STATE-DEPENDENT DECISION MAKING

WE ARE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BRAIN INTEGRATES INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS TO GENERATE ADAPTIVE BEHAVIORAL OUTPUTS.

research

We use the fruit fly, Drosophila, to examine how well-defined sensory circuits demonstrate both robustness and flexibility required to generate appropriate behavior in the face of changing internal and external environments.

To read more about how we use 'virtual-reality' flight simulators, shown in the videos below,
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what's the buzz?

recent highlights


November 2020: The page for the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Communication Symposium (part of the virtual SICB 2021 Meeting) is live! Check out the speaker list here!

August 2020: The lab is awarded a 4-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Neural Systems Cluster!

August 2020: The Wellesley Neuroscience webpage adds a new page for alumnae updates, check it out here and if you are an alumna, please send in any news to share!

May 2020: Rachel Frazer ('20) is elected into the scientific research honor society, Sigma Xi  and is featured on the Wellesley Spotlight!

April 2020: Isabel D'Alessandro ('18) will begin a PhD program in Neuroscience at Caltech in the fall!

April 2020: Rachel Frazer ('20) will begin a PhD program  at Columbia University - Department of Neuroscience in the fall!

April 2020: Isabel D'Alessandro ('18) is awarded a NSF GRFP to support graduate studies in Neuroscience!
Proposal Title: "Integration of polarized light into the Drosophila heading compass"

To read about past news from the lab, please click here.
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lab photos

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