The goal of the Horstick lab is to understand how environmental and sensory experiences shape neural circuits and animal behavior. We use a variety of sophisticated genetic and imaging techniques to explore experience-dependent mechanisms in vivo. Our main system is the zebrafish, yet we are steadily expanding to other fish models to identify conserved mechanisms regulating neural plasticity during evolution.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor of Biology, West Virginia University

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