Focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of modern neural circuit dissection: high-resolution anatomy, cellular activity, and behavioral dissection, to assign specific functions to identified, single neurons

Compares the progress from vertebrate and invertebrate model systems, both of which provide important, and complementary insights into circuit function

Summarizes the most recent work in a very rapidly evolving field: the use of genetic model systems that allow for the manipulation of neural circuits in vivo

Mathias Wernet is currently a professor of Neurobiology at the Freie University of Berlin. His current research deals with the neural circuitry underlying visual behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster and integrates studies spanning anatomy, behavior, and physiology.

Arzu Celik is a professor of Developmental Neurobiology at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. Her research focuses on the generation of neuronal diversity and mechanisms of axon guidance in the visual and olfactory systems of Drosophila melanogaster.