Investigation of "awareness of knowing": calcium imaging of freely moving flies
Project Description
Animals form memory to adapt their behaviors if they are aware of the cues recollecting the information from memory. In addition to the mechanisms of learning and memory, the "awareness" is one of the important process for cognition. However, the neuronal mechanisms involved in the awareness is unknown. In this project, by setting up a state-of-art imaging technique, neural activities will be monitored using freely moving flies to reveal a mechanism of awareness.
Supervisor
HIRANO Yukinori
Quota
1
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
Applicant's Roles
Fly crossing to express calcium reporters in the target neurons.
Dissecting the fly brain
Surgery of flies
Optimization of the system (coding skill is required)
Data acquisition
Data analysis
Applicant's Learning Objectives
Animal surgery
Genetics
Imaging technology
Complexity of the project
Challenging