A novel stimulus device to investigate the mechanism and function of butterfly polarisation vision
| Project/Area Number |
17K15158
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Animal physiology/Animal behavior
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| Research Institution | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
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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)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| 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)
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| Keywords | polarization / motion vision / butterfly / insect / photoreceptor / polarisation / vision / neuroethology |
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| 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.
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