Sensory Perception: From Genes to Brain Circuits
How do we know what the world around us is like? The world we know is ‘constructed’ in our brains using information gathered by our five senses. Understanding how sensory nerves connect to the brain in a growing embryo is an area of intense ongoing research, because this circuitry controls how we experience the world. Shubha Tole invited us to try and discover whether there is a boundary between reality and illusion!
About the Neuroscientist
Shubha Tole is a neuroscientist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Her seminal contributions to understanding how the brain develops in the early embryo have been recognised by prestigious awards such as the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and the Infosys Prize.
Tole leverages her experience as a mentor, policy-maker, and senior scientist to actively engage in science outreach that inspires younger scientists, and is a vocal advocate for women in science and of mental health awareness in academia.
