The Burrows Group: Insect Neurobiology

Malcolm Burrows is the head of the group. He works on the cellular and network properties of neurons to understand how they control behaviour in three aspects: motor control; phenotypic plasticity and fast movements.

Tel: (01223) 336628
Email: mb135@cam.ac.uk

Swidbert Ott is a research fellow studying mechanisms of neural plasticity during swarm-formation in the locust.

Tel: (01223) 36637
Email: sro21@cam.ac.uk

Steve Rogers is a research associate studying neuronal differences between the gregarious and the solitary phases of the desert locust.

Tel: (01223) 331767
Email: smr34@cam.ac.uk

Greg Sutton is a research fellow who is looking into how biomechanics and neural control interact to generate adaptive behaviours. As a model for fast behaviours he uses the locomotive jumping behaviours of the desert locust and of the froghopper.

Tel: (01223) 769013
Email: RScealai@gmail.com

Alice Witney is an advanced training fellow; her research uses experimental methods to examine movement control using both human studies and insect model systems.

Tel: (01223) 336651
Email: agw29@cam.ac.uk

Caroline Brighton is the senior research technician for Steve Rogers and Swidbert Ott. She manages the solitarious locust colony and investigates the behavioural phase change of the desert locust.

Tel: (01223) 330934
Email: chb42@cam.ac.uk

Anastasia's role is split between being the departmental research grants administrator and providing secretarial support for Malcolm Burrows' research group.

Tel: (01223) 336628
Email: an286@cam.ac.uk

Joanna Riley is the senior research laboratory technician for Malcolm Burrows and the Neurobiology group. She assists in both experimental research and clerical work.

Tel: (01223) 330934
Email: jlr45@cam.ac.uk