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CALCULATING TIME TO COLLISION [ENGERT LAB]

To avoid injury, most organisms react reflexively to the approach of incoming objects. For instance, humans will, without thinking, dodge an oncoming car or bat away a small…

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HOW DO ZEBRAFISH PERCEIVE HEAT? [ENGERT AND SCHIER LABS]

(l to r) Alex Schier, Martin Haesemeyer and Florian Engert As we explore our environment we constantly experience new sensations – changes in the visual scene, different sounds…

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TWO MCB GRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVE HHMI AND NIH FELLOWSHIPS

Patrick Stoddard (l) and Mariela Petkova Congratulations are in order for MCB graduate students Mariela Petkova from the Engert Lab and Patrick Stoddard from the Murray Lab. Each…

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MAPPING ACTIVITY AND ANATOMY IN THE ZEBRAFISH BRAIN [ENGERT AND SCHIER LABS]

The holy grail for neuroscientists is to understand how the symphony of activity in our 100 billion neurons acts to control our thoughts and actions. The NIH BRAIN…

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LARVAL ZEBRAFISH ON SPEED [ENGERT LAB]

When we decide to go down the corridor and get a coffee we have several options.  We can make our way at a slow leisurely pace (lento), walk…

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TRANSPARENT THOUGHTS [ENGERT LAB]

How do brains process sensory input and use these to choose or decide what to do?  How similar is the brain activity in different individuals that are exposed…

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NATURE VIDEO FEATURE [ENGERT LAB]

Read full story in Nature I NEWS FEATURE Further reading on this work in Nature or download PDF; Nature 485, 471-477 (24 May 2012)  View Florian Engert's Faculty…

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FISH IN THE MATRIX: MOTOR LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD

(L to R) Drew Robson, Jennifer Li, Ruben Portugues, Alexander Schier, Florian Engert, and Misha Ahrens There are two fundamentally different forms of sensory information that are being…

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