The Burrows Group: Insect Neurobiology

Research projects

Studies in insects have contributed particularly important insights into the role of interactions between identified non-spiking and spiking interneurons in generating and controlling natural movements such as walking, flying and jumping. These analyses have provided fundamental insights into the mechanisms by which sensory input and motor output are integrated in complex pre-motor networks. This work is being vigorously pursued along a number of fronts using a combination of intracellular recording and staining techniques, behavioural analyses with high speed video, antibody staining, pharmacology, calcium imaging and confocal microscopy.

In our group you might conduct experiments to gain insights into the methods mentioned above. We offer short and long term projects in the exciting field of insect neurobiology. You will be trained to conduct your experiments independently and do scientific research in a highly professional environment.

Three videos of insects jumping can be see by clicking on the links below. All videos are in Quicktime format.

For further information about research opportunities in our group, please contact Malcolm Burrows.