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SUMMARY:The Inaugural Henslow Fellows Lectures - Moving without a brain: h
 ow do fruit fly larvae explore? - Dr Jimena Berni\, Department of Zoology
DTSTART:20130424T173000Z
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:To face the challenge of exploring the environment in search o
 f food\, shelter\, and other resources crucial for survival\, most animals
  use efficient stratagems\, which usually consist of an alternation betwee
 n straight runs and turns that redirect these runs. Drosophila larvae exec
 ute an exploratory routine of this kind that consists of sequences of stra
 ight crawls\, pauses\, turns\, and redirected crawls. These movements are 
 controlled by nerve networks located at different points along the anterio
 r posterior axis of the nervous system. \nIn this talk\, I will present th
 e results of the research I have performed during the tenure of the Henslo
 w Research Fellowship at Downing College. I will show the way in which the
  operation of the nerve networks is incorporated into the extended behavio
 ral routine required for substrate exploration. In particular\, I will rev
 eal the part played by the brain in dictating the sequence of movements re
 quired. \n
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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