Animals have evolved a diversity of behaviors critical to their survival and reproduction, including the ability to forage for food, evade predators, communicate with others, and choose mating partners. In the Neurobiology and Behavior research group we study the neural mechanisms underlying these and other behaviors, how both brain and behavior are shaped by genetics, development, experience, and phylogenetic history, and what contributes to their dysfunction in disease. We hold weekly seminars where students and faculty present data and discuss recent papers in neuroethology and systems neuroscience.
Joseph Dent, Associate Professor
Office: Stewart Biology, N4/7A | Email: joseph.dent [at] mcgill.ca
We study the molecular genetics of behaviour and drug sensitivity in the roundworm C. elegans. W