Author Archives: Eleni Gourgou

Cameron Smith, who is working on C. elegans egg-laying behavior in microgravity conditions, is awarded the Underwood-Alger Scholarship, 2022: This scholarship program is based on merit and intended to provide support for students majoring in the biological sciences. Congratulations, Cameron!

Adriana San Miguel Delgadillo, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is giving the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series talk, tomorrow, December 7, at 4pm. Eleni is her host. Watch Adriana’s talk

Our work, with Bennet Sakelaris* as the leading author and in collaboration with Victoria Booth, Professor of Mathematics, was just accepted for publication at the European Journal of Neuroscience! Congratulations, Bennet! And thanks, everyone, for the great work! Bennet G. Sakelaris, Li Zongyu, Sun Jiawei, Banerjee Shurjo, Booth Victoria, Gourgou Eleni: “Modelling learning in C.Continue reading “Our paper on modelling maze learning is accepted at the European Journal of Neuroscience!”

Our work on developing a highly customized 3D-printer that will be printing 3dimensional arenas for C. elegans, made entirely out of NGM, is now on BioRxiv. Cardoza S.N., Tse L.Y.L., Barton K., Gourgou E.*: “3-dimensional arenas for the assessment of C. elegans behavior”, bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2021.11.11.468110. *: corresponding author. 2021. We are continuing to develop theContinue reading “Our manuscript on 3D-printed behavioral arenas appears on BioRxiv!”

Eleni is giving a talk at the Neuroscience and Physiology Seminar Series this Friday (November 19th) at noon CST (1pm EST), at the School of Biological Sciences of the Illinois State University. The title of her talk will be: “C. elegans maze learning, a multidisciplinary approach of a multisensory behavior” We thank Andres Vidal-Gadea forContinue reading “Eleni’s talk at Illinois State University”

On Sunday September 26, our SoniCelegans performance took place! Read the announcement here, and stay tuned for more details, backstage photos, footage, and recordings. Student performers Faulkner Bodbyl-Mast (synthesizer), Indigo Knecht (tuba), Jacob Hume (cello), and Samuel Uribe-Botero (saxophone) did a wonderful job! Michael Gurevich provided brilliant guidance. We and our audience had a greatContinue reading “SoniCelegans performance: the afterglow!”

Our abstract, “Chemotaxis in a neuromechanical model of C. elegans“, by M. Ivanitskiy, V. Booth, and E. Gourgou, has been accepted for presentation at Neuroscience 2021 (Virtual: November 8-11, In-Person: November 13-16, Chicago, IL).We are looking forward to the event!

Eleni was interviewed about her work on C. elegans‘ maze learning in aging worms. Our findings are included in an article for Simons Foundation News, published online last May (writer: Jennifer Michalowski). So exciting to see our work cited among the contributions of so many acclaimed researchers! (image copied from Simons Foundation News webpage, Credit:Continue reading “Our work is featured in Simons Foundation News!”

We look forward to the 2021 International C. elegans Meeting! This time virtually, but still excited to meet again fellow C. elegans researchers. Eleni will present the group’s two posters: C. elegans learning strategy in T mazes and aging related interventions: Jun 22, 2021, 2:45-3:45 PM (EDT)3-dimensional behavioral arenas for C. elegans: Jun 23, 2021,Continue reading “Our group at the 2021 International C. elegans Meeting”