Invited talks
"Attentional set shifting in bumblebees."
University of Würzburg (Pfeiffer Lab), Germany, 2023.
"Visual cognition in bumblebees"
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Reiter Unit), Japan, 2023.
"Representation of visual landmarks in primary visual cortex of mice running in a virtual reality environment"
Rank Prize Symposium, UK, 2022.
“Organization of feedback projections to mouse primary visual cortex”
Riken Center for Brain Science (Benucci Lab), Japan, 2020.
“Connectivity establishes spatial readout of visual looming in a glomerulus lacking retinotopy”
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (Fitzpatrick Lab), USA, 2020.
“Selectivity and connectivity in Drosophila visual projection neurons”
Institute for Behavioral Neuroscience, University College London, UK, 2016.
Conference Presentations
Morimoto, MM, Masselink T, Lee JR, Chittka, L. Visual rule based cognitive flexibility in foraging bumblebees. HHMI Janelia Conference on "Bridging Diverse Perspectives on the Mechanistic Basis of Foraging", Ashburn, USA, Poster, 2024.
Morimoto MM, Masselink T, Chittka L. Vision based attentional set-shifting in bumblebees. International Conference on Insect Vision (ICIV), Kristianstad, Sweden, Poster, 2023.
Morimoto MM, Saleem AB. Representation of visual landmarks in mouse primary visual cortex during navigation in virtual reality. International Congress on Neuroethology (ICN), Lisbon, Portugal, Poster, 2022.
Morimoto MM, Uchishiba E, Saleem AB. Spatial context dependent modulation in mouse V1: investigating feedback inputs. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Virtual conference, Poster, 2020.
Lopes G, Farrell K, Horrocks EAB, Muzzu T, Morimoto MM, Papanikolaou A, Wheatcroft T, Zucca S, Solomon SG, Saleem AB. BonVision - An open-source software to create and control visual environments. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, USA, Poster, 2019.
Reiser MB, Morimoto MM, Nern A, Rubin GM, Rogers E, Wong AM, Ghorbani P, Smith NA, Dreher M, Parekh R, Bock D. Selective synaptic contacts promote retinotopic detection of visual looming in the Drosophila central brain. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington DC, USA, Poster, 2017.
Morimoto MM, Nern A, Wong AM, Reiser MB. Probing selectivity and connectivity in Drosophila visual projection neurons. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, USA, Poster, 2016.
Morimoto MM, Nern A, Wong AM, Reiser MB. Signal transformation in a looming sensitive visual circuit. Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Dept. Symposium, Cambridge, UK, Talk, 2016.
Morimoto MM, Wu M, Nern A, Rubin GM, Reiser MB. Functional investigation of a visual projection neuron in the Drosophila visual system. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington DC, USA, Poster, 2014.
Morimoto MM, Wu M, Nern A, Rubin GM, Reiser MB. Functional investigation of a looming sensitive visual projection neuron in the Drosophila visual system. The 11th International Congress of Neuroethology, Sapporo, Japan, Poster, 2014.
Morimoto MM, Kobayashi K, Okabe S. Imaging of catecholaminergic axons in the mouse neocortex in vivo. The 32nd Naito Conference on Biological Basis of Mental Functions and Disorders, Yatsugatake, Japan, Poster, 2011.
Morimoto MM, Kobayashi K, Okabe S. In vivo imaging of catecholaminergic axons in the mouse neocortex. The 34th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Yokohama, Japan, Poster, 2011.
Kaneko K, Morimoto MM, Hori S, Nakaoka T, Takeuchi H, Kubo T. Analysis of the brain substructures using region-preferential genes of the honeybee. The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Yokohama, Japan, Poster, 2009.