Jackson Cone, University of Calgary

Research

Calcium Imaging Cortex Dopamine Mesolimbic Optogenetics Perceptual Learning Photometry Psychophysics

Latest funding

Investigating Cortical and Subcortical Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual Learning
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$956,250
Parsing pathways of visual perception
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Parsing pathways of visual perception
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$87,000

Investigating Cortical and Subcortical Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual Learning

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cone, Jackson J

Keywords: Calcium Imaging; Cortex; Dopamine; Mesolimbic; Optogenetics; Perceptual Learning; Photometry; Psychophysics; Striatum; Visual Perception

$956,250

Parsing pathways of visual perception

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Cone, Jackson

$12,500

Parsing pathways of visual perception

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cone, Jackson

$87,000

Computational Behavioural Neuroscience

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Cone, Jackson

Keywords: Visual Neuroscience; Sensory Neuroscience; Perception; Cognition; Cortical Population Coding; Computational Neuroscience; Psychophysics; Learning; Plasticity

$240,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Calcium Imaging Dear Professor Cone, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on calcium imaging connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Investigating Cortical and Subcortical Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual Learning" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]