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July 29, 2021
Round up of awards and honors earned by the HBI community.
July 9, 2021
Stephen Zhang shares new research from the labs of Mike Crickmore and Dragana Rogulja showing that young male flies have functional courtship circuitry, but the motivation to mate is suppressed by a hormone until maturity.
Original article in: Science Advances >
July 7, 2021
Harvard Gazette article announcing the founding of the Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics at Massachusetts General Hospital, to be led by Jerrold Rosenbaum.
Original article in: Science Advances >
March 24, 2021
Jesse Marshall (Olveczky Lab) shares research on a new technique they developed, CAPTURE, that allowed them to continuously track the position of the head, trunk, and limbs of freely behaving rats over days and weeks. CAPTURE provides an unprecedentedly detailed portrait of rat behavior, and opens the door to new advances in understanding the mathematical structure of natural behavior, the behavioral effects of drugs and disease, and the relationship between movement and the brain.
Original article in: Neuron >