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Understanding Brain-Behavior-Environment Interactions in a New Model System for Neuroscience

Presented By: Mansi Srivastava, PhD Speaker Biography: Mansi Srivastava is deeply interested in understanding animal evolution. Her research program at Harvard has focused on wound repair and regeneration, which are fundamental features of animal biology. But little is known about how these pathways compare across animal lineages. Mansi developed the three-banded panther worm, the acoel Hofstenia miama, as a new model system for studying regeneration. Acoels are distantly-related to other regenerative model systems, and therefore their work is uncovering shared principles of regeneration and stem cell biology. Their efforts have turned Hofstenia into a fantastic laboratory research organism that offers many genomic resources and experimental tools such as transgenesis, which enable the study of many other questions in this species. Hofstenia is a voracious mangrove predator that displays complex behaviors in the lab and they are now developing approaches to turn Hofstenia into a new model system for behavioral neuroscience. Webinar: Understanding Brain-Behavior-Environment Interactions in a New Model System for Neuroscience Webinar Abstract: We are developing the three-banded panther worm Hofstenia miamia as a new model system for neuroscience. Hofstenia is a rare, lab-tractable member of a lineage of early-branching marine invertebrates called acoel worms. Hofstenia is capable of complex mating, foraging, and egg-laying behavior. The worm has a diffuse brain that is intermediate - phylogenetically and morphologically - between the decentralized nerve nets of cnidarians and the fully centralized brains of vertebrates and typical model organisms. In addition, Hofstenia has a remarkable ability to regenerate any and all tissues from virtually any initial configuration. Thus, it is a promising new system for the study of distributed neural computation, brain regeneration, and the evolution of the first centralized brains. In this talk, I will discuss the approaches we are using to study the brain and behavior of Hofstenia, particularly in the context of its environment. Earn PACE Credits: 1. Make sure you’re a registered member of Labroots (https://www.labroots.com/) 2. Watch the webinar on YouTube or on the Labroots Website (https://www.labroots.com/ms/webinar/u...) 3. Click Here to get your PACE credits (Expiration date – March 06, 2026): (https://www.labroots.com/credit/pace-... Labroots on Social: Facebook:   / labrootsinc   Twitter:   / labroots   LinkedIn:   / labroots   Instagram:   / labrootsinc   Pinterest:   / labroots   SnapChat: labroots_inc