UMR 5169
Research Center on Animal Cognition
The Research Center on Animal Cognition (CRCA) is part of the Center for Integrative Biology in Toulouse (CBI Toulouse). The main goal of the CRCA is the multidisciplinary and comparative study of cognitive processing in different animal models, from invertebrates to vertebrates.
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Congratulations to Mathieu LIHOREAU, winner of an ERC Consolidator !
Mathieu Lihoreau, CNRS Researcher from the Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale (CRCA UMR5169) of the Centre de Biologie Intégrative de Toulouse (CBI), is the winner of an ERC Consolidator for his project BEE-MOVE : How do bees move across the landscape and fashion plant reproduction ? within the CRCA-CBI.
The drosophila is able to learn that A+B is not equal to AB
Widely used in the field of neuroscience, the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) is a study model able to modify its behavior after an elementary task.
PhD Offer : Investigate the importance of mitochondria in cognitive processes during aging
Within the context of a collaboration between the CRCA-CBI Toulouse and the Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience of Lausanne, we recruit a PhD student to investigate the importance of mitochondria in cognitive processes during aging.
Studying animal movements with networks
Ethologists from the CRCA-CBI have partnered with EDB ecologists, ENVT researchers, and the company Xerius to develop a new methodology to simplify and characterize animal movements in space and time.
The blob is capable of perceiving the stress of its fellow creatures
The blob (Physarum Polycephalum), a unicellular organism without a nervous system, never ceases to amaze us with its surprising capacities. It is able to memorize, solve complex problems and transmit learned information to its fellow creatures.
Crowdfight COVID-19
The CRCA-CBI supports an initiative from the scientific community to put all available resources at the service of the fight against COVID-19.