Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 46 minutes ago
You’d think that understanding the biology behind how microscopic worms crawl would be easy, but turns out we don’t fully understand it yet! Join us on Dec 11 where we will review two recent papers that propose computer models to describe how the cells of the worm create its behavior. We’ll also discuss how this relates to what is going on in the OpenWorm project!
We had a previous journal club in this topic area (youtube.com/watch?v=puB8R9PW3BI). Our community has recently summarized this one (blog.openworm.org/post/134163233130/review-of-how-does-a-worm-crawl-openworm), in case you want to catch up!
This talk will highlight the aspects of the project affiliated with research at Indiana University. Relevant papers for the talk are Eduardo and Randal’s recent publications on steering circuits and information flow:
Izquierdo, E.J. and Beer, R.D. (2015). An integrated neuromechanical model of steering in C. elegans. In the Proceedings of ECAL 2015 (pp. 199-206). MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/ecal2015/978-0-262-33027-5-ch040.pdf
Izquierdo, E.J., Williams, P. and Beer, R.D. (2015) Information flow through the C. elegans klinotaxis circuit. PLoS ONE 10(10):e0140397. arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04262v1.pdf
Slides from the talk are here: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fd2weaQefczkIxBgZzFtLOSsBNyN02pRssxD1ezkFwY/edit?usp=sharing
You’d think that understanding the biology behind how microscopic worms crawl would be easy, but turns out we don’t fully understand it yet! Join us on Dec 11 where we will review two recent papers that propose computer models to describe how the cells of the worm create its behavior. We’ll also discuss how this relates to what is going on in the OpenWorm project!
We had a previous journal club in this topic area (youtube.com/watch?v=puB8R9PW3BI). Our community has recently summarized this one (blog.openworm.org/post/134163233130/review-of-how-does-a-worm-crawl-openworm), in case you want to catch up!
This talk will highlight the aspects of the project affiliated with research at Indiana University. Relevant papers for the talk are Eduardo and Randal’s recent publications on steering circuits and information flow:
Izquierdo, E.J. and Beer, R.D. (2015). An integrated neuromechanical model of steering in C. elegans. In the Proceedings of ECAL 2015 (pp. 199-206). MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/ecal2015/978-0-262-33027-5-ch040.pdf
Izquierdo, E.J., Williams, P. and Beer, R.D. (2015) Information flow through the C. elegans klinotaxis circuit. PLoS ONE 10(10):e0140397. arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04262v1.pdf
Slides from the talk are here: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fd2weaQefczkIxBgZzFtLOSsBNyN02pRssxD1ezkFwY/edit?usp=sharing
