University of Sussex

4 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Neuroscience

Determination of Photoreceptor Cell Spectral Sensitivity in an Insect Model from In Vivo Intracellular Recordings

Kyle J. McCulloch¹, Daniel Osorio², Adriana D. Briscoe¹

¹Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, ²School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex

The electrophysiological technique of intracellular recording is demonstrated and used to determine spectral sensitivities of single photoreceptor cells in the compound eye of a butterfly.

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Generation and Coherent Control of Pulsed Quantum Frequency Combs

Benjamin MacLellan^*1, Piotr Roztocki^*1, Michael Kues^1,2, Christian Reimer¹, Luis Romero Cortés¹, Yanbing Zhang¹, Stefania Sciara^1,3, Benjamin Wetzel^1,4, Alfonso Cino³, Sai T. Chu⁵, Brent E. Little⁶, David J. Moss⁷, Lucia Caspani⁸, José Azaña¹, Roberto Morandotti^1,9,10

¹Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (INRS-EMT), ²School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, ³Department of Energy, Information Engineering and Mathematical Models, University of Palermo, ⁴School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, ⁵Department of Physics and Material Science, City University of Hong Kong, ⁶State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, ⁷Centre for Micro Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology, ⁸Institute of Photonics, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, ⁹Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ¹⁰National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics

A protocol is presented for the practical generation and coherent manipulation of high-dimensional frequency-bin entangled photon states using integrated micro-cavities and standard telecommunications components, respectively.

Behavior

Visual Classical Conditioning in Wood Ants

A. Sofia D. Fernandes^1,2,3, C. L. Buckley^1,3, J. E. Niven^2,3

¹Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, ²School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, ³Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex

We present a protocol for the classical conditioning of harnessed ants that permits researchers to study visual learning and memory formation at a level of analysis not possible with freely moving individuals.

Biochemistry

Malachite Green Assay for the Discovery of Heat-Shock Protein 90 Inhibitors

Sayan Dutta Gupta¹, Dae-Geun Song¹, SueJung Lee¹, Jae Wook Lee¹, Jin-Soo Park¹, Chrisostomos Prodromou², Cheol-Ho Pan¹

¹Gangneung Institute of Natural Products, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), ²School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex

The malachite green assay protocol is a simple and cost-effective method to discover heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) suppressors, as well as other inhibitor compounds against ATP-dependent enzymes.