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US-American neuroscientist
Pavan Ramdya (born 1979) is an American and Swiss
neuroscientist and
bioengineer . His research centers on understanding the cognitive and neuromechanical control of behavior toward applications in
robotics and
artificial intelligence . He holds the
Firmenich Next Generation Chair in
neuroscience and
bioengineering at
EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), and is head of the Neuroengineering Laboratory at EPFL's School of Life Sciences.
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Career
Ramdya studied
neuroscience at
Drew University , where he received his bachelor's degree with honors (
summa cum laude ,
Phi Beta Kappa ) in 2001.
[4] He continued his studies at
Harvard University and in 2009 received a PhD for his work in the group of
Florian Engert .
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[6] He then went on to perform postdoctoral work in neurogenetics and robotics in the laboratories of
Richard Benton at
University of Lausanne (UNIL) and
Dario Floreano at
EPFL , respectively. There he studied locomotor control and collective behavior in
Drosophila melanogaster .
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[9] In 2015, he moved to the
California Institute of Technology to work as a visiting postdoctoral fellow with
Michael Dickinson where he developed a means for imaging motor circuit activity in behaving
Drosophila .
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Since 2017 he has been a professor of
neuroscience and bioengineering at
EPFL , and head of the Neuroengineering Laboratory located in both the Brain Mind Institute and at the Institute of Bioengineering in EPFL's School of Life Sciences.
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Research
Ramdya's research is focused on
reverse-engineering biological neuromechanical control to inspire the development of artificial systems that can mimic the flexibility and agility of animal behaviors. Specifically, he studies limb-dependent behaviors in the adult fly,
Drosophila melanogaster , employing an interdisciplinary approach which draws on
genetic manipulations , neural and behavioral recordings, physics
simulations and
artificial neural networks .
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excessive citations ]
His research has been featured in
National Geographic ,
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IEEE Spectrum ,
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Nature ,
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Quanta Magazine ,
[20] and
Le Monde .
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Distinctions
He is a member of the
FENS -
Kavli Network of Excellence.
[22] He has been the recipient of
HFSP Long-term and Career Development Awards,
[23] as well as the UNIL Biology and Medicine, Young Investigator Award in Basic Science.
[3] In 2019, he was awarded an
SNSF Eccellenza Grant.
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Selected works
Chen, Chin-Lin; Hermans, Laura; Viswanathan, Meera C.; Fortun, Denis; Aymanns, Florian; Unser, Michael; Cammarato, Anthony; Dickinson, Michael H.; Ramdya, Pavan (2018).
"Imaging neural activity in the ventral nerve cord of behaving adult Drosophila" . Nature Communications . 9 (1): 4390.
Bibcode :
2018NatCo...9.4390C .
doi :
10.1038/s41467-018-06857-z .
PMC
6197219 .
PMID
30348941 .
S2CID
27866747 .
Günel, Semih; Rhodin, Helge; Morales, Daniel; Campagnolo, João; Ramdya, Pavan; Fua, Pascal (2019).
"DeepFly3D, a deep learning-based approach for 3D limb and appendage tracking in tethered, adult Drosophila" . eLife . 8 .
doi :
10.7554/eLife.48571 .
PMC
6828327 .
PMID
31584428 .
Ramdya, Pavan; Thandiackal, Robin; Cherney, Raphael; Asselborn, Thibault; Benton, Richard; Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Floreano, Dario (2017).
"Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits" . Nature Communications . 8 : 14494.
Bibcode :
2017NatCo...814494R .
doi :
10.1038/ncomms14494 .
PMC
5321742 .
PMID
28211509 .
S2CID
2108620 .
Ramdya, Pavan; Lichocki, Pawel; Cruchet, Steeve; Frisch, Lukas; Tse, Winnie; Floreano, Dario; Benton, Richard (2015).
"Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behaviour in Drosophila" (PDF) . Nature . 519 (7542): 233–236.
Bibcode :
2015Natur.519..233R .
doi :
10.1038/nature14024 .
PMC
4359906 .
PMID
25533959 .
S2CID
2463744 .
Ramdya, Pavan; Benton, Richard (2010). "Evolving olfactory systems on the fly". Trends in Genetics . 26 (7): 307–316.
doi :
10.1016/j.tig.2010.04.004 .
PMID
20537755 .
Ramdya, Pavan; Engert, Florian (2008).
"Emergence of binocular functional properties in a monocular neural circuit" . Nature Neuroscience . 11 (9): 1083–1090.
doi :
10.1038/nn.2166 .
PMC
2958220 .
PMID
19160507 .
References
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"Brexit: closer cooperation with the UK cannot replace participation in Horizon 2020 | ETH-Board" . www.ethrat.ch . Retrieved October 9, 2020 .
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"Neuroengineering Laboratory - EPFL" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved October 9, 2020 .
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"Keynote speakers" (PDF) . Federation of European Neuroscience Societies . July 30, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020 .
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"Curriculum vitae – Pavan Ramdya" (PDF) . February 16, 2019.
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"Alumni" . Engert Lab . Retrieved October 9, 2020 .
^ Ramdya, Pavan; Engert, Florian (August 10, 2008).
"Emergence of binocular functional properties in a monocular neural circuit" . Nature Neuroscience . 11 (9): 1083–1090.
doi :
10.1038/nn.2166 .
ISSN
1097-6256 .
PMC
2958220 .
PMID
19160507 .
^ Ramdya, Pavan; Lichocki, Pawel; Cruchet, Steeve; Frisch, Lukas; Tse, Winnie; Floreano, Dario; Benton, Richard (December 24, 2014).
"Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behaviour in Drosophila" . Nature . 519 (7542): 233–236.
Bibcode :
2015Natur.519..233R .
doi :
10.1038/nature14024 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMC
4359906 .
PMID
25533959 .
^ Ramdya, Pavan; Thandiackal, Robin; Cherney, Raphael; Asselborn, Thibault; Benton, Richard; Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Floreano, Dario (March 17, 2017).
"Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits" . Nature Communications . 8 (1): 14494.
Bibcode :
2017NatCo...814494R .
doi :
10.1038/ncomms14494 .
ISSN
2041-1723 .
PMC
5321742 .
PMID
28211509 .
^ Maesani, Andrea; Ramdya, Pavan; Cruchet, Steeve; Gustafson, Kyle; Benton, Richard; Floreano, Dario (November 23, 2015). Faisal, Aldo A (ed.).
"Fluctuation-Driven Neural Dynamics Reproduce Drosophila Locomotor Patterns" . PLOS Computational Biology . 11 (11): e1004577.
Bibcode :
2015PLSCB..11E4577M .
doi :
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004577 .
ISSN
1553-7358 .
PMC
4657918 .
PMID
26600381 .
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b Chen, Chin-Lin; Hermans, Laura; Viswanathan, Meera C.; Fortun, Denis; Aymanns, Florian; Unser, Michael; Cammarato, Anthony; Dickinson, Michael H.; Ramdya, Pavan (October 22, 2018).
"Imaging neural activity in the ventral nerve cord of behaving adult Drosophila" . Nature Communications . 9 (1): 4390.
Bibcode :
2018NatCo...9.4390C .
doi :
10.1038/s41467-018-06857-z .
ISSN
2041-1723 .
PMC
6197219 .
PMID
30348941 .
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"PEOPLE | Dickinson Lab" . dickinsonlab.caltech.edu . Retrieved October 9, 2020 .
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b Günel, Semih; Rhodin, Helge; Morales, Daniel; Campagnolo, João; Ramdya, Pavan; Fua, Pascal (October 4, 2019). O'Leary, Timothy; Calabrese, Ronald L; Shaevitz, Josh W (eds.).
"DeepFly3D, a deep learning-based approach for 3D limb and appendage tracking in tethered, adult Drosophila" . eLife . 8 : e48571.
doi :
10.7554/eLife.48571 .
ISSN
2050-084X .
PMC
6828327 .
PMID
31584428 .
^ Ramdya, Pavan; Thandiackal, Robin; Cherney, Raphael; Asselborn, Thibault; Benton, Richard; Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Floreano, Dario (February 17, 2017).
"Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits" . Nature Communications . 8 (1): 14494.
Bibcode :
2017NatCo...814494R .
doi :
10.1038/ncomms14494 .
ISSN
2041-1723 .
PMC
5321742 .
PMID
28211509 .
^ Uhlmann, Virginie; Ramdya, Pavan; Delgado-Gonzalo, Ricard; Benton, Richard; Unser, Michael (April 28, 2017).
"FlyLimbTracker: An active contour based approach for leg segment tracking in unmarked, freely behaving Drosophila" . PLOS ONE . 12 (4): e0173433.
Bibcode :
2017PLoSO..1273433U .
doi :
10.1371/journal.pone.0173433 .
ISSN
1932-6203 .
PMC
5409058 .
PMID
28453566 .
^ Ramdya, Pavan; Lichocki, Pawel; Cruchet, Steeve; Frisch, Lukas; Tse, Winnie; Floreano, Dario; Benton, Richard (December 24, 2014).
"Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behaviour in Drosophila" . Nature . 519 (7542): 233–236.
Bibcode :
2015Natur.519..233R .
doi :
10.1038/nature14024 .
ISSN
1476-4687 .
PMC
4359906 .
PMID
25533959 .
^ Gosztolai, Adam; Günel, Semih; Abrate, Marco Pietro; Morales, Daniel; Ríos, Victor Lobato; Rhodin, Helge; Fua, Pascal; Ramdya, Pavan (September 20, 2020).
"LiftPose3D, a deep learning-based approach for transforming 2D to 3D pose in laboratory animals" . bioRxiv : 2020.09.18.292680.
doi :
10.1101/2020.09.18.292680 .
S2CID
221882266 .
^ Yong, Ed (December 24, 2014).
"The Wisdom of the Fly Crowds" . National Geographic . Archived from
the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
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"Six-Legged Robot One-Ups Nature With Faster Gait" . IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News . February 21, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ Kwok, Roberta (September 30, 2019).
"Deep learning powers a motion-tracking revolution" . Nature . 574 (7776): 137–138.
Bibcode :
2019Natur.574..137K .
doi :
10.1038/d41586-019-02942-5 .
PMID
31570871 .
S2CID
203592858 .
^ Cepelewicz, Jordana (December 10, 2019).
"To Decode the Brain, Scientists Automate the Study of Behavior" . Quanta Magazine . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
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"Ce robot à six pattes a trouvé une façon plus rapide de se déplacer que les insectes" . Le Monde.fr (in French). February 23, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
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"PAVAN RAMDYA – FKNE" . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
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"Awards | Human Frontier Science Program" . www.hfsp.org . Retrieved October 13, 2020 .
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"Eccellenza: List of awardees (2019)" (PDF) . December 17, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
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