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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lauren O'Connell\nhosted by Lora Sweeney\nAbstract: Ti
 tle | Lessons from Poison Frogs on Ecological Tuning of Animal Behavior a
 nd PhysiologyAbstract |Behavior and physiology are the substrates of natu
 ral selection. Our overarching goal is to understand how new traits in phy
 siology and social behavior have evolved from existing genetic and cellula
 r components using poison frogs as research organisms. First\, we want to 
 understand how organisms evolve ways to evade predation by using natural p
 roducts that target the nervous system. Animals with a rich diversity of c
 hemical defenses must also protect their own nervous systems from toxicity
 . We recently discovered toxin sponge proteins that bind deadly toxins and
  transport them to specific locations in poison frogs. Such a system is ri
 pe for reverse engineering drug carriers to better understand how chemical
  defenses evolve. Second\, we want to understand how new social behaviors 
 evolve through changes in nervous system function using a comparative\, or
 ganismal approach. We have established poison frog tadpoles as a model sys
 tem for infant social behavior\, where species have evolved new communicat
 ion and social behaviors based on their rearing environments. Together\, t
 hese research avenues are enabling us to understand the design principles 
 of chemical defense and social behaviors.
LOCATION:Raiffeisen Lecture Hall\, ISTA
ORGANIZER:diana.zubcevic@ista.ac.at
SUMMARY:Lauren O'Connell: Lessons from Poison Frogs on Ecological Tuning of
  Animal Behavior and Physiology
URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/6550
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