My research aims to understand how brain processes sensory information and generate behavior, and how this process is modulated by exposure to environmental conditions (light, stress etc.), experience and learning. To address this, I use ethologically relevant species (salmon and spiny dogfish) and genetic model zebrafish, and employ a combination of molecular genetics, transgenesis, histology, microscopy, animal behavior studies, data visualization and analyses methods. In addition, by exploiting our understanding on brain function and animal physiology, my research also aims to develop method/tools towards sustainable environment (conservation, aquaculture).
Pradeep Lal
Senior Researcher
plal@norceresearch.no
+47 56 10 75 73
Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
Projects
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Academic articleFood anticipatory behaviour on European seabass in sea cages: activity-, positioning-, and density-based approaches– Frontiers in Marine Science 2023
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Conference lecturePåvirkning og tiltak for å unngå påvirkning av pigghå i akvakulturanlegg– Havbruk 2022
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Academic literature reviewIntegrated Behavioral, Genetic and Brain Circuit Visualization Methods to Unravel Functional Anatomy of Zebrafish Amygdala– Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 2022
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Academic articleInterhemispheric connections between olfactory bulbs improve odor detection– PLoS Biology 2020
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Academic articleIdentification of a neuronal population in the telencephalon essential for fear conditioning in zebrafish– BMC Biology 2018
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Academic articleActivation of the hypothalamic feeding centre upon visual prey detection– Nature Communications 2017
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Academic articleMotile-cilia-mediated flow improves sensitivity and temporal resolution of olfactory computations– Current Biology 2017