Sensory Biology

Being able to receive, process and act upon external and internal signals is pivotal to an organism’s survival. From sensing cilia in eukaryotic cells, to sensory neurons and circuits, all are part of their sensory systems.

This collection aims to understand all aspects of sensory biology, including reception of signals, transduction, and responses. Multidisciplinary methodology is welcome, such as genetics, expression analysis, transcriptomics, microscopy, experimental biology, bioinformatics, and electrophysiology.

Potential topics that can be submitted include but are not limited to:

• Senses: vision, olfaction, hearing, taste, and touch.
• Perception of heat, cold, pain, proprioception.
• Sensory transduction.
• Circuit formation.
• Behaviour: learning, memory, navigation, courtship.
• Entrainment of biological rhythms.
• Development and maintenance of the cellular networks supporting sensory biology.
• Sensory Ecology.

Collection advisors: Breandán Kennedy (University College Dublin, Ireland)