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5f4cb78a2485ca28c044c9d3730bbc60 Howard Hughes Medical Institute {"start": "2019-01-30T20:00:00", "end": "2019-01-30T21:00:00"}
For his lecture, Dr. Rubin will discuss the current state of circuit neuroscience in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster using examples from his lab’s work on learning and memory, sleep, and aggression. Within the next five years, those working with Drosophila can expect to have comprehensive datasets, including a complete connectome, and powerful tools with which to study the fly’s brain and behavior. Work in Drosophila should thus provide an early indication of whether the experimental and theoretical approaches envisioned by the BRAIN Initiative will be adequate to achieve an understanding of how a nervous system generates sophisticated behaviors.