYPE OF FISH SYSTEM/TANKS, CAPACITY, ETC.)*

Tecniplast system with approx. 100 3.5 L tanks and 20 8.0 L tanks.

FISH LINES KEPT IN STOCK (list according to the following categories: wild type, mutant, transgenic reporter, transgenic knock-in, knock-outs, other. Provide a short description or reference)

Still transferring lines.

OTHER EQUIPMENT RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH*

Behavioral apparatus for high-throughput behavioral studies with micro-well plates.

LAB EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES (RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH)*

Design and analysis of high-throughput behavioral studies using zebrafish. Development and optimization of techniques for simultaneous monitoring of neural activity and behavior with optogenetic control in zebrafish. Confocal, 2-p and epifluorescence microscopy.