Modeling dynamics, function and evolution of earliest nervous systems

在拟议的项目中，我们将调查的动力学，功能和进化的最早的神经系统，使用相结合的建模和实验方法。第一个神经系统的物种是未知的和灭绝的。因此，我们将考虑水母的神经系统，这与第一个非常相似。我们将模拟它们的动力学，并采用模拟和实验来研究这些动力学如何控制游泳行为。最后，我们将模拟最简单的神经系统如何进化为更复杂的神经系统，以及这如何改变控制和运动的效率。

In the proposed project we will investigate the dynamics, function and evolution of evolutionarily earliest nervous systems, using a combined modeling and experimental approach. The species with the first nervous systems are unknown and extinct. We will therefore consider the nervous systems of jellyfish, which are very similar to the first ones. We will model their dynamics and employ simulations and experiments to study how these dynamics control the swimming behavior. Finally, we will model how the simplest nervous systems have evolved to more complex ones and how this changed the efficiency of control and movement.