Somoday Hazra

• Own in vivo studies end to end, from design and stereotaxic surgery through acquisition, analysis and reporting, working to the project schedule rather than waiting on direction. • When two calcium-imaging platforms couldn't exchange data, built and documented the conversion workflow that fixed it, still in use; presented as first author at FENS 2026. • Run the full experimental pipeline linking neural activity to behaviour in freely moving mice: viral delivery, GRIN-lens implantation, head-mounted one-ph

• Ran an ERC-funded in vivo programme independently, from surgery through to analysis and reporting, and delivered experiments for external research groups to their own specification. • Conducted in vivo neuroscience research on neural coding and oxytocin-related mechanisms of social and territorial behavior in rodent models. • Designed and ran rodent behavioral paradigms, from experimental planning and protocol optimization through study execution. • Analyzed behavioral and neurobiological data, interprete

• Investigated neural mechanisms of stress, anxiety, PTSD, depression, learning, and memory using disease-relevant rodent models. • Performed in vivo electrophysiology, stereotaxic interventions, and behavioral assays including open field, elevated plus maze, Morris water maze, and fear conditioning. • Collected and processed brain tissue for histology, microscopy, and molecular or biochemical endpoints, including Western blotting. • Designed experiments, optimized protocols, analyzed data, and integrated b