Diseases that affect fewer than one in 2,000 people are considered rare. They are often chronic, have severe courses and carry the risk of permanent organ damage and deterioration for patients. More than 7,000 rare diseases are currently known to medicine.
What are the neural computations underlying social behaviour in groups? How are multi-modal cues integrated to control and switch between courtship and aggression? How does sensory processing adapt in big crowds to target the behaviourof individual members of the group?
The conventional detection of proteins by imaging employs fluorophores or antibodies directed at individual proteins. However, this methodology cannot be upscaled and employed in a high-throughput omics approach.