Events at Stanford
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16:50 Dec 14, 2021
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2021. 12:00 PM. Location: Remote (Zoom) Adrienne Fairhall, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics University of Washington Hosted by Laura Driscoll (Shenoy Lab) Join via zoom Abstract: Hydra is a fascinating model organism for neuroscience. It is transparent; new genetic lines allow one to image activity in both neurons and muscle cells; it exhibits quite rich behavior; and it continually rebuilds itself. Hydra’s fairly simple physical structure as a two-layered fluid-filled hydrostat and the accessibility of information about neural and muscle activity open the possibility of a complete model of neural control of behavior. Toward that end, we have developed a biophysical and biomechanical model of Hydra's body that allows us to transform measured neural activity into behavior. Bio: Adrienne Fairhall is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and adjunct in the Departments of Physics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington. She obtained her ...