Ph.D. D.Sc. Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1987 & 1987 M.Sc. Eotvos University of Budapest 1984

Genetics Neurobiology Psychology & Behavior

Dr. Gerlai’s research has been focussing on the biological and genetic mechanisms of behaviour. He is known for his work on behavioural phenotyping of genetically engineered mice and more recently for the characterization of numerous aspects of the behaviour of zebrafish. For example, his paper on the pros and cons of gene targeting published in TINS in 1996 received over a thousand citations. He is also known for his work on Eph tyrosine kinase receptors and their roles in learning and memory. Dr. Gerlai’s current research at U of T concerns behavioral phenotyping and forward genetic (mutagenesis) and psychopharmacological approaches with zebrafish to study such questions as the mechanisms of alcohol abuse, social behaviour and of learning and memory.

Diving deeper into Zebrafish development of social behavior: Analyzing high resolution data.Buske C, Gerlai R.J. Neurosci. Methods 2014 Aug;234:66-72 pubmed Acute Net Stressor Increases Whole-Body Cortisol Levels Without Altering Whole-Brain Monoamines in Zebrafish.Tran S, Chatterjee D, Gerlai R.Behav. Neurosci. 2014 Jun; pubmed Short-term memory in zebrafish (Danio rerio).Jia J, Fernandes Y, Gerlai R.Behav. Brain Res. 2014 Aug;270:29-36 pubmed Social behavior of zebrafish: From synthetic images to biological mechanisms of shoaling.Gerlai R.J. Neurosci. Methods 2014 Aug;234:59-65 pubmed Fish in behavior research: Unique tools with a great promise!.Gerlai R.J. Neurosci. Methods 2014 Aug;234C:54-58 pubmed Zebrafish models for translational neuroscience research: from tank to bedside.Stewart AM, Braubach O, Spitsbergen J, Gerlai R, Kalueff AV.Trends Neurosci. 2014 May;37(5):264-78 pubmed An integrative analysis of ethanol tolerance and withdrawal in zebrafish (Danio rerio).Tran S, Chatterjee D, Gerlai R.Behav. Brain Res. 2014 Mar; pubmed Embryonic alcohol exposure impairs associative learning performance in adult zebrafish.Fernandes Y, Tran S, Abraham E, Gerlai R.Behav. Brain Res. 2014 May;265:181-7 pubmed Recent advances with a novel model organism: Alcohol tolerance and sensitization in zebrafish (Danio rerio).Tran S, Gerlai R.Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry 2014 Mar; pubmed Induction of social behavior in zebrafish: live versus computer animated fish as stimuli.Qin M, Wong A, Seguin D, Gerlai R.Zebrafish 2014 Jun;11(3):185-97 pubmed Zebrafish as an emerging model for studying complex brain disorders.Kalueff AV, Stewart AM, Gerlai R.Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 2014 Feb;35(2):63-75 pubmed Chronic and acute alcohol administration induced neurochemical changes in the brain: comparison of distinct zebrafish populations.Chatterjee D, Shams S, Gerlai R.Amino Acids 2014 Apr;46(4):921-30 pubmed