Pavan Agrawal
Neuroscience, behavior, genomics
Stress, sleep, neurodegeneration
Drosophila and computational approaches,
AI and computer vision tools for behavior
Associate Professor@ KMC, Manipal, India
- Paper out now in eLife: DANCE. We combine machine learning with accessible hardware to quantify Drosophila social behaviors. Low-cost behavioral rigs are not a compromise, they are a design philosophy. Accessibility changes the questions we can ask. elifesciences.org/articles/105...
- This work was supported by the Department of Biotechnology, India and infrastructure at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE. We acknowledge the co-authors for the sustained effort in validating the pipeline across variable environments.
- Tool building often moves the field faster than incremental experiments. I learned this from my mentor Loren Looger and his approach to designing new tools for neuroscience.
- I work on behavior, stress biology, and genomics using Drosophila and complementary systems. I am interested in simple tools, circuit principles, and training early researchers. Posting occasionally about methods and research observations.
- 🚀 We’re hiring! Two fully funded PhD positions in Neuroscience & Behavior at the Agrawal Lab, Centre for Molecular Neurosciences, KMC, MAHE. 🧬🐛 See the advert & apply. 🔬 #PhDOpening #Neuroscience #Drosophila
