High-level Visual Behaviors of the Fruit Fly Drosophila
Andrew Straw, Gadi Geiger, Tomaso Poggio
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-13, 17-20, 10am-02:00pm, 46-3189
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Scientific background
The brain of a fly is capable of steering the animal through a complex environment at high relative speeds, avoiding stationary obstacles and moving predators. Because it is relatively easy to study how flies do this at several levels from the behavioral to the cellular, fly vision has long been recognized as an ideal system to address a fundamental question in neuroscience -- how does the distributed activity of neurons orchestrate animal-environment interactions to result in successful coordinated behavior? In this workshop we will investigate visual phenomena such as spatial attention and spatial working memory in flies. If successful, the results will inform future experiments using the molecular genetic toolbox of Drosophila to isolate the neural circuits involved and the relevant physiological mechanisms.
Applicants interested in participating in the workshop please e-mail Gadi at ggeiger@mit.edu before December 16 2011 to confirm their participation. The overview lecture will be free.
Web: http://bcs.mit.edu/BCS_IAP_2012.html
Contact: Gadi Geiger, 46-5162, x3-9646, gadi@AI.MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Latest update: 06-Dec-2011
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