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drosophila
| We got slashdotted! |
It appears the media coverage our study on spontaneous fruit fly behavior (updated press release) made it to the cover not only of LiveScience, but also on /. I've replied to the story and there's already a link from one...[more] |
| drosophila free will spontaneous behavior flight slashdot |
| Posted on Thursday 17 May 2007 - 03:04:58 |
| Symposium: Molecular Neuroethology in Drosophila: Methods, advances, and limitations |
 This is a symposium I've been looking forward to. The worse is that I'm still hunting down my posters which have gone missing during the flight here. Apparently, they have been delivered, but not to the hotel where I'm ...[more] |
| Drosophila neuroethology meeting |
| Posted on Wednesday 25 July 2007 - 14:23:04 |
| In 45 minutes: plasticity in simple taxis behaviors at SfN |
| We're about to head off to McCormick convention center her ein Chicago to set up our poster this morning: Tue, Oct 20, 8:00 - 9:00 AM 580.13/GG39 - Mechanisms of plasticity in simple taxis behaviors in Drosophila Remember...[more] |
| drosophila sfn meeting phototaxis |
| Posted on Tuesday 20 October 2009 - 08:15:48 |
| Let the onslaught begin |
| It is done! Our paper on spontaneous activity in Drosophila fruit flies is finally out in PLoS One. Almost 4 years of hard work in the can! Phew! And the media reports are already starting to pour in: New Scientist, ...[more] |
| drosophila free will spontaneous behavior flight media coverage |
| Posted on Wednesday 16 May 2007 - 03:55:54 |
| Insect neurobiology symposium in Munich, session 1 |
| Finally a meeting with usable WiFi access! This is going to be a very fast-paced meeting with 10h days packed with 12min talks of unpublished data, each followed by 10-15min of discussion. This first day started with Alex...[more] |
| drosophila neurobiology meeting |
| Posted on Friday 11 December 2009 - 11:47:06 |
| more media requests |
| After the last post, I received media queries from the German Berliner Zeitung and from G1, the news website from the Globo Organizations, the largest media conglomerate in Brazil (5th largest in the world). UPDATE: We no...[more] |
| drosophila free will spontaneous behavior flight media |
| Posted on Tuesday 15 May 2007 - 02:27:01 |
| Insect neurobiology symposium in Munich, session 3 |
| This third session was right after the one I was in. I had been talking about the mutant radish and how it changes the attention and activity of the flies. It started at 8.30pm, showing the dedication of all the particip...[more] |
| drosophila neurobiology meeting mushroom-bodies |
| Posted on Friday 11 December 2009 - 15:52:25 |
| media frenzy continues |
| After spending a good part of the past weekend (actually all of it except the time I needed to play our game this past Sunday and preparing for today's experiments) answering questions from journalists about our upcoming...[more] |
| drosophila free will spontaneous behavior flight media |
| Posted on Monday 14 May 2007 - 09:08:27 |
| Free will is a popular topic |
| What surprising effects a press-release can have. Our paper on spontaneous behavior in the fruit fly Drosophila due to appear in PLoS One next week is accompanied by a press-release PLoS sent out just a day or two ago. T...[more] |
| drosophila free will spontaneous behavior flight media |
| Posted on Friday 11 May 2007 - 19:20:26 |
| Fly psychology on Nature Precedings |
| I've just resubmitted (to PLoS Biology) my latest manuscript on how operant and classical components interact to accomplish the generation effect in flies and other animals. I've received plenty of constructive criticism...[more] |
| drosophila nature precedings psychology learning memory generation effect |
| Posted on Wednesday 05 September 2007 - 10:06:36 |
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