Novel neural wiring diagrams for olfaction and learning in Drosophila

Albert Cardona, PhD
Janelia Group Leader, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 12:00pm
Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St. Level 3 Conference Rooms, L3-201-202-203
Research Group Seminar
Abstract: 
Dr. Cardona will present and discuss the complete neural circuits of a glomerularly organized olfactory system (the antennal lobe) and a parallel-fiber system for learning and memory (the mushroom bodies) as reconstructed from serial section electron microscopy in the larval Drosophila.
Host: 
Mei Zhen
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Seminar Series