Dr. Benjamin De Bivort

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Benjamin L. de Bivort is a Professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, where he also serves as Co-Chair of the department. His research centers on the behavioral differences observed in individual animals that are genetically identical and raised in identical conditions, which highlights the underlying mechanisms of individuality. His work involves the use of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to investigate how inter-individual differences in behavior arise from genetic and neural circuitry variations. His lab employs a range of methodologies, including optophysiological recordings and custom robotics automation for high-throughput experiments, to probe the causal links between molecular variations in neural circuits and behavioral outcomes. He has published influential papers on the effects of environmental factors on animal behavior and the dynamics of individuality in behavior, contributing to the fields of Neuroethology and Behavioral Ecology.

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