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Mechanisms of Adaptive Behavior: From Moments to Millennia
July 25 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Forbes Lecture
Vanessa Ruta, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Professor; Investigator, HHMI, The Rockefeller University
Registration link: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nyr6g3hJSeCJ_siL_jMaJw#/registration
Lecture Abstract: Animals display fantastic diversity in their behaviors within and across different species. Ruta’s lab has been using the concise neural circuitry of Drosophila to elucidate how nervous systems are adapted over different timescales, through individual experience or evolutionary selection, to give rise to flexible variations in behavior. By applying an interdisciplinary perspective, from the structure of sensory receptors to the algorithms of complex behaviors, they have begun to shed light on how behaviors can be modified at the level of molecular, synaptic, and circuit motifs.
About the Forbes Lecture
Since 1959, The Grass Foundation has supported the Forbes Lecture, a private foundation supporting research and education in neuroscience. The lectures are given in honor of the pioneering neurobiologist Alexander Forbes. Traditionally, the Forbes lecturer also works alongside the Grass Fellowship Program for several weeks at the MBL.