People
Group Leader
Staff
Dr. Stefano Berri Dr. Bao Kha Nguyen Dr. Peter Appleby
Grad students
Summer interns
Joseph Shaw
Collaborators
Prof. Ian A. Hope Dr. Abbas Dehghani
Former members
Dr. Behrooz Esmaeli Dr. John Bryden Dr. Yiannis Gatsoulis
Research interest
The C. elegans group is part of the biosystems group at the School of Computing in Leeds. We are interested in understanding C. elegans neural control and motor behaviour, with a focus on locomotion. We follow an integrated approach that includes modeling, experiments with the real worm as well as with robots inspired by it.
Publications
Stefano Berri, Jordan H. Boyle, Manlio Tassieri, Ian A. Hope and Netta Cohen. Forward locomotion of the nematode C. elegans is achieved through modulation of a single gait. HFSP J. Vol 3, pp. 186-193 2009. Download
Jordan H. Boyle, John A. Bryden and Netta Cohen. An integrated neuro-mechanical model of C. elegans forward locomotion. LNCS. Vol 4984, pp. 37-47. 2008. Springer-Verlag Berlin.
John A. Bryden and Netta Cohen. Neural control of Caenorhabditis elegans forward locomotion: the role of sensory feedback. Biological Cybernetics Vol 98, pp. 339-351. 2008.
Jordan H. Boyle and Netta Cohen. Caenorhabditis elegans body wall muscles are simple actuators. BioSystems Vol 94, pp. 170-181. 2008
John A. Bryden and Netta Cohen. A simulation model of the locomotion controllers for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Proceedings of the eighth international conference on the simulation of adaptive behavior pp. 183-192 2004 MIT Press / Bradford Books.
Posters and conference talks
24-28 June 2009. XXVII International C. elegans meeting Selected for presentation titled: "An integrated model of C. elegans locomotion: from swimming to crawling".
24-28 June 2009. XXVII International C. elegans meeting Poster titled: "Agar groove masks locomotion related phenotypes." Download pdf (235 KB)
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