{"id":1866,"date":"2025-10-17T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/mjtaylor\/?page_id=1866"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:53:38","slug":"quantum-sensors-for-biophysical-modelling-of-brain-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/mjtaylor\/research\/quantum-sensors-for-biophysical-modelling-of-brain-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum sensors for biophysical modelling of brain function"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Funder: <\/strong>Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC, via a NSERC-UKRI call for proposals on quantum technologies)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role: <\/strong>Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Margot Taylor. Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Ben Dunkley (SickKids), Prof. Matthew Brookes (University of Nottingham, UK), Prof. Krish Singh (Cardiff University, UK).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: <\/strong>2025 \u2013 2027<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>Adolescence is a critical period when experiences powerfully shape the development of neural circuits, including maturation of inhibitory neurotransmission, and therefore changing the ratio (or balance) between excitatory signaling and inhibitory signaling. This E-I balance is critical to healthy brain functioning, and an imbalance in these signals is associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. 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