The physics and biology of hearing in larval fish

利用斑马鱼模型和一系列尖端的生物物理学和神经科学工具，该项目旨在提供第一个完整的听觉系统功能图。这是很重要的，因为以前不可能同时在单个细胞、回路和全脑网络的水平上研究大脑。预期的结果包括对简单大脑中信息流的详细描述，以及大脑细胞和回路沟通以处理信息的方式。好处包括获得有关自然感觉系统的知识，未来信息处理的仿生方法，以及在前沿光学物理学和神经科学方面培训下一代澳大利亚研究人员。

Using the zebrafish model and an array of cutting-edge biophysics and neuroscience tools, this project aims to provide the first complete map of a functioning auditory system. This is significant because it has previously been impossible to study the brain at the levels of single cells, circuits, and brain-wide networks simultaneously. Expected outcomes include detailed descriptions of information flow through a simple brain and the ways that brain cells and circuits communicate to process information. Benefits include knowledge gained about sensory systems in nature, future biomimetic approaches for information processing, and the training of the next generation of Australian researchers in cutting edge optical physics and neuroscience.