Research and Thesis Projects
We want to spark the interest of bachelor and master students in understanding the brain, and particularly the neural control of movement. Major principles of systems neuroscience and motor control can be experienced every day, thereby providing rich practical examples of the theories we teach in lectures and seminars. Students are always welcome to join us in the lab either as a participant, a volunteer, during a summer job, an internship, or for a master thesis.
Feel free to contact us when you are interested in one of the projects listed below or if you are generally curious about our research and would like to know more.
ETH Zürich is using SiROP to publish and search scientific projects. For more information please visit external page sirop.org.
Brain plasticity after congenital limb loss
Previous studies have demonstrated that following the loss of an upper limb, the deprived hand territory of the somatosensory cortex becomes responsive to afferent input of intact body parts (e.g., the face). It is hypothesised that this remapping of body parts is partially driven by adaptive behaviours, whereby the body part most often used to compensate for the missing limb is remapped into the cortical hand area. We are seeking motivated and independent students interested in one or both of the following tasks:
1. Pose Estimation: Use video analysis to quantify body part usage, with the goal of correlating compensatory movements with changes in brain organization.
2. Patient Recruitment & Data Analysis: Assist with patient recruitment, MRI scanning, and data analysis.
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