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Computational Science Institute
University of Oregon

Purpose

The purpose of this web site is to promote research and education in
computational approaches to C. elegans behavior and neurobiology.
This tiny animal has only 302 neurons and 95 muscle cells, making an
anatomically detailed model of the entire body and nervous system an
attainable goal. Physiological information is still incomplete, but
computer simulations can help direction experiments to questions which
are most relevant for understanding the neural control of behavior.

NemaSys: A computer simulation environment for C. elegans

Research

Presentations

Neural network models of chemotaxis in the nematode C. elegans
1996 Neural Information Processing Systems Meeting.
Chemotaxis control by linear recurrent networks
1997 Computational Neuroscience Meeting.
Robust spatial navigation in a robot inspired by C. elegans
1997 Neural Information Processing Systems Meeting.

Publications

T. C. Ferree and S. R. Lockery (1999). Computational rules for chemotaxis in the nematode C. elegans.
Journal of Computational Neuroscience6: 263-277.
T. C. Ferree and S. R. Lockery (1998). Chemotaxis control by linear recurrent networks.
Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research: 373-377. Plenum Press.
T. M. Morse, T. C. Ferree and S. R. Lockery (1998). Robust spatial navigation in a robot inspired by C. elegans.
Adaptive Behavior: Special Issue on Biomimetic Navigation Models6: 391-408. MIT Press.
T. C. Ferree, B. A. Marcotte and S. R. Lockery (1997). Neural network models of chemotaxis in the nematode C. elegans.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 9: 55-61. MIT Press.

Abstracts for Scientific Meetings

1997 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, October 24 - 30. New Orleans, Louisiana.
T. C. Ferree, T. M. Morse and S. R. Lockery. Neural networks for chemotaxis in C. elegans: rule extraction and robotics.
1997 Computational Neuroscience Meeting, July 6 - July 10. Big Sky, Montana.
T. C. Ferree and S. R. Lockery. Chemotaxis control by linear recurrent networks.
1997 International Worm Meeting, May 28 - June 1. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
T. C. Ferree and S. R. Lockery. Mathematical analysis of neural networks for chemotaxis in C. elegans.
1996 Neural Information Processing Systems Meeting, December 1 - 7. Denver and Snowmass, Colorado.
T. C. Ferree, B. A. Marcotte and S. R. Lockery. Neural network models of chemotaxis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
1996 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 15 - 21. Washington, D. C.
T. C. Ferree, B. A. Marcotte, J. T. Pierce and S. R. Lockery. Neural network models of chemotaxis in the nematode C. elegans.
1996 West Coast Worm Meeting, July 25 - 28. University of British Columbia.
T. C. Ferree, B. A. Marcotte, J. T. Pierce and S. R. Lockery. Neural network models of chemotaxis in C. elegans.