Development of neuromuscular networks
I am interested in how the machinery underlying coordinated movement is genetically specified and assembled during embryonic development. We seek to understand how muscles are patterned and how motor circuits are generated and begin to function. We work with Drosophila so that as a group, we bring a combination of genetic, molecular and cellular techniques to bear on these fundamental issues of neuromuscular development
Keywords
Nervous system / development / synapse / Drosophila / behaviour