Eleni’s abstract has been accepted for an oral presentation in the Nanosymposium “Neural and Modelcular Mechanisms of Memory”, at the Neuroscience 2019 (October 19-23, Chicago, IL! The meeting is organized by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Abstract Title: C. elegans multisensory learning in simple T-mazes, as revealed by experiments and captured by mathematical modelsB. SAKELARIS1,Continue reading “Eleni will give a talk at the Neuroscience 2019 conference!”
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Eleni and students are presenting their work at the 22nd International Worm Meeting!
Eleni, Steel and Shurjo will present four posters at the 22nd International C. elegans meeting in LA, 20-24 June. Eleni will present Bennet’s poster, as well. All presentations are scheduled for the Neurobiology-Behavior poster session, on Saturday, June 22. Eleni’s poster #765B reports the latest results on C. elegans spatial learning in mazes Bennet’s posterContinue reading “Eleni and students are presenting their work at the 22nd International Worm Meeting!”
Eleni will co-chair a Neurobiology session at the International Worm Meeting!
Eleni, along with Michael Krieg, Institute of Photonic Science, Barcelona, will co-chair the Neurobiology: Sensory Responses and Novel Methods session, at the 22ndnd International C.elegans Conference, held in Los Angeles, CA, 20-24 June 2019. Looking forward to the event!
Kavya will pursue graduate studies at Berkeley!
Kavya, who has worked on the maze project for about two years, obtaining results of key importance, graduated from UoM this spring. She will continue with her graduate studies at University of California at Berkeley! Congratulations, Kavya!
U-M Office of Research Celebrate Research event!
The U-M Office of Research hosted the fifth annual Celebrate Research event on May 9, 2019. This event honors all first-time U-M sponsored research award recipients, their department chairs and deans. Eleni was invited, as she got her K01 Career Development award in 2018. It was a great evening, with a wonderful panel and lotsContinue reading “U-M Office of Research Celebrate Research event!”
Hijiri and Himaja presented their work at the Spring UROP Symposium!
Himaja presented her poster: Motheram Himaja, Hsu Allen, Gourgou Eleni: “Environmental and Systematic Factors that Can Influence C. elegans Behavioral Protocols” and Hijiri had an oral presentation: Woodberry Hijiri, Hsu Allen, Gourgou Eleni: “Training patterns impact on C. elegans spatial learning”. Congratulations!!!
Annie wins 2nd place Poster Award at the 7th Midwest Worm Meeting!
Annie won the 2nd place in the undergraduate students category, for her poster: Anne Goettemoeller, Eleni Gourgou, Allen Hsu “The effect of calorie restriction on C. elegans spatial learning in T-mazes” You can find all the winners here. Congratulations, Annie!
People from our group present their work at the 7th Midwest Worm Meeting!
Himaja, Annie, and Bennet will present posters at the meeting! Congratulations, everyone! Eleni and Steel also participate in the 1st Midwest WormArt Exhibition. Hijiri, Brian, Shurjo, Snehal, and Audrey will be there, as well. Exciting!
The 7th Midwest Worm Meeting is right around the corner!
We are excited for the event, to take place on Saturday, April 20! This is the day after tomorrow! Here is our flyer:
Steel presented a poster at the Michigan Engineering Design Expo!
Steel presented his work on hacking a 3D printer to print 3-dimensional NGM arenas for worms. He was excited to include some very recent, fascinating results!
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