… to understanding nervous system health, disease and evolution. You don’t look through compound eyes as you fly. … and can help answer questions about nervous system evolution. Having established this new model (and his new lab …
… Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Research Areas Evolution , neural systems , Internal states , … , to ask questions at the interface of nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function. Our … position to study principles of nervous system evolution and make inferences about the ultimate origins of …
… Theme and variations: circuit mechanisms of behavioral evolution Animals exhibit an astonishing variation in their … diversity. To gain insight into mechanisms of behavioral evolution, we have begun to translate neurogenetic tools … nodes in neural circuits can contribute to behavioral evolution. We are now taking advantage of the rapid evolution …
… Viruses and transposable elements are major drivers of evolution and make up over half the sequences in the human … of RNA at synapses; a striking example of convergent evolution. I will discuss how this novel intercellular …