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Dr Itia Favre-Bulle
Dr

Itia Favre-Bulle

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Overview

Background

Itia is an optical physicist and neuroscientist recently awarded an ARC DECRA fellowship. She is based at the Queensland Brain Institute in Brisbane. Her research focuses on studying the zebrafish brain using advanced techniques such as whole brain calcium imaging and specialized light shaping devices. Notably, she has pioneered the application of optical tweezers to simulate the zebrafish inner-ear's responses to acceleration and hearing, offering novel insights into sensory processing mechanisms. She has also engineered imaging systems for conducting optogenetic experiments with real-time feedback in zebrafish models. Beyond technique development, Itia explores the noradrenergic system in zebrafish, investigating its pivotal role in modulating sensory functions. Her interdisciplinary approach combines optical physics with neuroscience to advance our understanding of neural circuits and sensory perception mechanisms in zebrafish.

Availability

Dr Itia Favre-Bulle is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Works

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29 works between 2011 and 2025

1 - 20 of 29 works

2025

Journal Article

Correction to: Scattering of Sculpted Light in Intact Brain Tissue, with implications for Optogenetics (Scientific Reports, (2015), 5, 1, (11501), 10.1038/srep11501)

Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Heap, Lucy A., Scott, Ethan K. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2025). Correction to: Scattering of Sculpted Light in Intact Brain Tissue, with implications for Optogenetics (Scientific Reports, (2015), 5, 1, (11501), 10.1038/srep11501). Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 8866. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-92455-1

Correction to: Scattering of Sculpted Light in Intact Brain Tissue, with implications for Optogenetics (Scientific Reports, (2015), 5, 1, (11501), 10.1038/srep11501)

2025

Journal Article

Brain-wide impacts of sedation on spontaneous activity and auditory processing in larval zebrafish

Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Muller, Eli, Lee, Conrad, Scholz, Leandro A., Arnold, Joshua, Munn, Brandon, Wainstein, Gabriel, Shine, James M. and Scott, Ethan K. (2025). Brain-wide impacts of sedation on spontaneous activity and auditory processing in larval zebrafish. The Journal of Neuroscience, e0204242025. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0204-24.2025

Brain-wide impacts of sedation on spontaneous activity and auditory processing in larval zebrafish

2025

Journal Article

Interrogating the Ballistic Regime in Liquids with Rotational Optical Tweezers

Watson, Mark, Stilgoe, Alexander, Favre-Bulle, Itia and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2025). Interrogating the Ballistic Regime in Liquids with Rotational Optical Tweezers. Optica, 12 (2), 246-254. doi: 10.1364/optica.549215

Interrogating the Ballistic Regime in Liquids with Rotational Optical Tweezers

2024

Conference Publication

High-bandwidth rotational optical tweezers for ultrafast and calibration-free viscometry in fluids

Watson, Mark L., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2024). High-bandwidth rotational optical tweezers for ultrafast and calibration-free viscometry in fluids. SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA United States, 18-23 August 2024. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3028345

High-bandwidth rotational optical tweezers for ultrafast and calibration-free viscometry in fluids

2024

Journal Article

Multiscale organization of neuronal activity unifies scale-dependent theories of brain function

Munn, Brandon R., Müller, Eli J., Favre-Bulle, Itia, Scott, Ethan, Lizier, Joseph T., Breakspear, Michael and Shine, James M. (2024). Multiscale organization of neuronal activity unifies scale-dependent theories of brain function. Cell, 187 (25), 7303-7313.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.10.004

Multiscale organization of neuronal activity unifies scale-dependent theories of brain function

2024

Conference Publication

Sculpted light and all optically driven micro and nanomachines

Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Watson, Mark L., Grant, Patrick, Nieminen, Timo A. and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2024). Sculpted light and all optically driven micro and nanomachines. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, CA United States, 18-23 August 2024. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3030461

Sculpted light and all optically driven micro and nanomachines

2024

Journal Article

Shining light in mechanobiology: optical tweezers, scissors, and beyond

Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Watson, Mark L., Gomez-Godinez, Veronica, Berns, Michael W., Preece, Daryl and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2024). Shining light in mechanobiology: optical tweezers, scissors, and beyond. ACS Photonics, 11 (3), 917-940. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00064

Shining light in mechanobiology: optical tweezers, scissors, and beyond

2023

Conference Publication

Optical tweezers in mechanobiology

Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Watson, Mark L., Favre-Bulle, Itia, Grant, Patrick, Nieminen, Timo A. and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2023). Optical tweezers in mechanobiology. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XX: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA United States, 20-25 August 2023. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2682972

Optical tweezers in mechanobiology

2023

Conference Publication

Sensing inertia with rotational optical tweezers

Watson, Mark L., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2023). Sensing inertia with rotational optical tweezers. SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA United States, 20-25 August 2023. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2677236

Sensing inertia with rotational optical tweezers

2022

Journal Article

Optical tweezers across scales in cell biology

Favre-Bulle, Itia A. and Scott, Ethan K. (2022). Optical tweezers across scales in cell biology. Trends in Cell Biology, 32 (11), 932-946. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2022.05.001

Optical tweezers across scales in cell biology

2022

Conference Publication

Optically driven nano and micromachines in optical tweezers

Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Armstrong, Declan, Watson, Mark, Favre-Bulle, Itia, Nieminen, Timo and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2022). Optically driven nano and micromachines in optical tweezers. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, CA United States, 21-26 August 2022. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2639995

Optically driven nano and micromachines in optical tweezers

2022

Journal Article

Brain-wide visual habituation networks in wild type and fmr1 zebrafish

Marquez-Legorreta, Emmanuel, Constantin, Lena, Piber, Marielle, Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Taylor, Michael A., Blevins, Ann S., Giacomotto, Jean, Bassett, Dani S., Vanwalleghem, Gilles C. and Scott, Ethan K. (2022). Brain-wide visual habituation networks in wild type and fmr1 zebrafish. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 895. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28299-4

Brain-wide visual habituation networks in wild type and fmr1 zebrafish

2021

Journal Article

Contributions of luminance and motion to visual escape and habituation in larval zebrafish

Mancienne, Tessa, Marquez-Legorreta, Emmanuel, Wilde, Maya, Piber, Marielle, Favre-Bulle, Itia, Vanwalleghem, Gilles and Scott, Ethan K. (2021). Contributions of luminance and motion to visual escape and habituation in larval zebrafish. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 15 748535, 748535. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2021.748535

Contributions of luminance and motion to visual escape and habituation in larval zebrafish

2020

Journal Article

Sound generation in zebrafish with bio-opto-acoustics

Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Taylor, Michael A., Marquez-Legorreta, Emmanuel, Vanwalleghem, Gilles, Poulsen, Rebecca E., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Scott, Ethan K. (2020). Sound generation in zebrafish with bio-opto-acoustics. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 6120, 6120. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19982-5

Sound generation in zebrafish with bio-opto-acoustics

2020

Journal Article

Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome

Constantin, Lena, Poulsen, Rebecca E., Scholz, Leandro A., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Taylor, Michael A., Sun, Biao, Goodhill, Geoffrey J., Vanwalleghem, Gilles C. and Scott, Ethan K. (2020). Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome. BMC Biology, 18 (1) 125, 125. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00857-6

Altered brain-wide auditory networks in a zebrafish model of fragile X syndrome

2020

Other Outputs

Bio-Opto-Acoustics

Favre-Bulle, Itia and Scott, Ethan (2020). Bio-Opto-Acoustics. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/9809ff7

Bio-Opto-Acoustics

2019

Journal Article

Optical trapping in vivo: theory, practice, and applications

Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Scott, Ethan K. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2019). Optical trapping in vivo: theory, practice, and applications. Nanophotonics, 8 (6), 1023-1040. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2019-0055

Optical trapping in vivo: theory, practice, and applications

2018

Journal Article

Cellular-resolution imaging of vestibular processing across the larval zebrafish brain

Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Vanwalleghem, Gilles, Taylor, Michael A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Scott, Ethan K. (2018). Cellular-resolution imaging of vestibular processing across the larval zebrafish brain. Current Biology, 28 (23), 3711-3722. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.060

Cellular-resolution imaging of vestibular processing across the larval zebrafish brain

2018

Journal Article

Diffuse light-sheet microscopy for stripe-free calcium imaging of neural populations

Taylor, Michael A., Vanwalleghem, Gilles C., Favre-Bulle, Itia A and Scott, Ethan K. (2018). Diffuse light-sheet microscopy for stripe-free calcium imaging of neural populations. Journal of Biophotonics, 11 (12) e201800088, e201800088. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201800088

Diffuse light-sheet microscopy for stripe-free calcium imaging of neural populations

2018

Journal Article

Luminance changes drive directional startle through a thalamic pathway

Heap, Lucy A. L., Vanwalleghem, Gilles, Thompson, Andrew W., Favre-Bulle, Itia A. and Scott, Ethan K. (2018). Luminance changes drive directional startle through a thalamic pathway. Neuron, 99 (2), 293-301.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.06.013

Luminance changes drive directional startle through a thalamic pathway

Funding

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    The physics and biology of hearing in larval fish (ARC Discovery Project administered by University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Reaching deeper into neuronal networks using optical physics
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Myelin: wrapping up neural circuit function and behaviour
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    UQ AWARE - Dr Itia Favre-Bulle
    UQ Amplify Women's Academic Research Equity
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    The physics and biology of hearing in larval fish
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Myelin: wrapping up neural circuit function and behaviour (NHMRC Ideas Grant led by University of Tasmania)
    University of Tasmania
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Itia Favre-Bulle is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring neuronal networks and functions in zebrafish

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Carlie Cullen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Redefining the role of myelin in neural development

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Carlie Cullen

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Performing microrheological measurements of biological compartments with rotational optical tweezers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Stow, Dr Alexander Stilgoe, Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Neural activity underlying auditory processing in zebrafish models of autism

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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