Amanda Moehring
What causes variations in behaviour between individuals? How does our underlying genetic and neural basis influence our behaviour?
In her lab, Amanda Moehring and her team seek answers to these questions, studying key survival behaviours, specifically female mating receptivity and aggression behaviours. While extensively researched in men, the underlying influences on these behaviour variations among women are largely unstudied.
The Moehring Lab relies on some unlikely and unassuming subjects for their research. While considered just a pesky annoyance by some, fruit flies offer a DNA profile that is similar to our own and can be used to model neurobiological responses and behaviours that can then be applied to humans.
Amanda Moehring, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biology at Western University. She is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Functional Genomics. Dr. Moehring completed her PhD in Genetics at North Carolina State University in 2003 with Dr. Trudy Mackay. She went on to do a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University with Dr. Mohamed Noor, which she completed in 2008. Her research specialties include molecular neuroscience and genetics, cognition and behaviour and development and aging.
Learn about open positions in The Moehring Lab. Visit Dr. Moehring on Twitter: @FlyBehaviour.
