The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology 2 articles published in JoVE Behavior Tracking Sugar-Elicited Local Searching Behavior in Drosophila Manal Shakeel1,2, Shivam Kaushik3, Teiichi Tanimura4, Axel Brockmann1, Pinky Kain3,5 1National Centre for Biological Sciences, 2The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology, 3Regional Centre for Biotechnology, 4Neural Circuit Group, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, 5Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania This protocol describes a behavioral assay for recording sugar-elicited search behavior using Drosophila melanogaster. The assay can be utilized to study feeding and foraging-related behaviors, as well as the underlying neuronal mechanisms. Developmental Biology In Ovo and Ex Ovo Methods to Study Avian Inner Ear Development Nishant Singh*1,2, Anubhav Prakash*1, Suraj Ranganath Chakravarthy*1, Raman Kaushik*1, Raj K. Ladher1 1National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 2The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology The chick is a cost-effective, accessible, and widely available model organism for a variety of studies. Here, a series of protocols is detailed to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying avian inner ear development and regeneration.
