[FUN_Mail] CrawFly last call

[Bruce Raymond Johnson]

Note to FUN: “It’s Not too late to get a jump on upgrading your lab preps!”

Last call for the June 9-13 CrawFly Cornell workshop!  We have a few spaces for Neuroscience and Psychology educators still open.  Here’s your chance to add some hands-on labs involving neurophysiology and neurogenetics, using low cost, DIY, equipment, and no hassle invertebrate animal preps—crayfish and drosophila.  In addition to the DIY opportunities listed below on the earlier CrawFly 2025 announcement, participants will construct preparation light sources and have 3-D printed suction and intracellular electrode holders to take home.  Updates on our progress on inexpensive extracellular amplifiers and other DIY equipment will be highlighted.

After a winter pause, the CrawFly Invertebrate Neurophysiology Workshop will be offered June 9th through 13th, 2025 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. This workshop is hosted by ADInstruments and the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell and supported by A-M Systems. CrawFly is entering its second decade of international teaching workshops for Neuroscience educators and trainees.  We present training for lab exercises teaching fundamental principles of signal transmission in the nervous system, tutorials on the use of LabChart software for acquisition and analysis of electrophysiological data from crayfish, and the control of behavior and synaptic transmission with opto-genetic stimulation of fruit flies.   Do-it-Yourself (DIY) sessions will describe a new precision mini-manipulator, construction of an optogenetic light box, and the building and use of an inexpensive DIY fluorescence microscope for teaching and research.  We brainstorm best practices in laboratory and classroom teaching, with topics including interdisciplinary training for students and educators for big data Neuroscience.  Core faculty include Ron Hoy, David Deitcher and Bruce Johnson (Cornell University), Ilya Vilinsky (University of Cincinnati), Karen Hibbard (HHMI at Janelia Research Campus), Bob Wyttenbach (Emory University), Jim Ryan (Hobart-William Smith Colleges), Ulises Ricoy (University of Arizona) and ADInstruments educators.
 CrawFly information and registration at: [https://www.adinstruments.com/events/crawdad-crawfly-and-snailfest/crawfly-june-2025].
 For questions or more details, contact Bruce Johnson (brj1 at cornell.edu) or Ashley Franks (a.frank at adinstruments.com<mailto:a.frank at adinstruments.com>).
 Also See: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crawfly-invertebrate-neurophysiology-course-june-2025-tickets-1218205057119?aff=oddtdtcreator


Bruce R. Johnson, Ph.D.
Dept of Neurobiology and Behavior
Mudd Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Office: 1134 Comstock Hall; Ph: 607-592-9184
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