The IBN group maintains facilities supporting a wide range of
research on animal behaviour and its underlying mechanisms and evolution.
Core labs of the IBN are housed in adjoining space that includes common
facilities as well as lab-specific experimental areas to create a collaborative,
multidisciplinary environment. Equipment ranges from tools for video analysis to
neurophysiology and molecular genetics. Specific areas of interest include: 1)
Comparative study of the adaptive function and evolution of animal behaviour
(Integrative Behavioural Ecology, Andrade lab); 2) Neural basis of adaptive
behaviour and the evolution of the nervous system (Neuroethology, Mason lab);
3) Genetic correlates of behavioural traits in model systems (Applied Genomics
and Behavioural Genetics, Fitzpatrick lab); 4) Study of long-term patterns of
evolutionary change and phylogenetic relationships using DNA sequence data
(Molecular Phylogentics, Lovejoy lab).
See http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/ibn/facilities.shtml