simple systems and sophisticated questions: the scientific legacy of Obaid Siddiqi

"Drosophila, like the Brahmin, is born twice; first from the egg as a maggot, then from the pupa as an imago. In both its incarnations the fly behavior undergoes profound changes with age and experience. An important problem is to distinguish between innate and acquired behavior. This is difficult and, in several aspects, an unsettled issue. Understanding adaptive behavior and establishing its neural correlates is the focus of our group's interest.