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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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 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, “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!
Eleni was interviewed about her work on C. elegans‘ maze learning in aging worms. Our findings are included in an article for Simons Foundation News, published online last May (writer: Jennifer Michalowski). So exciting to see our work cited among the contributions of so many acclaimed researchers!
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We look forward to the 2021 International C. elegans Meeting! This time virtually, but still excited to meet again fellow C. elegans researchers. Eleni will present the group’s two posters:
C. elegans learning strategy in T mazes and aging related interventions: Jun 22, 2021, 2:45-3:45 PM (EDT)
3-dimensional behavioral arenas for C. elegans: Jun Continue Reading »
Allison was awarded the Luce Family Internship Fund Scholarship! This is a LSA Internship Scholarship for Summer 2021, and Allison will be continuing work in our group. Awardees were selected based on an application casebook, and there is a stipend included.
Congratulations, Allison! We are proud to have you with us!
A new, fascinating, interdisciplinary project, in collaboration with Michael Gurevich, Associate Professor of Performing Arts Technology.
The overarching theme of this project is to explore the concepts of learning, memory, neuronal networks, navigation, spatial orientation in an interdisciplinary way that bridges two research fields that are traditionally considered distant: experimental neurobiology and performing arts. Continue Reading »
Our paper reporting C. elegans learning in the maze environment is featured content on iScience journal issue 24(4) of 2021! (3 research articles selected from a total of 126)
On Monday, May 3rd from 9:00am-12:00pm the University of Michigan Geriatrics Center will be holding the annual Geriatrics Center Symposium-virtual. Eleni will be presenting our key findings on “C. elegans maze learning through the prism of aging”.
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