URMC / Labs / Briggs Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorFarran Briggs, Ph.D.MC 6.8545Phone: (585) 276-3736Email FarranResearch Interest: Focus on understanding how specific neuronal circuits in the early visual system encode visual information and how attention impacts the encoding of visual information.Research StaffMarc MancarellaTechnical Associate IIMC 6.7569Phone: (585) 276-5870Tanique McDonaldLaboratory TechnicianMCPhone: (585) 276-5870Graduate StudentsMatthew Adusei, M.S.NSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Identifying corticogeniculate neurons in extrastriate visual cortexAllison Murphy, M.S.NSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Role of corticogeniculate feedback in vision Shraddha Shah, PhDResearch Interest: Neural mechanisms of visual attentionJingyi Yang, M.S.NSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Plasticity in the early visual systemSilei Zhu, M.S.NSC - Neuroscience Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: The functions of corticogeniculate feedback in visual behaviors