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Tracking videos - de Polavieja Lab
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We have developed idTracker, a software to follow individuals in a group without error propagation. From a single video of group behavior of any length, it gives the trajectory of each animal, typically with 99% frames correctly identified. Fruitflies ( Drosophila melanogaster. Mice ( Mus musculus. Zebrafish ( Danio rerio. Nine-spine stickleback ( Pungitius pungitius. Medaka ( Oryzias latipes. European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax. And ants ( Atta cephalotes. Soon be downloadable from.
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Teaching - de Polavieja Lab
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Master Biofisica: clase 1 pdf. Bioinformatics (programming with Matlab). Course pages from previous years.
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FlySiesta - de Polavieja Lab
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More Info and Contact. FlySiesta is a free, open-source. Program that analyzes activity and sleep data of flies. The program has been written and runs in Matlab. And is intended to be used with data files obtained through the Drosophila Activity Monitoring (DAM) System.
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Publications - de Polavieja Lab
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Flexibility of Neuronal Codes: Adaptation to stimulus statistics in a mechanosensorial neuron firing in bursts. Sara Arganda, 2009. Awarded the "Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado" (Excellence PhD Award) by the Faculty of Medicine of the UAM. pdf. Wiring economy in the first stage of visual processing in Drosophila Melanogaster. Marta Rivera Alba, 2011. pdf. Optimization Principles in Neurobiology and Collective Behavior. Alfonso Pérez Escudero, July 26, 2013. Thesis (pdf). A Sorribes, H. Þorsteinsso...
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de Polavieja Lab
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We are interested in finding rules of group behavior. We focus on decision-making and learning in groups, how information is aggregated, how consensus is reached and how individuality impacts group behavior. Our approach includes building new theories and testing them experimentally in zebrafish, mice and humans using a variety of techniques from Neurobiology, Behavioral Ecology, Molecular Biology,. Software at www.idtracker.es. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Vol 109 no. 50 20508-20513 (2012) ( pdf. M Rivera-Al...
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Advice - de Polavieja Lab
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How to become a mathematical biologist or bioengineer. In Spain, the best way used to be through Physics or Maths, but. There are now strong undergraduate programs with an intimate mixture. Of Physics/Maths/Engineering and Biology/Biomedicine, like this. At the graduate level there are more options. I teach at the Biophysics program in Madrid, here. How to give a talk. Uri Alon's 'How to give a talk? In 6 parts 1. Martin Hill's advice on oral presentations here. How to choose projects.
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Contact - de Polavieja Lab
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34 91 585 4652 (Gonzalo). 34 91 585 4650 (Main lab). 34 91 585 4744 (Fish lab). E-mail: gonzalo.polavieja@cajal.csic.es, gonzalo.depolavieja@gmail.com. Ave Doctor Arce 37. Coming from the airport, should take 30-40 minutes to the Cajal Institute. Take line 8 (pink), change at 'Colombia Station' to take line 9 (purple line) to 'Concha Espina' . You can find here a Subway map.
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Collaboration - de Polavieja Lab
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German Sumbre (Ecole Normale Supérieure, France). Zach Mainen (CCU, Portugal). Marcelo O. Dietrich (Yale, USA). Steve Wilson (UCL, UK). Hitoshi Okamoto (RIKEN, Japan). Mikko Juusola (University of Sheffield, UK).
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How to join - de Polavieja Lab
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If you are interested in a quantitative approach to social behavior, or its underlying neurobiological or genetic basis, come to chat with us. Students from Physics, Engineering and Mathematics and Biologists with a strong motivation for quantitative work are encouraged to visit.