Lectures#
Lecture 1: The circuits underlying locomotion (⏳ 45 min)#
Prof. Ole Kiehn from the University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institute, last years Brain Prize winner 🎉, talks about the neuronal cell types and circuits underlying locomotion.
Brainstem Circuits for Locomotor Movement by Ole Kiehn
The Kiehn lab has actively been using DeepLabCut for many years. Check out our blog post discussing their use of DeepLabCut for studying brain stem. You will also find an interview with Dr. Jared Cregg, who spearheaded their beautiful 2020 Nature Neuroscience study [CLM+20].
Lecture 2: Comparative cognition with magic tricks (⏳ 45 min)#
Prof. Nicky Clayton from the University of Cambridge talks about about studying natural behavior in corvids to elucidate cognition.
Key publications mentioned in the talk:
Garcia-Pelegrin et al. Exploring the perceptual inabilities of Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) using magic effects , PNAS 2021
Garcia-Pelegrin et al. An unexpected audience , Science 2020
References
Jared M. Cregg, Roberto Leiras, Alexia Montalant, Paulina Wanken, Ian R. Wickersham, and Ole Kiehn. Brainstem neurons that command mammalian locomotor asymmetries. Nature Neuroscience, 23(6):730–740, May 2020. URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0633-7, doi:10.1038/s41593-020-0633-7.