Faumont Moving Fluorescent Nematode C Elegans Target
<p>Dec 04, 2010 12:39 PM  from Forrest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
first para of one of Faumont's papers.
 
In this seminar I will first present a characterization of the<b> sensorimotor transformation underlying chemotaxis. </b>We used this sensorimotor transformation to <b>build a kinetic model of C. elegans chemotaxis behavior, </b>and showed that our model can account for the behavior. We next showed that the transformation can be dissected into components to which identified neurons can be assigned, and that specific genes can alter parts of the transformation. Finally, I will present recent and mostly unpublished data showing the <b>activity of some of the neurons involved in chemotaxis</b>. We were able to record <b>simultaneously behavior and neuronal activity in semi-restrained animals,</b> using the genetically-encoded calcium sensor Cameleon, and thereby correlate parameters of the neuronal activity with behavioral parameters
 
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