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SUMMARY:Electroreception: A “Sixth Sense” - Professor Clare Baker\, Pr
 ofessor of Comparative Developmental Neurobiology\, Department of Physiolo
 gy\, Development and Neuroscience
DTSTART:20200310T180000Z
DTEND:20200310T193000Z
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CONTACT:Krishna Amin
DESCRIPTION:Sharks\, sturgeons and salamanders and other related species a
 ll have special sense organs containing ‘electroreceptor cells’ that a
 llow them to detect the weak\, low-frequency electric fields surrounding a
 nimals in water\, which they use for hunting. Electroreceptors are closely
  related to the mechanosensory ‘hair cells’ of the lateral line system
  found in all fishes and aquatic-stage amphibians\, which respond to local
  water movement (‘distant touch’) and resemble the vestibular hair cel
 ls found in our inner ears. Some lineages of teleost fishes (like knifefis
 hes\, including the electric eel) have independently evolved electrorecept
 ors that detect high-frequency self-generated electric fields\, used for 
 ‘electrolocation’ and communication. Clare Baker will introduce this f
 ascinating “sixth sense” and describe her lab’s work on the embryoni
 c development and evolution of electroreceptors.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Road
 \, Cambridge
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