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SUMMARY:Can worms unlock the secrets of our mind? Automatic quantitative a
 nalysis of C.elegans behaviour - Tadas Jucikas\, William Schafer group\, C
 ell Biology Division\, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Bi
 ology
DTSTART:20091119T130000Z
DTEND:20091119T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr James Kirkbride
DESCRIPTION:Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is one of the model organi
 sms in neuroscience research. It's a tiny transparent worm living in compo
 st or rotting fruit\, has a nervous system\, muscle\, gut and other tissue
 s similar to human. It's short life cycle\, rapid reproduction and simple 
 nervous system with vide variety of behaviours makes it ideal for studying
  neuronal pathways that link neuron activation and action in the worm. Wit
 h the constant increase in computational power and memory in current compu
 ter\nsystems and emergence of novel computer vision algorithms it has beco
 me available to create tools for automatic scoring of C.elegans behaviour 
 from\npreviously collected or real-time digital video data. We will discus
 s data collection and analysis effort for C.elegans behavioural experiment
 s and potential uses of automatic high-throughput quantitative behavior pr
 ofiling tool.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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