Yarmo Mackenbach

Details

Nationality: Dutch
E-mail: hi@yarmo.eu
Website: https://yarmo.eu

Profile

I'm a 28 year old PhD student currently working in the field of Neurosciences where my research focuses on the neuronal basis of directional hearing. In my free time, I like to tinker with electronics (arduino, raspberry pi) and my homelab (server with networking, storage), as well as play piano and produce music.

Experience

PhD in Fundamental Auditory Research

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015-Present

In this project, we study the relationship between input and output of individual Medial Superior Olive cells responsible for the localization of sound. These cells are among the fastest neurons in the brain, operating with a temporal resolution high enough to detect sub-millisecond time differences. Combining a custom novel auditory stimulus and spectral/circular statistics analysis tools programmed specifically for this stimulus, we investigate how dendritic signals interact and generate spikes.

It was my role to lead the project, design the experiments and perform them, analyse the data, write the results and conclusions and present the findings at conferences in the Netherlands and overseas.

Key achievements:
Improved surgery and longevity of experiments
Designed a novel auditory stimulus and analysis tools
Designed a remote-controlled cell patching system
Set up database & data management workflow

Education

B.Sc. Biology

Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
2010-2013

M.Sc. Neurosciences et

Neuropsychopharmacology

Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
2013-2015

M.Sc. Cellular & Molecular Biology

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013-2015

Extra-curricular courses

Machine Learning - Andrew Ng (Stanford & Coursera)