The Department would like to congratulate Jacob for successfully defending his thisis! Job well done Jacob!
CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology
Graduate Student Thesis Defense
Jacob Carson
Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate in Dr. Michel Greene’s Lab
WHEN: April 16th, 2:00pm
WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom
Zoom Meeting: Please email Jacki Craig for the Zoom Link Information but preferably before 1:45p on the day of the defense.
Whole Brain Monoamines levels correspond to Assessment of Food Quality, Food Identification, and the Initiation of Group Foraging in pavement ants (Tetramorium immigrans)
The monoamines serotonin, dopamine, and octopamine act as neurotransmitters, neurohormones, and neuromodulators to regulate a variety of complex social behaviors in ant systems. I examined how monoamines responded to differing quality food treatments, and then the role monoamines played in group recruitment to differing quality food sources. Evidence showed that elevated monoamine levels corresponded with food identification, and food quality determination in pavement ants. Elevated monoamine levels were also associated with group recruitment to high quality food.
Everyone is welcome to join the seminar, please see the Zoom link information above.