“the Franklanders”
The Frankland lab combines behavior, imaging and molecular approaches to study the neurobiology of memory. Using contemporary tools, the lab has tackled classical questions in the memory field: Why do we lose our earliest childhood memories? Are memories are broadly distributed or localized in the brain? How does the brain forget? Is it possible to implant memories?
Left: single astrocyte from the hippocampal CA1
Right: 3D reconstructed oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs)
Paul Frankland is a Senior Scientist in the program in Neurosciences & Mental Health at the Hospital for Sick Children, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neurobiology, and is appointed as a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology, Department of Physiology and Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. He is also a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) in the program for Child and Brain Development.
BA (Honours) Psychology University of Sheffield (UK)
PhD Neuroscience University of Toronto
Postdoctoral fellow Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY and UCLA, CA