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Welcome to Sensory Neurobiology Lab

Every animal experiences the world in its own way, shaped by the sensory systems it uses to detect and interpret the environment. Nikolaev lab investigates how vertebrates sense and process environmental signals across scales, from molecules and ion channels to cells and specialized sensory endings. Using comparative, molecular, morphological and functional approaches, we explore how sensory systems are built, how they adapt, and how they vary across species especially in non-standard model organisms. We are inspired by the diversity found in nature and seek to uncover basic mechanisms of how nervous systems function.