Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220103391

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220103391

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Neuronal Control of Adaptive Walking. This project seeks to understand how signals from the brain control motor circuits so that an animal can adaptively walk across varying terrains in pursuit of its ever-changing goals. It will focus on the fruit fly, Drosophila, as a model. The fly is an agile walker, its nervous system has been almost fully mapped at the synaptic level, and genetic reagents are available to selectively measure or manipulate the activity of single neurons. This project specifically focuses on the circuits that generate forward and backward walking, and switch between the two. It will enhance Australia's capacity in connectome-driven neuroscience research, deliver fundamental insights into neuronal motor control, and inspire the design of more agile robots.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-04-2022

End Date: 03-04-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $469,145.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Zoology | Animal Behaviour | Animal Neurobiology | Invertebrate Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Behaviour | Animal Neurobiology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Invertebrate Biology | Zoology

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