Monday Lecture Series
Active Vision and Higher Brain Function in Drosophila melanogaster
Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.,
Post Doctoral Fellow, Division of Biology
California Institute of Technology
February 17, 2010
4:00p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Welch Hall, Level Two
Recommended Articles:
Maimon G, Straw AD, Dickinson MH. 2008. A simple vision-based algorithm for decision making in flying Drosophila. CURRENT BIOLOGY 18(6): 464-470
Duistermars BJ, Chow DM, Frye MA. 2009. Flies Require Bilateral Sensory Input to Track Odor Gradients in Flight. CURRENT BIOLOGY 19(15):1301-1307
Nordstrom K, O’Carroll DC. 2009. Feature detection and the hypercomplex property in insects. TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 32(7): 383-391
Yin Y, Chen NN, Zhang SX, et al. 2009. Choice strategies in Drosophila are based on competition between olfactory memories. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 30(2): 279-288
Olsen SR, Wilson RI. 2008. Cracking neural circuits in a tiny brain: new approaches for understanding the neural circuitry of Drosophila. TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES 31(10):512-520
Chow DM, Frye MA. 2008. Context-dependent olfactory enhancement of optomotor flight control in Drosophila. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 211(15): 2478-2485
