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SUMMARY:Themes and Variations in Social Brain Circuits
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DESCRIPTION:Themes and Variations in Social Brain CircuitsContact: plund@
 simonsfoundation.org\; lectures@simonsfoundation.orgRegistration link: ht
 tps://www.eventbrite.com/e/themes-and-variations-in-social-brain-circuits-
 tickets-859444330127 Animals exhibit astonishing variation in their behav
 ior\, both within and across species. In this Presidential Lecture\, Vane
 ssa Ruta will describe how her lab uses the elaborate courtship rituals of
  fruit flies (Drosophila) to study the brain circuit mechanisms responsibl
 e for adaptive behavior over different timescales. Her work generates insi
 ghts such as how social interactions unfold on a moment-to-moment timescal
 e and how species-specific mating displays arise through evolution. By app
 lying an interdisciplinary toolkit to probe the concise circuits of the fl
 y\, her lab is shedding light on how the interplay between internal arousa
 l states and external sensory signals shapes behavior\, allowing animals t
 o flexibly navigate complex social landscapes.About the Speaker:Ruta recei
 ved her Ph.D. in 2005 from Rockefeller University\, where she worked to d
 efine the structural basis for voltage-sensing in voltage-dependent ion ch
 annels. During her postdoctoral training at Columbia University\, she tran
 sitioned from studying structure-function relationships at the molecular l
 evel to examining the functional architecture of neural circuits in Droso
 phila. Ruta joined Rockefeller University at the end of 2011\, where she c
 urrently heads the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior. The central
  focus of the Ruta lab is to explore how neural circuits can be flexibly m
 odified through individual experience or over evolution to generate adapti
 ve variations in behavior. Using the concise circuits of the fly\, Ruta’
 s goal is to reveal how these pathways mediate fixed and flexible behavior
 s at the level of synaptic\, cellular and circuit motifs.SCHEDULEDoors ope
 n: 5:30 p.m. (No entrance before 5:30 p.m.)Lecture: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.
 m. (Admittance closes at 6:20 p.m.)Inquiries: lectures@simonsfoundation.o
 rg\n\nhttps://indico.flatironinstitute.org/event/3948/
LOCATION:Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium/2-GDFA (160 5th Avenue)
URL:https://indico.flatironinstitute.org/event/3948/
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