Mechanisms of Adaptive Behavior across Moments and Millennia
Event Details
- Type
- Friday Lecture Series
- Speaker(s)
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Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D., Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Assistant Professor and head, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University
- Speaker bio(s)
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Animal behavior reflects the interplay of two types of responses: those that arise innately, from neural circuits pre-programmed into the genome, and those acquired by learning from past experience. Using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, Dr. Ruta works to define the neural circuit mechanisms that generate innate and learned behaviors.
Dr. Ruta received her B.A. in chemistry from Hunter College and her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 2005, where she was a member of Dr. Roderick MacKinnon’s laboratory. She then conducted postdoctoral research in Dr. Richard Axel’s laboratory at Columbia University. She joined Rockefeller as assistant professor in 2011. In 2012, she was named a Sinsheimer Fund Scholar, a McKnight Scholar, a Pew Biomedical Scholar, and a New York Stem Cell Foundation–Robertson Neuroscience Investigator.
- Open to
- Public
- Host
- Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
- Reception
- Refreshments, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Abby Lounge
- Contact
- Justin Sloboda
- Phone
- (212) 327-7785
- Sponsor
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Justin Sloboda
(212) 327-7785
jsloboda@rockefeller.edu