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Biography
Mehdi is an ARC DECRA research fellow in the Department of Physiology and the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University. He joined the Department of Physiology at Monash in September 2020 and has started a new rodent electrophysiology laboratory (Neurodigit Lab). He has previously held an NHMRC CJ Martin Early Career Fellowship at UNSW and SISSA, Italy. He was awarded his PhD in Neuroscience in 2014 from UNSW, MSc in Telecommunications Engineering in 2008 from Iran Uiversity of Science and Technology, and BSc in Electrical Engineering (Communications) from the Isfahan University of Technology, Iran.
Research interests
The research interests of the Adibi group lie in the general fields of neural coding and sensorimotor processing in dynamic and changing environments. The model systems of choice are rodent whisker-, digit- and forepaw-mediated tactile system and human touch. Rats and mice have demonstrated tactile capacity through their whiskers and digits, and cognitive capacity to learn and perform complex behavioural tasks (Adibi 2019). In his new research laboratory, Mehdi uses parallel sensorimotor tasks in rodents and humans that model the dynamic nature of the real world. In rodents, his group combines cutting-edge technologies for observation (imaging and high-throughput array electrophysiology) and modulation (through optogenetics) of neuronal circuits at both single cell and population levels in awake animals performing sensorimotor task. In humans, psychophysics and electrophysiology methods such as EEG are employed to study the basis of ensory processing at cognitive level.
At technical level, his group develops innovative and cost-efficient technologies including tactile stimulator to generate rich and complex perceptions, wide-field patterned optical stimulation for studying neuronal circuits, and automated modular behavioural apparatus. These technologies can potentially be used for biomedical and neurobionic applications such as aid devices and prostheses to enhance and restore tactile sensation in neurological conditions such as stroke or in amputees.
The Adibi group is currently offering PhD, Masters and Honours projects. For an up-to-date list of available projects, visit the Neurodigit Laboratory webpage or click here. Also, novel and innovative research/technology ideas are always more than welcomed.
Supervision interests
If you are interested in undertaking a research period in research group (Neurodigit lab), please contact the lab head, Mehdi Adibi.
The lab currently has projects suitable for all levels of student, including Honours, Masters and PhD. Enquiries from potential students and postdocs are always welcome. Experience in electrophysiology, electronics, computer science, psychophysics, programming (preferably Python or Matlab) is desirable. However, we value motivation and enthusiasm more important than experience.
Community service
Mehdi contributes to the CSIRO 'Scientists in Schools' and 'Mathematicians in School' program through a partnership with Campbell High School, ACT (2013-2015) and OLSH College, Kensington, NSW (2010-2013)
Mehdi has organised and participated in various community activities such as seminars and workshops for high school students including
- Seminar on Neuroscience (February 2016), Shahid Ejeyi Middle School, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (SAMPAD)
- One-day workshop on Systems Neuroscience (February 2016), Shahid Ejeyi High School, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (SAMPAD)
- Australian Brain Bee Challenge (2014-2015), John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU
- Two-day Workshop on electronics, Physics and Chemistry (2002), Imam Jafar Sadiq High School, Isfahan, Iran
- Jury member, the International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Isfahan, Iran (2001)
- Two-day Workshop on Physics and Chemistry (2001), National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET), Shahid Ejeyi Highschool, Isfahan, Iran
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Systems Neuroscience
- Electrophysiology
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Optogenetics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Game Theory
- Graph Theory
- Sensorimotor Processing
- Decision Making
- Tactile Perception
- Telecommunications
- choice behaviour
- somatosensory
- neural coding
- Sensory Processing
- stroke rehabilitation
- Machine Learning
- deep learning
- algorithms, data structures, functional programming, minimum message length, MML, bioinformatics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Combinatorics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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The role of corticothalamic feedback on the response dynamics of thalamic neurons
3/08/20 → 17/12/20
Project: Research
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Editorial: Sensory Adaptation
Adibi, M., Zoccolan, D. & Clifford, C. W. G., 8 Dec 2021, In: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 15, 3 p., 809000.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Sensory Adaptation in the Whisker-Mediated Tactile System: Physiology, Theory, and Function
Adibi, M. & Lampl, I., 29 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15, 23 p., 770011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus) -
Neurons and astrocytes interaction in neuronal network: A game-theoretic approach
Zareh, M., Manshaei, M. H., Adibi, M. & Montazeri, M. A., 7 Jun 2019, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 470, p. 76-89 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Publisher Correction: Response dynamics of rat barrel cortex neurons to repeated sensory stimulation (Scientific Reports, (2017), 7, 1, (11445), 10.1038/s41598-017-11477-6)
Kheradpezhouh, E., Adibi, M. & Arabzadeh, E., 6 Mar 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 1 p., 4149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Open Access -
Whisker-Mediated Touch System in Rodents: From Neuron to Behavior
Adibi, M., 21 Aug 2019, In: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 13, 24 p., 40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access46 Citations (Scopus)