{"372481":{"#nid":"372481","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Biomedical Engineering Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201cUsing Neuroengineering to Investigate Sensorimotor Transformations\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECatherine von Reyn, Ph.D.*\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPostdoctoral Associate\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJanelia Farm Research Campus\u003Cbr \/\u003E Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeminar\u0026nbsp;will be made available via videoconference in the Health Sciences Research Building, room E 160 and Technology Enterprise Park, room 104.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough escape behaviors are commonly associated with hard-wired, reflex-like motor programs, freely behaving animals perform complex and variable escapes when evading a predator.\u0026nbsp; For example, as a predator approaches, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster escapes using a sequence of sub-behaviors, including postural adjustments, wing raising, leg extension, and wing depression.\u0026nbsp; By changing the order of this sequence, the fly can alter the kinematics of its takeoff jump.\u0026nbsp; Until recently, the neural circuits orchestrating this behavior remained unknown.\u0026nbsp; Here, through cell type-specific genetic engineering, I identify components of the escape circuit and demonstrate how kinematic variability emerges from two sensorimotor pathways.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Faculty Host: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Robert-Butera\u0022\u003ERobert Butera\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical Engineering Seminar - \u0022Using Neuroengineering to Investigate Sensorimotor Transformations\u0022 -\u0026nbsp; Catherine von Reyn, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Using Neuroengineering to Investigate Sensorimotor Transformations\u0022 -  Catherine von Reyn, Ph.D. - Howard Hughes Medical Institute"}],"uid":"27159","created_gmt":"2015-02-04 11:21:50","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:20:12","author":"Vickie Okrzesik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-02-09T09:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2015-02-09T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-02-09T10:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-02-09 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-02-09 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-02-09 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1613","name":"Biomedical Engieering"},{"id":"5443","name":"Neuroengineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty Host: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rbutera@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERobert Butera\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}