Center for the Physics of Biological Function

Upcoming Biophysics Monday Seminar Series

CPBF Seminar Series: Mirna Skanata, Syracuse University
Cracking Neural computations of a simple brain
Dec 9, 2024, 12:30 pm

How do brains compute? The Drosophila (fruit fly) larva is a small, semi-transparent crawling organism with about 10,000 neurons, compared to 100 billion in humans and 100 million in mice. Despite this simplicity, the larva carries out information-processing tasks, including navigation – moving towards a favorable location based on information…

Location
Joseph Henry Room, Jadwin Hall