Nikos KONSTANTINIDES
Comparative Developmental Neurobiology
Comparative Developmental Neurobiology
KEYWORDS: Neural stem cells; visual system
Regulation of cell decision
Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila virilis, Musca domestica, Tribolium castaneum,
Nasonia vitripennis, Gryllus bimaculatus
Regulation of cell decision
Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila virilis, Musca domestica, Tribolium castaneum,
Nasonia vitripennis, Gryllus bimaculatus
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Comparative Developmental Neurobiology lab Institut Jacques Monod Batiment Buffon 15, rue Hélène Brion 75205 Paris CEDEX 13 Email N.Konstantinides Webpage |
Neurons are the most diverse cell type in the animal body in terms of morphology, physiology, molecular identity, activity, function, etc. In the lab, we try to understand how this impressive neuronal diversity is being generated. We study this in two different timescales, first in the few hours, days, or months of embryonic development, and second over the millions of years of animal evolution.
We want to answer the following questions:
We want to answer the following questions:
- How does a neuron acquire a neuronal type identity and how does it implement it?
- How do neurons that are tightly interconnected in circuits evolve to output new behaviours?
