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Sensory-motor circuits in marine zooplankton and early evolution of the nervous system

Coordinatore	MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	1˙270˙800 €
EC contributo	1˙270˙800 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2010-StG_20091118
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-10-01   -   2015-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.  Organization address address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80539 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gáspár Cognome: Jékely Email: send email Telefono: +49 7071 6011310 Fax: +49 7071 601305	DE (MUENCHEN)	hostInstitution	1˙270˙800.00
2	MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.  Organization address address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80539 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Bjoern Cognome: Sack-Kuehner Email: send email Telefono: 497072000000 Fax: 497072000000	DE (MUENCHEN)	hostInstitution	1˙270˙800.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Animal nervous systems evolved in a marine environment at the dawn of animal life, and diversified during the Cambrian explosion', one of the most spectacular events in the history of life. Remarkably little is known about early stages of the evolution of neuronal circuits and nervous systems. Simple marine planktonic organisms, in particular ciliated larvae of various marine invertebrates, can give us insights into how simple nervous circuits of marine organism function and may have evolved. The proposed project aims at investigating the nervous system of ciliated animal larvae using an integrative approach combining the fields of molecular biology, neurobiology, behaviour, marine ecology and evolution. As such, the project aims at pioneering an entirely new field of interdisciplinary investigations, the neurobiology of marine zooplankton. We will use a cultured marine annelid as our main model species, and several 'satellite' species to give a comparative perspective to our investigations. Our objective is to understand the anatomy and function of neuronal circuits that regulate the planktonic migration of ciliated zooplankton larvae. We will be able to address this at various levels, linking molecules to neuron types, neurons to larval behaviours and behaviours to marine ecology. Our aim is to get the first detailed systems level understanding of the nervous system of a marine ciliated larva.'