Welcome to the Ramdya Lab
We are reverse-engineering the fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to understand how animals leverage social information, learn about the world, and generate flexible motor behaviors. We believe that our efforts will uncover general insights into biological intelligence and can inform the design of better artificial systems and robots.
Adult flies are ideal for this goal: they generate complex behaviors yet have a small nervous system and can be manipulated genetically. For our research we develop and use a variety of approaches including microscopy, machine learning, genetics, and computational modeling. At EPFL, we are part of the Brain Mind Institute and Institute of Bioengineering in the School of Life Sciences. Enjoy your visit!
Latest News
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24-06-20: Tommy was awarded a Croucher Scholarship for Doctoral Studies |
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24-06-19: Our work describing hierarchical sensorimotor modeling of Drosophila, NeuroMechFly v2, was accepted to Nature Methods |
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24-04-09: Our work describing descending neuron networks was accepted to Nature |
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23-10-23: The lab was awarded a Kavli Exploration Award |
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23-10-13: Gizem was awarded a Google PhD Fellowship in Computational Neural and Cognitive Sciences |
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23-05-05: Our review article on interactions between neuroscience and robotics was accepted to Science Robotics |
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23-04-04: Jasper was awarded an HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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23-02-14: Our study revealing ascending neuron behavioral encoding was accepted to Nature Neuroscience |
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22-12-12: Jasper was awarded an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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22-11-06: Jasper was awarded a Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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22-10-13: Our work describing descending neuron population activity during behavior was accepted to Elife |
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22-07-14: Femke was awarded a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship |
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22-06-24: Our work describing microengineered devices for long-term neural recordings was accepted to Nature Communications |
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22-03-23: Sibo was awarded a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship |