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BIOMED Faculty Details: Ilya A. Rybak, Ph.D.
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Ilya A. Rybak, Ph.D. [Update My Profile]
Research Professor, College of Medicine, Dept. of Neurobiology & Anatomy
Affiliate Faculty, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems
Office: Dept. Neurobiol. & Anat. Email: ilya.rybak@drexelmed.edu
Phone: 215.991.8596 Fax: 215.991.9082
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Research Keywords:

Computational neuroscience, neural networks, oscillations in biological neural networks, neural control of locomotion and breathing, neuroengineering and robotics, biological and computer vision, visual perception and pattern recognition.

Biosketch:

Ilya A. Rybak received M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Odessa Polytechnical University (Odessa, Ukraine) in 1975 and Ph.D. in Biophysics from St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg, Russia) in 1988. From 1977 through 1991, Dr. Rybak held an appointment in the A. B. Kogan Research Institute for Neurocybernetics at Rostov State University (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) as Director of the Laboratory for Neural Network Modeling and Vision Research. In 1993-1994, Dr. Rybak was Visiting Professor at the Laboratory for System Analysis and Control (Le Havre University, France). From 1993 through 1994 he was Research Scientist in the group of James S. Schwaber at the Department of Neuroscience, University Of Pennsylvania. From 1994 -1999, Dr. Rybak was Visiting Scientist at DuPont Company (Neural Computation Program). Since 1998, he is Research Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University. Since 2006, Dr. Rybak is Professor at the Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Dr. Rybak published more than 250 papers in scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. His research interests include: modeling biological neurons and neural networks in different areas of the brain; oscillations in biological neural networks; neural control of locomotion and breathing; neuroengineering and robotics; biological and computer vision; visual perception and pattern recognition.

Education:

MSc in EE, Odessa Polytechnical University, Ukraine,1975.

PhD in Biophysics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, 1988.

Active Research Projects:

Computational modeling of the respiratory rhythm generation and neural control of breathing
Computational modeling of the spinal cord neural circuitry and neural control of locomotion

Publications:

Rybak, I. A., Paton, J. F. R., and Schwaber, J. S. (1997) Modeling neural mechanisms for genesis of respiratory rhythm and pattern: I. Models of respiratory neurons. J. Neurophysiol., 77: 1994-2006.

Rybak, I. A., Paton, J. F. R., and Schwaber, J. S. (1997) Modeling neural mechanisms for genesis of respiratory rhythm and pattern: II. Network models of the central respiratory pattern generator. J. Neurophysiol., 77: 2007-2026.

Rybak, I. A., Paton, J. F. R., and Schwaber, J. S. (1997) Modeling neural mechanisms for genesis of respiratory rhythm and pattern: III. Comparison of model performances during afferent nerve stimulation. J. Neurophysiol., 77: 2027-2039.

Rybak, I. A., Gusakova, V. I., Golovan, A. V., Podladchikova, L. N., and Shevtsova, N. A. (1998) A model of attention-guided visual perception and recognition. Vision Research, 38:2387-2400.

Giszter, S. F., Moxon, K. A., Rybak, I. A., and Chapin, J. K. (2000) A neurobiological perspective on humanoid robot design. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 15: 64-69.

Giszter, S. F., Moxon, K. A., Rybak, I. A., and Chapin, J. K. (2001) Neurobiological and neurorobotic approaches to control architectures for a humanoid motor system. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 37: 219-235.

Rybak, I. A., Ivashko, D. G., Prilutsky, B. I., Lewis, M. A., and Chapin, J. K. (2002) Modeling neural control of locomotion: Integration of reflex circuits with CPG. In: Artificial Neural Networks. Lect. Notes Comp. Sci. 2415 (Ed. Dorronsoro, J. R.). Springer, 2002, 99-104,

Rybak, I. A., Paton, J. F. R., Rogers, R. F., and St. John, W. M. (2002) Generation of the respiratory rhythm: state-dependency and switching. Neurocomputing, 44-46:603-612.

St.-John, W. M., Rybak, I. A., and Paton, J. F. R. (2002) Switch from eupnea to fictive gasping after blockade of inhibitory transmission and potassium channels. Am. J. Physiol. (Regul Integr Comp Physiol), 283: R721-R731.

Ivashko, D. G., Prilutsky, B. I., Markin, S. N., Chapin, J. K., and Rybak, I. A. (2003) Modeling the spinal cord neural circuitry controlling cat hindlimb movement during locomotion. Neurocomputing, 52-54: 621-629.

Rybak, I. A., Ptak, K., Shevtsova, N. A., and McCrimmon, D. R. (2003) Sodium currents in neurons from the rostroventrolateral medulla of the rat. J. Neurophysiol. 90: 1635-1642.

I. A. Rybak, N. A. Shevtsova, W. M. St.-John, J. F.R. Paton and O. Pierrefiche (2003) Endogenous rhythm generation in the pre-B�tzinger complex and ionic currents: Modelling and in vitro studies. Eur. J. Neurosci. 18: 239-257.

Rybak, I. A., Ptak, K., Shevtsova, N. A., and McCrimmon, D. R. (2004) Intrinsic bursting activity in the pre-B�tzinger Complex: Role of persistent sodium and potassium currents. Biol. Cybern. 90: 59-74.

Rybak, I. A., Shevtsova, N. A. , Paton, J. F. R., Dick, T. E., St-John, W. M., M�rschel, M., and Dutschmann, M. (2004) Modeling the ponto-medullary respiratory network. Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 143: 307-319.

Potts, J. T., Rybak, I. A., and Paton, J. F. R. (2005) Respiratory rhythm entrainment by somatic afferent stimulation. J. Neurosci. 25: 1965-1978.

Rybak, I. A., Gusakova, V. I., Golovan, A. V., Podladchikova, L. N., and Shevtsova, N. A. (2005) Attention-guided recognition based on �what� and �where� representations: A behavioral model. In: Neurobiology of Attention (Eds. Itti, L., Rees, G. and Tsotsos, J.). Elsevier Acad. Press, pp. 663-670.

Rybak, I. A., Shevtsova, N. A., Lafreniere-Roula, M., and McCrea, D. A. (2006) Modelling spinal circuitry involved in locomotor pattern generation: insights from deletions during fictive locomotion. J. Physiol. Lond. 577(Pt. 2): 617-639.

Rybak, I. A., Stecina, K., Shevtsova, N. A., and McCrea, D. A. (2006) Modelling spinal circuitry involved in locomotor pattern generation: insights from the effects of afferent stimulation. J. Physiol. Lond. 577(Pt. 2): 641-658.

Rybak, I. A., Abdala, A. P. L., Markin, S. N., Paton, J. F. R., and Smith, J. C. (2007) Spatial organization and state-dependent mechanisms for respiratory rhythm and pattern generation. Prog. Brain Res. 165: 201-220.

Smith, J. C., Abdala, A. P. L., Koizumi, H., Rybak, I. A., and Paton, J. F. R. (2007) Spatial and functional architecture of the mammalian brainstem respiratory network: a hierarchy of three oscillatory mechanisms. J. Neurophysiol. 98: 3370-3387.

McCrea, D. A., and Rybak, I. A. (2007) Modeling the mammalian locomotor CPG: insights from mistakes and perturbations. Prog. Brain Res. 165: 235-253.

McCrea, D. A., and Rybak, I. A. (2008) Organization of mammalian locomotor rhythm and pattern generation. Brain Res. Reviews 57: 134-146

Rybak, I. A., and Smith, J. C. (2008) Computational modeling of the respiratory network. In Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Eds. Binder MD, Hirokawa N, Windhorst U, Hirsch MC et al.). Springer-Verlag (in press).

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