Hydra (IMAGE)

Columbia University

Hydra

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Researchers show how an algorithm for filtering spam can learn to pick out, from hours of video footage, the full behavioral repertoire of tiny, pond-dwelling Hydra. In the above image, hydra's neurons are labeled with a green fluorescence indicator.

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Yuste Lab, Columbia University

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