Friday Lecture Series
(open to Tri-I community)
Friday, March 17, 2023
Michael Dickinson, Ph.D.
Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics,
Executive Officer for Biology and Biological Engineering,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA
Unhinged: A Futile Obsession to Uncover the Mystery of Insects’ Most Essential Innovation
Recommended Readings:
Empirical Articles
Whitehead, S. C., Leone, S., Lindsay, T., Meiselman, M. R., Cowan, N. J., Dickinson, M. H., Yapici, N., Stern, D. L., Shirangi, T., & Cohen, I. (2022). Neuromuscular embodiment of feedback control elements in Drosophila flight. Science advances, 8(50), eabo7461.
Namiki, S., Ros, I. G., Morrow, C., Rowell, W. J., Card, G. M., Korff, W., & Dickinson, M. H. (2022). A population of descending neurons that regulates the flight motor of Drosophila. Current biology : CB, 32(5), 1189–1196.e6.
Dickerson, B. H., de Souza, A. M., Huda, A., & Dickinson, M. H. (2019). Flies Regulate Wing Motion via Active Control of a Dual-Function Gyroscope. Current biology : CB, 29(20), 3517–3524.e3.
O’Sullivan, A., Lindsay, T., Prudnikova, A., Erdi, B., Dickinson, M., & von Philipsborn, A. C. (2018). Multifunctional Wing Motor Control of Song and Flight. Current biology : CB, 28(17), 2705–2717.e4.
Schnell, B., Ros, I. G., & Dickinson, M. H. (2017). A Descending Neuron Correlated with the Rapid Steering Maneuvers of Flying Drosophila. Current biology : CB, 27(8), 1200–1205.
