2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
A novel stimulus device to investigate the mechanism and function of butterfly polarisation vision
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17K15158
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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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| Keywords | polarization / motion vision / butterfly / insect / photoreceptor |
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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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