Project Grant FA95502310722

This $124,632 project grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will support the development of a testable biologically constrained model for path integration in fruit flies. Funded under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program, the awardee will use agent-based modeling, pattern recognition algorithms on flies' search trajectories, and genetic manipulation to test the roles of specific cells in the central complex of...

This $1,414,816 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the functional stratification of sensory encoding in the biological gyroscope of flying insects. Specifically, the grant funds work at Princeton University from January 2022 through July 2024 to reveal the principles of sensory encoding and sensorimotor processing that flies use to control their halteres and aerial maneuvers. The research will combine in vivo imaging and analysis approaches from computational...

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) a $722,625 Project Grant under the 21st Century Cures Act - Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (CFDA 93.372) program. The grant supports a 2-year research project to explore the neural circuits and mechanisms of internal state-dependent modulation of taste-temperature sensory integration in the fruit fly Drosophila. By leveraging...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, provides $345,702 to Vanderbilt University to study the cellular and circuit bases of motor control for active sensation. The goal is to reveal mechanisms of motor control for sensation at the cellular and circuit levels, using fruit flies as a model system. Key objectives include...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program provides $419,379 in funding to Bryn Mawr College to investigate the sensory mechanisms underlying stable flight in insects. The research aims to characterize the sensory signals that convey information about wing bending during flight and how these signals are used to guide flight behaviors. Experiments will examine flight behaviors and neural responses, while simulations will...

This four-year, $800,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Baylor College of Medicine to elucidate the role of on and off visual pathways in object segmentation for escape behavior in grasshoppers and locusts. The research aims to better understand how the nervous system generates precise responses to visual stimuli associated with approaching objects to enable evasive actions. The grantee will gather experimental data and model the neural pathways responsible for...

This $257,750 Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, aims to develop a comprehensive toolkit of genetic tools to identify, label, and manipulate specific cell types in the Drosophila visual system. The project will leverage single-cell mRNA sequencing and single-nucleus RNA/ATAC-seq data to generate...

This $11,353,776 cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will fund research into midbrain circuits for perceptual decision-making. The University of Virginia will lead a team investigating how the superior colliculus participates in visual decision-making processes. Researchers will conduct psychophysical experiments in mice and tree shrews to assess perceptual decision-making, and fit behavioral data with...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, supports research to characterize the development and function of medulla visual projection (MEVP) neurons in the Drosophila visual system. The $211,875 award to New York University, with a performance period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027, will fund two key research aims: 1) using...

This Project Grant award of $1,140,828 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, effective August 1, 2024. The purpose of the award is to generate novel network analysis tools to elucidate the functional logic of 3D vision circuits in the Drosophila (fruit fly) brain. The project aims to shed light on the relationship between microsaccades (small-scale eye movements) and 3D...