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Natalia Guayazan Palacios awarded USDA Predoctoral Fellowship from NIFA
Julie Theriot and Maggie Fuqua co-author new research published in Nature that maps cell parts in 3D
Mechanistic insights into actin force generation during vesicle formation from cryo-electron tomography
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Agile movement and embodied intelligence: Computational and comparative considerations
Our ability to study brain and behavior has long proceeded in lock-step with advances in technology. At the same time, understanding of neurobiological principles has continuously driven technological innovations, including serving as the inspiration for most of the major advances in artificial intelligence. Even so, engineered systems still struggle to achieve flexible behaviors that require interaction with the physics of the world. All animals excel at such sensorimotor behaviors within their natural contexts.
Tom Daniel accepts position as new CEO of the Washington Research Foundation
Contributions of Perception, Learning, and Memory to Animal Movement
Explosive growth in the availability of animal movement tracking data is providing
unprecedented opportunities for investigating the linkages between behavior and
ecology over large spatial scales. Cognitive movement ecology brings together
aspects of animal cognition (perception, learning, and memory) to understand how
animals’ context and experience influence movement and space use, affording
insights into encounters, territoriality, migration, and biogeography, among many
other topics.
Daniel Promislow featured in Discover Magazine on Dog Aging Project
Carl Bergstrom in Science Magazine on his efforts for countering misinformation
W.T. Edmondson Endowed Lecture: The Evolution of Colorful Signals and Structures in the Avian World
Birds evolved about 150 million years ago, and today they are the most diverse and colorful land vertebrates. In my group, we are fascinated by the ecological and evolutionary processes that drive this variation. Much of our work investigates coloration and vision in birds. A fundamental challenge is that birds see differently from humans: they have tetrachromatic vision (four color cone-types) and ultraviolet sensitivity. To estimate a “bird’s-eye view,” we combine advanced imaging techniques with new computational methods.
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