Our research on C. elegans maze learning was featured in a recent commentary article in the European Journal of Neuroscience (EJN, May 2022), the official journal of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies. In it, the authors highlight the significance and impact of our two papers, Gourgou et al, 2021 (experimental work) and Sakelaris et
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Eleni approved for promotion
Eleni has been approved for promotion to Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, U-M College of Engineering, effective September 1, 2022.
Cameron is awarded a scholarship!
Cameron Smith, who is working on C. elegans egg-laying behavior in microgravity conditions, is awarded the Underwood-Alger Scholarship, 2022: This scholarship program is based on merit and intended to provide support for students majoring in the biological sciences. Congratulations, Cameron!
Seminar on C. elegans, aging, microfluidics, and computer vision
Adriana San Miguel Delgadillo, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is giving the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series talk, tomorrow, December 7, at 4pm.
Eleni is her host.
Watch Adriana’s talk here.
Our paper on modelling maze learning is accepted at the European Journal of Neuroscience!
Our work, with Bennet Sakelaris* as the leading author and in collaboration with Victoria Booth, Professor of Mathematics, was just accepted for publication at the European Journal of Neuroscience!
Congratulations, Bennet! And thanks, everyone, for the great work!
Bennet G. Sakelaris, Li Zongyu, Sun Jiawei, Banerjee Shurjo, Booth Victoria, Gourgou Eleni: “Modelling learning in C. Continue Reading »
Our manuscript on 3D-printed behavioral arenas appears on BioRxiv!
Our work on developing a highly customized 3D-printer that will be printing 3dimensional arenas for C. elegans, made entirely out of NGM, is now on BioRxiv.
Cardoza S.N., Tse L.Y.L., Barton K., Gourgou E.*: “3-dimensional arenas for the assessment of C. elegans behavior”, bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2021.11.11.468110. *: corresponding author. 2021.
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Eleni’s talk at Illinois State University
Eleni is giving a talk at the Neuroscience and Physiology Seminar Series this Friday (November 19th) at noon CST (1pm EST), at the School of Biological Sciences of the Illinois State University. The title of her talk will be:
“C. elegans maze learning, a multidisciplinary approach of a multisensory behavior”
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SoniCelegans performance: the afterglow!
On Sunday September 26, our SoniCelegans performance took place! Read the announcement here, and stay tuned for more details, backstage photos, footage, and recordings.
Student performers Faulkner Bodbyl-Mast (synthesizer), Indigo Knecht (tuba), Jacob Hume (cello), and Samuel Uribe-Botero (saxophone) did a wonderful job! Michael Gurevich provided brilliant guidance. We and our audience had Continue Reading »
Our maze method paper published in STAR Protocols!
Our method paper “A maze platform for the assessment of Caenorhabditis elegans behavior and learning”, by Gourgou E., and Hsu A-L., is now published in STAR Protocols! You can read it here.
The protocol describes a highly reproducible, low-cost maze platform, made of the standard, agar-based, nematode culturing material (NGM). It can be Continue Reading »
Our abstract accepted at the SfN Neuroscience 2021!
Our abstract, “Chemotaxis in a neuromechanical model of C. elegans“, by M. Ivanitskiy, V. Booth, and E. Gourgou, has been accepted for presentation at Neuroscience 2021 (Virtual: November 8-11, In-Person: November 13-16, Chicago, IL).
We are looking forward to the event!