Research Themes
A representation of the behaviour of an individual worm as a trajectory through a low-dimensional posture space.
Computational ethology
Machine learning methods and physics principles applied to the study of animal behaviour.
Multi-camera imaging systems for higher throughput phenotypic screening in freely behaving worms.
Phenotypic Screening
High-throughput phenotypying to reveal the effects of drugs, bacteria, and genetic variation on behaviour.
Worms crawling and interacting on a plate covered with bacteria, their natural food.
Genotype phenotype mapping
Multidimensional quantitative traits present challenges and opportunities for understanding how genetic variation affects behaviour.