Internship, team TPI

Recent studies have shown that Drosophila have the ability to perceive bacteria by taste. While in adults, this perception induces rejection behavior, it seems to be different at the larval (juvenile) stage. Using videotracking technologies, this internship project aims to study how Drosophila larvae react to the taste perception of different types of bacteria. Because of its proximity to humans, understanding the taste perception of bacteria in Drosophila offers avenues of research for understanding the complexity of taste coding in humans.