Rebecca undertook her PhD in Andreas Schaefer’s lab at the Francis Crick Institute in London, followed by a HFSP-funded PhD fellowship in the lab of Georg Keller at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Switzerland, where she studied predictive processing in the visual cortex. She now leads the lab at the University of Edinburgh, and paints strange pictures in her spare time.

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rebecca.jordan@ed.ac.uk                                      CV

​Ayoub is a postdoctoral research fellow with a special interest in predictive processing circuits in the brain. He completed his PhD in the Mansvelder lab (CNCR, VU Amsterdam), where he studied the functional role of pontine nuclei neurons in cortico-cerebellar signaling. His current work combines optogenetics and in vivo patch clamp to investigate the synaptic plasticity rules associated with prediction error signaling in the visual cortex. In his free time, he enjoys photography and swimming.

Radhika Joined the lab as a postdoctoral researcher in 2025

Maria joined the lab in the spring on 2024. She is interested in all support tasks for the good functioning of the lab, including colony and general lab management. She assists in all ongoing projects via tissue processing and microscopy, helping to inform and validate results. Teaching, advocacy and outreach activities fill some of her working hours also! Out of the lab, Maria spends time practicing physical exercise, enjoying the varied Edinburgh restaurants, and playing videogames with her friends.

Scott's research investigates the connection between prediction error computation in the locus coeruleus (LC) and the cortex. By integrating calcium imaging, optogenetic perturbation, and computational modeling, he aims to uncover how contextual and uncertainty information is integrated within prediction error computations across these circuits. Additionally, he seeks to understand how LC outputs shape cortical prediction error circuits and the contribution cortical outputs to LC responses. Scott's hobbies include hiking, ballroom dancing, and cooking.

Paige joined the lab as a SIDB PhD student in 2023. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Medical Science at the University of Exeter, and worked as a research assistant in the Mrsic-Flogel Lab at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL. There, she investigated how mice transform sensory evidence into choice action. In her PhD, Paige is investigating the roles of noradrenergic and dopaminergic signaling in predictive learning tasks using virtual reality. Outside of the lab, she enjoys teaching her dog new ways to get into trouble, sewing, and hunting for the best pastry in the city.

Rosie joined the lab in 2025 as a SIDB PhD student. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Neurobiology. After she joined Edinburgh University on the Integrative Neuroscience MScR program, where she worked with the Prediction and Plasticity lab during her 6 month project. Rosie is interested in how neurodevelopmental disorders affect the predictive learning process and she is now continuing her research investigating the function of the locus coeruleus in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome in her PhD. Rosie spends most of her free time sailing, either competing for Edinburgh University across the country or cruising on the Forth.