Karin Nordström
Forskare vid Institutionen för medicinsk cellbiologi; Forskargrupp Karin Nordström
- E-post:
- karin.nordstrom@uu.se
- Besöksadress:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
751 23 Uppsala - Postadress:
- Box 571
751 23 UPPSALA
Gästforskare vid Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi; Genetik och Genomik; Matthew Webster
- Besöksadress:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postadress:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA
- Akademiska meriter:
- PhD, Docent
Kort presentation
Forskare vid Institutionen för Neurovetenskap som arbetar med hur hjärnan analyserar rörelsesyn. Gruppen finns beskriven här.
Biografi
Jan 2010: Docent i Neurophysiology, Institutionen för Neurovetenskap, Uppsala Universitet.
April 2010 - pågående: Visiting Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide
June 2009 – Maj 2013: VR-FoAss, Institutionen för Neurovetenskap, Uppsala Universitet.
2009 – 2012. Koordinator för presentationteknikträning på biomedicinprogrammet, Medicinska Fakulteten, Uppsala Universitet. 10%.
Jan 2008 – Maj 2009: Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Fellow (APD, 3 years), School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide.
Maj 2007 – Maj 2009: Lecturer in Physiology (continuing appointment), School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, the University of Adelaide.
April – Dec 2006: Mammaledig.
Jan 2005 – April 2007: VR-postdok , School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide.
2004: Postdok, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide, with Dr. David O’Carroll.
1999 – 2003: PhD, Institutionen för cell- och organismbiologi, Lund Universitet.

Publikationer
Senaste publikationer
Ingår i The Science of Nature, 2025
- DOI för Innate floral object identification in a solitary pollinator employs a combination of both visual and olfactory cues
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Combining Unity with machine vision to create low latency, flexible and simple virtual realities
Ingår i Methods in Ecology and Evolution, s. 126-144, 2024
Ingår i Current Biology, 2023
Ingår i Ecology and Evolution, 2023
- DOI för Temperature during pupal development affects hoverfly developmental time, adult life span, and wing length
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Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) pursuit of artificial targets
Ingår i Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023
- DOI för Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) pursuit of artificial targets
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Alla publikationer
Artiklar i tidskrift
Ingår i The Science of Nature, 2025
- DOI för Innate floral object identification in a solitary pollinator employs a combination of both visual and olfactory cues
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Combining Unity with machine vision to create low latency, flexible and simple virtual realities
Ingår i Methods in Ecology and Evolution, s. 126-144, 2024
Ingår i Current Biology, 2023
Ingår i Ecology and Evolution, 2023
- DOI för Temperature during pupal development affects hoverfly developmental time, adult life span, and wing length
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Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) pursuit of artificial targets
Ingår i Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023
- DOI för Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) pursuit of artificial targets
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Descending neurons of the hoverfly respond to pursuits of artificial targets
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 4392-440400000, 2023
- DOI för Descending neurons of the hoverfly respond to pursuits of artificial targets
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Efference copies: Context matters when ignoring self-induced motion
Ingår i Current Biology, 2021
Facilitation of neural responses to targets moving flow
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
- DOI för Facilitation of neural responses to targets moving flow
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The impulse response of optic flow-sensitive descending neurons to roll m-sequences
Ingår i Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021
- DOI för The impulse response of optic flow-sensitive descending neurons to roll m-sequences
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Visual motion sensitivity in descending neurons in the hoverfly.
Ingår i Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, s. 149-163, 2020
- DOI för Visual motion sensitivity in descending neurons in the hoverfly.
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Persistent Firing and Adaptation in Optic-Flow-Sensitive Descending Neurons
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 2739-274800, 2020
- DOI för Persistent Firing and Adaptation in Optic-Flow-Sensitive Descending Neurons
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Insect Vision: Novel Mechanism for Contrast Constancy in Dim Light.
Ingår i Current Biology, 2020
Acute sleep loss induces signs of visual discomfort in young men
Ingår i Journal of Sleep Research, 2019
- DOI för Acute sleep loss induces signs of visual discomfort in young men
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Image statistics of the environment surrounding freely behaving hoverflies
Ingår i Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, s. 373-385, 2019
- DOI för Image statistics of the environment surrounding freely behaving hoverflies
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Rearing and Long-Term Maintenance of Eristalis tenax Hoverflies for Research Studies.
Ingår i Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018
Visual approach computation in feeding hoverflies
Ingår i Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018
Ingår i Journal of Neuroscience, s. 10725-10733, 2018
- DOI för Integration of Small- and Wide-Field Visual Features in Target-Selective Descending Neurons of both Predatory and Non-Predatory Dipterans
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A Novel Interception Strategy in a Miniature Robber Fly with Extreme Visual Acuity
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 854-859, 2017
In situ modeling of multimodal floral cues attracting wild pollinators across environments
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 13218-13223, 2017
- DOI för In situ modeling of multimodal floral cues attracting wild pollinators across environments
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The price of looking sexy: visual ecology of a three-level predator–prey system
Ingår i Functional Ecology, s. 707-718, 2017
Hoverfly locomotor activity is resilient to external influence and intrinsic factors
Ingår i Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, s. 45-54, 2016
- DOI för Hoverfly locomotor activity is resilient to external influence and intrinsic factors
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Target detection in insects: optical, neural and behavioral optimizations
Ingår i Current Opinion in Neurobiology, s. 122-128, 2016
A higher order visual neuron tuned to the spatial amplitude spectra of natural scenes
Ingår i Nature Communications, 2015
- DOI för A higher order visual neuron tuned to the spatial amplitude spectra of natural scenes
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of impulse responses to figure motion in optic flow neurons
Ingår i PLOS ONE, 2015
- DOI för Spatio-temporal dynamics of impulse responses to figure motion in optic flow neurons
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The Killer Fly Hunger Games: Target Size and Speed Predict Decision to Pursuit
Ingår i Brain, behavior, and evolution, s. 28-37, 2015
2014
s. 83-105, 2014
Robust prey detection in a small nervous system
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 389-390, 2013
Invertebrate vision: Peripheral adaptation to repeated object motion
Ingår i Current Biology, 2013
Novel Flicker-Sensitive Visual Circuit Neurons Inhibited by Stationary Patterns
Ingår i Journal of Neuroscience, s. 8980-8989, 2013
- DOI för Novel Flicker-Sensitive Visual Circuit Neurons Inhibited by Stationary Patterns
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Temporal and spatial adaptation of transient responses to local features
Ingår i Frontiers in Neural Circuits, s. 1-12, 2012
Octopaminergic modulation of contrast sensitivity
Ingår i Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2012
Higher-order motion sensitivity in fly visual circuits
Ingår i Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, s. 8758-8763, 2012
Neural specializations for small target detection in insects
Ingår i Current Opinion in Neurobiology, s. 272-278, 2012
Spatial facilitation by a high-performance dragonfly target-detecting neuron
Ingår i Biology Letters, s. 588-592, 2011
- DOI för Spatial facilitation by a high-performance dragonfly target-detecting neuron
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Local and global responses of insect motion detectors to the spatial structure of natural scenes
Ingår i Journal of Vision, s. 20, 2011
Rapid contrast gain reduction following motion adaptation
Ingår i Journal of Experimental Biology, s. 4000-4009, 2011
Motion adaptation and the velocity coding of natural scenes
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 994-999, 2010
Local and large-range inhibition in feature detection
Ingår i Journal of Neuroscience, s. 14143-14150, 2009
First year expectations and experiences: Student and teacher perspectives
Ingår i Higher Education, s. 157-173, 2009
Feature detection and the hypercomplex property in insects.
Ingår i TINS - Trends in Neurosciences, s. 383-391, 2009
The motion after-effect: local and global contributions to contrast sensitivity.
Ingår i Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, s. 1545-1554, 2009
Sexual dimorphism in the hoverfly motion vision pathway.
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 661-667, 2008
Neural mechanisms underlying target detection in a dragonfly centrifugal neuron.
Ingår i Journal of Experimental Biology, s. 3277-3284, 2007
Retinotopic organization of small-field-target-detecting neurons in the insect visual system.
Ingår i Current Biology, s. 569-578, 2007
Small object detection neurons in female hoverflies.
Ingår i Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, s. 1211-6, 2006
Insect detection of small targets moving in visual clutter.
Ingår i PLoS biology, 2006
Prediction of transcription factor binding to DNA using rule induction methods
Ingår i Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics - JIB, s. 42, 2006
- DOI för Prediction of transcription factor binding to DNA using rule induction methods
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Ingår i Genomics, s. 852-72, 2004
A simple visual system without neurons in jellyfish larvae.
Ingår i Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, s. 2349-54, 2003
Ingår i Gene, s. 81-7, 2003
Artiklar, forskningsöversikt
Image statistics and their processing in insect vision
Ingår i Current Opinion in Insect Science, s. 7-14, 2017
- DOI för Image statistics and their processing in insect vision
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Evolution of vertebrate rod and cone phototransduction genes
Ingår i Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, s. 2867-2880, 2009
Kapitel i böcker, delar av antologi
Identification of the Reichardt elementary motion detector model
Ingår i Signal and Image Analysis for Biomedical and Life Sciences, s. 83-105, Springer, 2015
Konferensbidrag
On identification of elementary motion detectors
Ingår i Computational Models for Life Sciences, s. 14-23, 2013
Laguerre Domain Identification of the Elementary Motion Detector Model in Insect Vision
Ingår i Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing, s. 623-628, 2013
Ingår i Proceedings of 7th International conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, s. 131-136, 2011
Ingår i Proc. Second. Int. ICSC Symposium Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems (BICS), s. 34-34, 2006