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A novel stimulus device to investigate the mechanism and function of butterfly polarisation vision

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K15158
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Animal physiology/Animal behavior
Research InstitutionThe Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Principal Investigator

スチュワート フィンレイ  総合研究大学院大学, 先導科学研究科, 客員研究員 (40635893)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywordspolarization / motion vision / butterfly / insect / photoreceptor / polarisation / vision / neuroethology
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Due to personal circumstances, I changed my position from assistant professor to a visiting researcher in summer 2018, and will leave the institute at the end of March 2019. Thus, I am no longer pursuing this project. Accordingly, my focus prior to leaving was to publish what data I have obtained thus far.

I have published a paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology (Stewart et al, 2019) which details the findings of the experiments I undertook for this project. My paper goes on to propose a model of the photoreceptors and early neural circuits involved in motion detection, building on my previous work on the role of chromatic contrast in motion vision. I intend to present my work at the International Conference on Invertebrate Vision this summer.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Monopolatic motion vision in the butterfly Papilio xuthus2019

    • Author(s)
      Finlay J Stewart, Michiyo Kinoshita, Kentaro Arikawa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental Biology

      Volume: 222 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1242/jeb.191957

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Dominant Role of Visual Motion Cues in Bumblebee Flight Control Revealed Through Virtual Reality2018

    • Author(s)
      Elisa Frasnelli, Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, Finlay J Stewart
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Physiology

      Volume: 9 Pages: 1038-1038

    • DOI

      10.3389/fphys.2018.01038

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The More, the Better? A Butterfly with 15 Kinds of Light Sensors in Its Eye2018

    • Author(s)
      Pei-Ju Chen, Finlay J Stewart, Kentaro Arikawa
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers for Young Minds

      Volume: 6 Pages: 70-70

    • DOI

      10.3389/frym.2017.00070

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Novel Display System Reveals Anisotropic Polarization Perception in the Motion Vision of the Butterfly Papilio xuthus2017

    • Author(s)
      Finlay J Stewart, Michiyo Kinoshita, Kentaro Arikawa
    • Journal Title

      Integrative and Comparative Biology

      Volume: 57 Issue: 5 Pages: 1130-1138

    • DOI

      10.1093/icb/icx070

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Red-shift of spectral sensitivity due to screening pigment migration in the eyes of a moth, Adoxophyes orana2017

    • Author(s)
      Aya Satoh, Finlay J Stewart, Hisaharu Koshitaka, Hiroshi D Akashi, Primoz Pirih, Yasushi Sato, Kentaro Arikawa
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Letters

      Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40851-017-0075-6

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ommatidial-type specific connections in the lamina cartridge of a butterfly Papilio xuthus2018

    • Author(s)
      Matsushita A, Stewart FJ, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Arikawa K
    • Organizer
      89th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan, Sapporo
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ommatidial type-specific intra- and inter-cartridge connections in the Papilio lamina revealed by serial block face-scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM)2018

    • Author(s)
      Arikawa K, Stewart FJ, Miyazaki N, Murata K, Matsushita A
    • Organizer
      13th International Congress of Neuroethology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The dominant role of visual motion cues in bumblebee flight control revealed through virtual reality2018

    • Author(s)
      Frasnelli E, Hempel de Ibarra N, Stewart FJ
    • Organizer
      13th International Congress of Neuroethology, Brisbane, Australia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ナミアゲハの産卵行動における視覚の役割2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiromi Nagaya, Finlay J Stewart, Kentaro Arikawa, Michiyo Kinoshita
    • Organizer
      Ecological Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Butterfly polarization vision: Evidence for monopolatic motion detection2017

    • Author(s)
      Finlay J Stewart, Michiyo Kinoshita, Kentaro Arikawa
    • Organizer
      Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] アゲハ視葉板カートリッジにおける視細胞とLMC の個眼タイプ特異的結合:連続ブロックフェイス走査電顕(SBF-SEM)による解析2017

    • Author(s)
      Atsuko Matsushita, Finlay J Stewart, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Murata, Kentaro Arikawa
    • Organizer
      Zoological Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2019-12-27  

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