About Us
How are brains organised to support adaptive behaviours? How do a changing environment and internal state modulate circuits and consequently, behaviour? We use a variety of techniques from genetics, anatomical circuit tracing, structural measurements, physiology, behavioural measurement and control (with opto and thermo-genetics), to get at these questions.
Philosophically, we take an evolutionary approach to the study of life, and think behaviour is central to understanding nervous systems. Our current interests are in studying sleep in the fly Drosophila. Sleep itself can be plastic i.e. modifiable, and can in turn facilitate plasticity to support adaptive behaviours. Drosophila sleep has many parallels with sleep in other systems, and crucially offers the advantage of a compact nervous system and exquisite genetics.
We are located in Ashoka University, part of a young and growing community of life science research. Watch a 20min video about our work, read more about us below or contact us for more info.
Philosophically, we take an evolutionary approach to the study of life, and think behaviour is central to understanding nervous systems. Our current interests are in studying sleep in the fly Drosophila. Sleep itself can be plastic i.e. modifiable, and can in turn facilitate plasticity to support adaptive behaviours. Drosophila sleep has many parallels with sleep in other systems, and crucially offers the advantage of a compact nervous system and exquisite genetics.
We are located in Ashoka University, part of a young and growing community of life science research. Watch a 20min video about our work, read more about us below or contact us for more info.
Get in touch
Email: krishna doT melnattur aT gmail dOt com
krishna doT melnattur aT ashoka dOt edu Dot in Twitter: @melnattur Mastodon: @[email protected] |
Location:
Ashoka University Plot No. 2, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, National Capital Region, P.O Rai, Sonepat, Haryana, India |
Cover Image: Projection neurons (green) carry connect the chemosensory neurons of the fly's wing to higher order centers in the brain.All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
Site updated: Dec 2023
Site updated: Dec 2023