Theoretical Neuroscience Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University · Biomedical Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Biomedical Engineering
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Fall 2027Vivien Thomas PhD Scholars (VTSI)
Dec 1, 2026
Application deadline
Dec 3, 2026 23:59 EST
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Fall 2027Application deadline
Jan 15, 2027
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Prof. Kechen Zhang at Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering lists Theoretical and computational neuroscience, neural computation as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- A canonical input to the head direction compass carries predominantly eye movement signalsNewPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Oct 27
- Analytic and Learned Information Gain for Adaptive Experimental Design in Neural Network ModelsPreprintSSRN Electronic Journal · Jan 1
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