- Royce Fellowship
Michael
Chang
Concentration
Neuroscience
Award Year
2010
Establishing a Molecular System to Monitor Receptor Activation in Drosophila
Faculty Sponsor: Gilad Barnea
Michael built a molecular system that traces neuron receptor activation during circadian rhythms in Drosophila (fruit flys). An understanding of neuron activation patterns will help elucidate the mechanisms used by the brain to generate rhythmicity and how these patterns of activation lead to specific behavioral outputs.