Shankar Sachidhanandam

Mission

-Investigating cortical activity during goal directed behavior -Targeted whole cell patch clamp and juxtacellular electrophysiology -Optogenetic manipulation of circuits and behavior

Education

Ph.D.

| Neurosciences and Neuropharmacology

2003 – 2007 Universit� Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2

M.Sc., DEA

| Neurosciences and Neuropharmacology

2002 – 2003 Universit� Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2

M.Sc.

| Pharmacology

2000 – 2002 National University of Singapore

B.Sc.(Honors)

| Pharmacy

1996 – 2000 National University of Singapore

Selected publications

Sensory representation of an auditory cued tactile stimulus in the posterior parietal cortex of the mouse.

Mohan H, Gallero-Salas Y, Carta S, Sacramento J, Laurenczy B, Shumanovski L, de Kock CPJ, Helmchen F & Sachidhanandam S
Published in Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1) 7739 in

Parvalbumin-expressing GABAergic neurons in mouse barrel cortex contribute to gating a goal-directed sensorimotor transformation.

Sachidhanandam S, Sermet BS & Petersen CCH
Published in Cell Reports, 2016, 15(4), 700-706 in

Membrane potential correlates of sensory perception in mouse barrel cortex

Sachidhanandam S, Sreenivasan V, Kyriakatos A, Kremer Y, CCH Petersen
Published in Nature Neuroscience, 2013, 16(11), 1671-1677 in

Kainate receptors act as conditional amplifiers of spike transmission at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses

Sachidhanandam S, Blanchet C, Jeantet Y, Yoon C, Mulle C
Published in Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 29(15), 5000-5008 in

GluR6/KA2 kainate receptors mediate slow-deactivating currents

Barberis A, Sachidhanandam S, Mulle C
Published in Journal of Neuroscience, 2008, 28(25), 6402-6406 in

Short-term plasticity of kainate receptor mediated EPSCs induced by NMDA receptors at hipppocampal mossy fiber synapses

Rebola N, Sachidhanandam S, Cunha RA, Mulle C
Published in Journal of Neuroscience, 2007, 27(15), 3987-3993 in

Distinct subunits in heteromeric kainate receptors mediate ionotropic and metabotropic function at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses

Ruiz A*, Sachidhanandam S*, Utvik JK, Coussen F, Mulle C (* equally contributing first authors)
Published in Journal of Neuroscience, 2005, 25(50), 11710-11718 in

Co-assembly of two GluR6 kainate receptor splice variants within a functional protein complex

Coussen F, Perrais D, Jaskolski F, Sachidhanandam S, Normand E, Bockaert J, Marin P, Mulle C
Published in Neuron, 2005, 47(4), 555-566 in