Fellow

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience at the University of Leicester, is known for developing signal-processing methods for the analysis of electrophysiological data. He proposed a method to automatically identify the activity of neurons from extracellular recordings. The use of this technique led him to discover a new type of neuron in the human brain, the so-called “Concept Cells” - neurons that fire selectively to specific concepts. He has shown how these neurons are involved in the formation and storage of memories, particularly in the hippocampus that is known to be involved in Alzheimer’s disease, underscoring the potential clinical impact of his work.