Greg Horwitz is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington and serves as the Chief of the Neuroscience Division at the Washington National Primate Research Center. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Research in the Horwitz lab focuses on the neurobiological basis of vision and visually guided behavior. Of particular interest are the mechanisms that limit the sensation of flicker and the circuitry by which signals from the cone photoreceptors are combined in the visual cortex. Recently completed projects in Dr. Horwitz's laboratory have refined new genetic tools for the manipulation of neural activity in non-human primates, and ongoing projects continue to extend this toolkit. A critical component of this work is the validation of new viral vectors that target specific cell types.
