Kevin Michael Franks
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Overview
Selected Grants
Investigating cortical readout of temporal codes for olfaction awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2022 to 2024
Neurobiology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2019 to 2024
Dissecting a neural substrate for stress-induced analgesia awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2021 to 2024
Odor Coding in Piriform Cortex awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2023
CRCNS: Odor processing by cortical neural circuits awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2022
Project 3-Representation of perceived odor intensity awarded by New York University (Principal Investigator). 2021 to 2022
Project 2-How olfactory information is transformed from bulb to cortex awarded by New York University (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2022
Cell Mediated and humoral Immune mechanisms underlying neuromuscular dysfunction in autoimmune encephalitis awarded by Columbia University (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2021
Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience awarded by National Institutes of Health (Training Faculty). 1992 to 2018
The Cellular Substrate of Odor Perception: Synaptic Plasticity in Health and Disease awarded by Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2013 to 2016
Pages
Ryu, Brendan, et al. “Chronic loss of inhibition in piriform cortex following brief, daily optogenetic stimulation.” Cell Rep, vol. 35, no. 3, Apr. 2021, p. 109001. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109001. Full Text
Russo, Marco J., et al. “Synaptic Organization of Anterior Olfactory Nucleus Inputs to Piriform Cortex.” J Neurosci, vol. 40, no. 49, Dec. 2020, pp. 9414–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0965-20.2020. Full Text
Blazing, Robin M., and Kevin M. Franks. “Neuroscience: Illuminating Principles of Odor Coding.” Curr Biol, vol. 30, no. 20, Oct. 2020, pp. R1279–81. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.024. Full Text
Blazing, Robin M., and Kevin M. Franks. “Odor coding in piriform cortex: mechanistic insights into distributed coding.” Curr Opin Neurobiol, vol. 64, Oct. 2020, pp. 96–102. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.conb.2020.03.001. Full Text
Pashkovski, Stan L., et al. “Author Correction: Structure and flexibility in cortical representations of odour space.” Nature, vol. 584, no. 7822, Aug. 2020, p. E38. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2615-z. Full Text
Bolding, Kevin A., et al. “Recurrent circuitry is required to stabilize piriform cortex odor representations across brain states.” Elife, vol. 9, July 2020. Pubmed, doi:10.7554/eLife.53125. Full Text Open Access Copy
Pashkovski, Stan L., et al. “Structure and flexibility in cortical representations of odour space.” Nature, vol. 583, no. 7815, July 2020, pp. 253–58. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2451-1. Full Text Open Access Copy
Platt, Maryann P., et al. “Th17 lymphocytes drive vascular and neuronal deficits in a mouse model of postinfectious autoimmune encephalitis.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 117, no. 12, Mar. 2020, pp. 6708–16. Pubmed, doi:10.1073/pnas.1911097117. Full Text
Bolding, Kevin A., and Kevin M. Franks. “Recurrent cortical circuits implement concentration-invariant odor coding.” Science, vol. 361, no. 6407, Sept. 2018. Pubmed, doi:10.1126/science.aat6904. Full Text
Stern, Merav, et al. “A transformation from temporal to ensemble coding in a model of piriform cortex.” Elife, vol. 7, Mar. 2018. Pubmed, doi:10.7554/eLife.34831. Full Text