Justin L. Gardner, PhD

Unit Leader
Gardner Research Unit
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama JAPAN 351-0198
tel: +81 (048) 462-1111 x7067
justin@brain.riken.jp
personal webpage
lab webpage

Academic Background

University of California, Berkeley

UCSF

Berkeley and San Francisco, CA

August 1996 - August 2002

PhD in Bioengineering. Thesis advisor: Stephen G. Lisberger


Coordinated selection of targets between orienting and tracking eye movements, studied with awake behaving monkey neurophysiology.

Yale University

New Haven, CT

September 1989 - May 1993

B.S. in Computer Science

Post-doctoral Work

New York University

New York, NY

September 2004 - March 2009

Research Scientist (David Heeger lab)


Linking human psychophysics with cortical physiology measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging. Classification analysis to resolve columnarly organized cortical response properties.

RIKEN Brain Science Institute

Wakoshi, Japan

November 2002 - August 2004

Staff Scientist (Keiji Tanaka lab)


Contrast adaptation and representation in human visual cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging. High spatial resolution imaging of functional architecture in human visual cortex.

Fellowships and Awards

  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences 2006-2011
  • NRSA from the National Eye Institute 2004-2007 [abstract]
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow 2002-2004
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellowship in Quantitative Biology 2001-2002
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 1996-1999
  • B.S. in Computer Science awarded Cum Laude with Distinction in the major 1993
  • Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor society 1993
  • Publications

    Journal Articles (In progress)

    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Tanaka, K., Heeger, D.J., and Cheng K. (2008) High resolution fMRI and classification analysis reveals orientation specific responses in large draining veins. In preparation.


    Journal Articles (Published)

    Dinstein, I., Gardner, J. L. , Jazayeri, M., and Heeger, D.J. (2008) Executed and observed movements have different distributed representations in human aIPS. Journal of Neuroscience  28:11231-11239[abstract] [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , Merriam, E. P., Movshon, J. A., and Heeger, D.J. (2008) Maps of visual space in human occipital cortex are retinotopic, not spatiotopic. Journal of Neuroscience  28:3988-3999[abstract] [pdf]


    Sun, P., Ueno K., Waggoner, R. A., Gardner, J. L. , Tanaka, K., and Cheng K. (2007) A temporal frequency-dependent functional architecture in human V1 revealed by high-resolution fmri. Nature Neuroscience  10:1404-1406[abstract] [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Waggoner, R. A., Ueno K., Tanaka, K., and Cheng K. (2005) Contrast adaptation and representation in human early visual cortex. Neuron  47:607-620[abstract] [preview] [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , Tokiyama, S., and Lisberger, S. G. (2004) A population decoding framework for motion aftereffects on smooth pursuit eye movements. Journal of Neuroscience  24:9035-9048[abstract] [pdf]


    Churchland, A. K., Gardner, J. L. , Chou, I. H., Priebe, N. J., and Lisberger, S. G. (2003) Directional anisotropies reveal a functional segregation of visual motion processing for perception and action. Neuron  37:1001-1011[abstract] [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , and Lisberger, S. G. (2002) Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. Nature Neuroscience  5:892-899[abstract] [supp] [n&v] [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , and Lisberger, S. G. (2001) Linked target selection for saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements. Journal of Neuroscience  21(6):2075-2084[abstract] [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , Anzai, A., Ohzawa. I., and Freeman, R. D. (1999) Linear and nonlinear contributions to orientation tuning of simple cells in the cat's striate cortex. Visual Neuroscience  16:1115-1121[abstract] [pdf]


    Abstracts

    Franco Pestilli, Marisa Carrasco, David J. Heeger, and Gardner, J. L. (2008) Does increased contrast-response in human V1 account for enhanced behavioral performance with attention?. Society for Neuroscience. Washington DC.


    Elisha P. Merriam, Gardner, J. L. , Movshon, J. A., and Heeger D. J. (2008) Modulation of human visual cortex responses by gaze direction. Society for Neuroscience. Washington DC.


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Tanaka, K., Heeger D. J., and Cheng K. (2006) Classification analysis with high spatial resolution fmri reveals large draining veins with orientation specific responses. Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, GA.


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Tanaka, K., Heeger D. J., and Cheng K. (2006) High spatial resolution fmri reveals orientation specific responses in large draining veins. Gordon Research Conference: Brain Energy Metabolism and Blood Flow. Magdalen College, Oxford UK.


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Waggoner, R. A., Ueno K., Tanaka, K., and Cheng K. (2005) Difference in temporal dynamics of positive and negative BOLD responses. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 13th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition. Miami, FL. (slide session). [pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Waggoner, R. A., Ueno K., Tanaka, K., and Cheng K. (2004) Adaptation to contrast in early human visual cortex reveals horizontal shifts of contrast response functions and differential responses to decrements in contrast between V1 and V4. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA.


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Waggoner, R. A., Ueno K., Tanaka, K., and Cheng K. (2004) Contrast adaptation in human early visual cortex as measured with event related BOLD imaging. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Twelth Scientific Meeting and Exhibition. Kyoto, Japan. (slide session).


    Gardner, J. L. , Sun, P., Waggoner, R. A., Ueno K., Tanaka, K., and Cheng K. (2004) Horizontal shifts of contrast response curves in early human visual cortex: an event-related fmri study. Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 10th Annual Meeting. Budapest, Hungary.


    Gardner, J. L. , and Lisberger, S. G. (2001) The effect of microstimulation evoked saccades on target selection for smooth pursuit eye movements. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, CA. 404.9[pdf]


    Gardner, J. L. , and Lisberger, S. G. (2001) The effect of microstimulation in the saccadic frontal eye fields on target selection for smooth pursuit eye movements. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement. Seville, Spain.


    Churchland, A. K., Gardner, J. L. , Chou, I. H., and Lisberger, S. G. (2001) Smooth pursuit eye movements are immune to the directional anisotropy of perception. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement. Seville, Spain. [abstract]


    Gardner, J. L. , and Lisberger, S. G. (1999) Linked target selection for saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements. Society for Neuroscience. Miami, FL. 29:564.9[pdf]


    Invited talks

    Contrast adaptation and a functional baseline for BOLD activity in human early visual cortex. Yale University Magnetic Resonance Research Center. Invited Seminar. New Haven, CT: March 28, 2006


    High spatial resolution imaging to determine the dependence on spatial scale of classifier performance. Cosyne 2006 Postconference Workshop. Post Conference Workshop. The Canyons, Utah: March 9, 2006


    Contrast adaptation and representation in human early visual cortex. The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. Invited seminar. San Francisco, CA: October 6, 2005


    Stimulating the cognitive: Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. Columbia University. Invited seminar. New York, NY: January 4, 2005


    Horizontal shifts of contrast response curves after contrast adaptation in human visual cortex. Hokkaido University. Invited seminar. Sapporo Japan: February 5, 2004


    Contrast adaptation and the BOLD signal in early human visual cortex. National Institute for Physiological Sciences. Symposium Talk. Okazaki, Japan: November 28, 2003


    Stimulating the cognitive: Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. Osaka University. Invited seminar. Osaka, Japan: September 12, 2003


    Stimulating the cognitive: Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. Invited seminar. San Francisco, CA: April 21, 2003


    Teaching, Committees and Other Education

    University of California, Berkeley

    UCSF

    Berkeley and San Francisco, CA

    August 1996 - August 2002

    PhD in Bioengineering. Thesis advisor: Stephen G. Lisberger

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

    Cold Spring Harbor, NY

    June 1998 and June 2000

    Teaching Assistant and Student

    RIKEN Brain Science Institute

    Wakoshi, Japan

    June 1997 - August 1997

    NSF Summer Institute Fellow

    Reviewing

    Current Biology

    Experimental Brain Research

    Journal of Neurophysiology

    Journal of Neuroscience

    Journal of Vision

    Nature

    Nature Neuroscience

    Neuron

    Science

    Vision Research

    Visual Neuroscience

    Industry

    Smoking Car Productions

    San Francisco, CA

    November 1994 - June 1996

    Programmer

    Epson Palo Alto Laboratory

    Palo Alto, CA

    July 1993 - November 1994

    Member of Technical Staff

    Last updated: May 08, 2009