Panayiota Poirazi Explained

Panayiota Poirazi
Birth Date:6 August 1974
Birth Place:Cyprus
Fields:Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience
Workplaces:Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB)
Thesis Title:Contributions of active dendrites and structural plasticity to the neural substrate for learning and memory
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:2000
Alma Mater:University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:http://www.dendrites.gr/
Known For:modelling dendritic computations

Panayiota Poirazi is a neuroscientist known for her work in modelling dendritic computations. She is an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Education and career

Poirazi studied at the University of Cyprus from 1992 until 1996. She earned an M.S. from the University of Southern California in 1998,[1] and went on to earn her Ph.D. from there in 2000.[2] Following her Ph.D., she worked at the Alexander Fleming Instite of Immunology in Greece until 2001, when she moved to the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) in Crete, Greece in 2004.[3] As of 2021, she is the director of research at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH).

Research

Poirazi is known for her work in neurobiology where she focuses on dendrites, the portion of a neuron that propagates signals. Her early research generated predictive models of how active dendrites and structural plasticity enhance storage capacity in single neurons.[4] She has used biophysical models of pyramidal neurons to show that dendrites of these cells integrate inputs in a sigmoidal manner, enabling the neurons to act as two-layer neural network devices.[5] [6] Poirazi has built a circuit-level model of the hippocampus that shows how memories are linked through time.[7] She has developed and applied biophysical models to explain how human neurons compute information, with a focus on solving the XOR problem.[8] [9]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2017, Poirazi was elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization.[10] In 2018, she received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Memory capacity of neurons with active dendrites. 1998. English. Panayiota. Poirazi. 42188424.
  2. Contributions of active dendrites and structural plasticity to the neural substrate for learning and memory. 2000. English. Panayiota. Poirazi. 51873663.
  3. Web site: PANAYIOTA POIRAZI – FKNE. 2021-12-31. en-GB.
  4. Poirazi. Panayiota. Mel. Bartlett W.. 2001. Impact of Active Dendrites and Structural Plasticity on the Memory Capacity of Neural Tissue. Neuron. en. 29. 3. 779–796. 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00252-5. 11301036. 14303314. free.
  5. Poirazi . Panayiota . Brannon . Terrence . Mel . Bartlett W. . Pyramidal Neuron as Two-Layer Neural Network . Neuron . March 2003 . 37 . 6 . 989–999 . 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00149-1. 12670427 . 1680778 . free .
  6. Poirazi. Panayiota. Brannon. Terrence. Mel. Bartlett W.. 2003-03-27. Arithmetic of Subthreshold Synaptic Summation in a Model CA1 Pyramidal Cell. Neuron. English. 37. 6. 977–987. 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00148-X. 0896-6273. 12670426. 15742277. free.
  7. Kastellakis. George. Silva. Alcino J.. Poirazi. Panayiota. 2016-11-01. Linking Memories across Time via Neuronal and Dendritic Overlaps in Model Neurons with Active Dendrites. Cell Reports. English. 17. 6. 1491–1504. 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.015. 2211-1247. 5149530. 27806290.
  8. Gidon. Albert. Zolnik. Timothy Adam. Fidzinski. Pawel. Bolduan. Felix. Papoutsi. Athanasia. Poirazi. Panayiota. Holtkamp. Martin. Vida. Imre. Larkum. Matthew Evan. 2020-01-03. Dendritic action potentials and computation in human layer 2/3 cortical neurons. Science. 367. 6473. 83–87. EN. 10.1126/science.aax6239. 31896716. 2020Sci...367...83G. 209676937. free.
  9. Web site: Cepelewicz. Jordana. 2020-01-14. Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons. 2021-12-31. Quanta Magazine. en.
  10. Web site: June 16, 2017. IMBB-FORTH's Researcher Panayiota Poirazi elected as member of EMBO. 2021-12-31. Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas. en.
  11. Web site: December 18, 2018. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award to IMBB researcher Panayiota Poirazi. December 31, 2021.

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