Neurobiology of Drosophila (virtual)
October 5 - 8

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Abstract Status

Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Ackerman, Sarah D

Astrocytes close a motor circuit critical period

talk

Adel, Mohamed

Establishing an ex vivo model for aversive associative learning in fruit flies

poster

Agrawal, Sweta

Central encoding of proprioception

poster

Aimino, Michael

Distinct olfactory neuron classes of the antennal lobe differ in their temporal and molecular strategies of synaptic development

poster

Akin, Orkun

Synapse formation depends on activity coordinated by a discrete neuronal population

poster

Akpoghiran, Oghenerukevwe

TARANIS interacts with PDP1 and VRI to modulate the pace of the circadian clock in a temperature-dependent manner

poster

Alegria, Andrew D

Multiscale, multi-perspective imaging assisted robotic microinjection of Drosophila melanogaster embryos

talk

Aleman, Abigail

Opposing subclasses of Drosophila ellipsoid body neurons promote and suppress sleep

poster

Alpert, Michael H

Cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying thermosensory adaptation in Drosophila

poster

Andretic Waldowski, Rozi

Cocaine influences social interaction networks in Drosophila

poster

Andriatsilavo, Maheva

Uncovering the precise spatio-temporal dynamic of inter and intra axon selection during development using deep intravital imaging

poster

Anreiter, Ina

The Drosophila foraging gene plays a vital role at the start of metamorphosis for subsequent adult emergence

poster

Arain, Urfa

Long-range temporal patterning of medulla neuroblasts couples neurogenesis to circuit assembly

poster

Araújo, Sofia

Modulating dendritic arborisation and axon guidance by changing neuronal centrosome numbers

poster

Ash, Meagan

Drosophila larval burrowing—A parasitoid avoidance behavior?

poster/flashtalk

Au, David

Mosquito cryptochrome is a well-conserved key photoreceptor for light-mediated behaviors in flies

talk

Baker, Christa A

Divergence in the role of fruitless in specifying male courtship behaviors in Drosophila virilis

talk

Baladron de Juan, Pablo

ventral veins lacking (vvl), a common factor for Notch and Abd-B programmed cell death pathways in Va-Capa neurons

poster

Bali, Namrata

Low affinity interactions between IgSF cell-surface proteins shape Drosophila larval neuromuscular junctions

poster

Bali, Namrata

Sticks and Stones, a conserved cell surface ligand for the Type IIa RPTP Lar, regulates neural circuit wiring in Drosophila

poster

Banerjee, Soumya

Miniature neurotransmission is essential for synaptic maintenance during aging

talk

Barajas Azpeleta, Raquel

Beefeater, a conserved neuronal gene that modulates protein appetite and its physiological consequences

poster

Bedont, Joseph L

Short and long sleeping mutants reveal links between sleep and macroautophagy

talk

Beigaite, Egle

Tmem184b is required for proper locomotion and excitability in Drosophila

poster

Bellemer, Andrew

Connectomics in the classroom—Introducing students to neuroscientific principles using the Drosophila female adult fly brain electron microscopy data set

poster

Bengochea, Mercedes

Counting flies—Evidence of numerical discrimination in Drosophila melanogaster

talk

Bittern, Jonas

The role of glia in regulating speed and precision of neuronal signaling

poster/flashtalk

Bradlaugh, Adam

Free FAD and the CRYPTOCHROME C-terminus act as a magnetoreceptor in Drosophila

talk

Brand, Philipp

The influence of ecological specialization on Drosophila courtship evolution—A comparative analysis

talk

Brezovec, Luke E

Revealing the brain-wide neural dynamics of Drosophila locomotion

talk

Byrns, China

AP1 promotes glial senescence in age, injury, and disease

poster

Carreira-Rosario, Arnaldo

Mechanosensory input during circuit formation shapes motor behavior through patterned spontaneous network activity

talk

Cavanaugh, Dan

DN1p clock neurons sculpt locomotor outputs but are dispensable for circadian rest:activity rhythms

poster

Chen, Dahong

Temporal regulation of neuronal remodeling by a chromatin anti-looping factor

talk

Chen, Hsueh-Ling (Charlene)

Genetic dissection of physiological properties of local interneurons in the Drosophila larval visual circuit

poster

Chen, Yang

Dissecting the neural circuit basis of non-visual cue-driven spatial learning of Drosophila

poster

Chen, Yu-Chieh David

Codes of cell surface proteins coordinate stochastic and deterministic cell fates during Drosophila color vision circuit assembly

poster

Cheong, Han S

An ascending histaminergic circuit connects wing motor output to auditory processing

poster

Chien, Chun

Autocrine inhibition by a glutamate-gated chloride channel mediates presynaptic homeostatic depression

talk

Chithran, Aarya Vaikakkara

Axon guidance genes are critical for the maintenance of neural circuits

talk

Clarembaux, Luis C

Characterization of the Drosophila IgLON protein Lachesin in neuronal specification

poster

Coban-Poppinga, Busra

The caloric value of food influences the connectivity of mushroom body-related modulatory dopaminergic neurons in the Drosophila brain

poster

Connolly, Elizabeth

Regenerative neurogenic response from glia requires insulin-driven neuron-glia communication

poster

Cordoba, Sergio

Genetic control of neuronal migration in the Drosophila optic lobe

poster

Corthals, Kristina

Characterization of the humidity receptor neurons in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Coulson, Bramwell

Characterising the effects of critical period activity perturbation on the Drosophila larval locomotor network

poster

Cunningham, Karen L

Regulation of voltage gated calcium channel abundance at Drosophila active zones

poster

Dallmann, Chris J

Proprioceptive coding of natural leg movements in Drosophila

talk

Das, Gaurav

The ‘DIETS’ assay—direct intake estimation and long-term tracking of solid food choice in Drosophila

poster

Davis, Shaun M

Risk of predation alters fly oviposition behaviors

poster

De Queiroz, Bruna

The role of local RNA translation in long-term memory formation

poster

Deal, Samantha

Identifying novel evolutionarily conserved regulators of dopamine dynamics using a forward genetic screen in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

DeGennaro, Matthew J

Attractive and repellent social cues are used during mosquito oviposition-site seeking

talk

Demir, Mahmut

Dynamic switch between ON and OFF responses in an olfactory receptor neuron

poster/flashtalk

Depetris Chauvin, Ana

A neuroethological approach to odor valence in flies across the Drosophila genus

talk

DePew, Alison T

The cell surface receptor LRP4 is essential for multiple aspects of synaptic development

talk

Devineni, Anita V

Integration and segregated processing in the taste circuit

talk

Dey, Manali

An inhibitory pathway for high salt rejection in Drosophila

poster

Dickman, Dion

Presynaptic glutamate release adaptively modulates postsynaptic receptor abundance

poster

Dombrovski, Mark

Circuit wiring strategies underlying visuomotor transformation in Drosophila

talk

Dopp, Joana

Cells sleep differently—The sleeping fruit fly at single cell resolution

talk

Dorkenwald, Sven M

FlyWire—Online community for whole-brain connectomics

talk

Dresselhaus, Erica C

Biogenesis of neuronal exosomes via ESCRT machinery

poster

Du, Chengcheng

Social experience and pheromone receptor activity reprogram behavioral switch gene splicing and neuromodulatory gene expression in sensory neurons

poster

Duan, Qichen

Organizing the Drosophila olfactory circuits by interacting Ig superfamily adhesion molecules

poster

Dubey, Sandeep

Nucleoporins are degraded via upregulation of ESCRT-III/Vps4 complex in a Drosophila model of C9-ALS/FTD

poster

Duckhorn, Julia

Regulation of sexually dimorphic abdominal courtship behaviors in Drosophila by the Dissatisfaction nuclear receptor

poster

Duhart, Jose M

Food quality modulates the balance between sleep and post-mating behaviors in Drosophila females

poster

Dunham, Kelly E

Real-time antidepressant characterization in Drosophila—Differences in serotonin reuptake and extracellular concentrations suggest unique vesicular release mechanisms

poster

Dutta, Suchetana

Establishment of wiring specificity through endolysosomal synaptic stabilization during a critical period of developmental circuit wiring

talk

Dweck, Hany

Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii

poster

Dyson, Alex

ASD-associated NF1 regulates synaptic transmission at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction

poster

Eichler, Katharina

A complete morphological description of the Drosophila melanogaster neck connective

poster

Elliott, Amicia D

Understanding motor sequence generation across spatiotemporal scales

poster

Ender, Anatoli

Investigating putative pacemaker currents of R5 neurons in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Farnworth, Max

Sequence heterochrony in insect evolution—A fly-beetle insight

talk

Fernandez Hernandez, Ismael

Neural regeneration in adult Drosophila

poster

Fisher, Yvette E

Dopaminergic modulation of plasticity in the Drosophila compass network

poster

Francisco, Ana Patricia T

marmite, a new conserved neuropeptide mediates protein-specific satiety

talk

Frank, C. Andrew

Chaperones HSP26 and 27 promote the induction of homeostatic synaptic plasticity by regulating protein aggregates

poster/flashtalk

Frank, C. Andrew

Mitochondrial complex I controls NMJ function and plasticity through distinct pre- and postsynaptic mechanisms

poster

French, Alice S

Sensory processing during sleep in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Fukumasu, Kazushi

Spatial configuration of synaptic population activities underlying the generation of larval motor patterns

talk

Gattuso, Hannah C

A continuous RNN model of locomotor control during olfactory navigation in adult Drosophila

talk

Gibson, Shelley B

Investigating Hippo signaling as a novel regulator of dopamine levels in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Gohl, Daryl

Genetic barcoding for single cell transcriptomics and population behavioral assays

talk

Goldschmidt, Dennis

Identifying neural circuits mediating the exploration-exploitation trade-off in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Gong, Naihua N

Intrinsic maturation of sleep output neurons regulates sleep ontogeny

poster

Gonzalez-Segarra, Amanda

Using the female adult fly brain electron microscopy volume to identify neurons that coordinate sugar and water ingestion

poster

Gosling, Rory

Maintenance of axonal morphology during aging is regulated by the microtubule cytoskeleton

poster

Gosney, Chelsea

The olfactory circuit of Drosophila pseudoobsura is specialized to detect alpha-pinene

poster/flashtalk

Gruntman, Eyal

Non-preferred contrast responses in the Drosophila motion pathways reveal a receptive field structure that explains a common visual illusion

poster

Hamid, Aisha

Developmental programs governing the specification of Helicon cells, a major component of Drosophila sleep-wake circuit

poster

Han, Yifu

A glutamate receptor C-tail recruits CaMKII to suppress retrograde homeostatic signaling

poster

Han, Yifu

Synaptic silencing by botulinum toxin reveals no heterosynaptic plasticity between tonic and phasic inputs in Drosophila

poster

Heckman, Emily L

Establishment of dendritic synaptic specificity through axon guidance cues

poster

Heim, Michael-Marcel

Dopaminergic auto receptor signaling in dopaminergic neurons of the fly

poster

Henderson, Jake E

Differential expression of the roundabout 3 (Robo3) guidance receptor regulates interneuron dendrite morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster somatosensory circuit development

poster

Hidalgo, Alicia

Structural plasticity by Drosophila neurotropin 2 modifies dopamine-dependent behaviour

poster

Himmel, Nathaniel J

Chloride-dependent mechanisms of multimodal sensory discrimination—Roles for subdued, koozie, and excitatory chloride physiology in Drosophila cold nociception

poster

Holguera, Isabel

Linking neurogenesis and connectivity—How temporal patterning instructs circuit formation in the Drosophila optic lobe

poster

Holtz, Stephen L

Functional specializations in Johnston's organ neurons

poster

Hu, Yujia

LabGym—Automatically and accurately categorize and quantify lab animal behaviors

poster

Hunter, Iain

The Drosophila larval locomotor circuit as a model for other neural networks

poster

Inami, Show

Sleep induction by sensory stimulation

poster

Iyengar, Atulya

Fly seizure EEG—Field potential activity in the Drosophila brain

poster/flashtalk

Izadifar, Azadeh

Dissecting a conserved signaling network regulating developmental axon branching and adult axon maintenance

talk

Jaszczak, Jacob

Steroid hormone signaling activates thermal nociception during Drosophila peripheral nervous system development

poster

Jefferis, Gregory

The circuit basis of olfactory mate recognition and localisation

poster

Jetti, Suresh K

Molecular logic of functional synaptic diversity in Drosophila tonic and phasic larval motoneurons

talk

Ji, Hui

Orion bridges phosphatidylserine and Draper in the phagocytosis of somatosensory neurons in Drosophila

talk

Jones, Hannah

Mating status and past social experience alters sleep amount and architecture in female Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Jovanic, Tihana

Modulation of sensorimotor decisions by the feeding state

talk

Joyce, Michaela

The rebound response with knockdown of dunce and synapsin genes in Drosophila depends on the method of sleep deprivation

poster

Kadakia, Nirag

Directional odor sensing enables complex plume navigation

talk

Kathman, Nicholas D

Determining the origins of behavioral variability in wind-guided olfactory navigation

poster

Kato, Ayaka

Computation and control of odor value by dopamine neurons

talk

Kernan, Maurice

TRPN channel diversification by alternatively spliced, paralogous pore domains: a mechanosensory driver of the insect radiation?

poster

Kim, Boram

Response of the microbiome–gut-brain axis in Drosophila to amino acid deficit

talk

Kim, Hyosun

Evaluating noise tolerance in Drosophila vision

poster

Kim, Minsu

Ultrastructural distribution of dense-core vesicles from electron microscopy images in Drosophila olfactory projection neurons

poster

Kim, Seong-Jin

Genes important for the biosynthesis of a seminal galactoside that regulates the post-copulatory sexual selection in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Kirk, Molly J

Voltage imaging in Drosophila using a hybrid chemical-genetic rhodamine voltage reporter

poster

Klein, Mason

Mechanical vibration patterns elicit behavioral transitions and habituation in crawling Drosophila larvae

poster

Knapp, Elizabeth M

Investigating the role of dSERT activity in Drosophila sleep

poster

Koskela, Sanna

Do D. melanogaster and D. simulans see the world differently?

poster

Krieger, Avery B

Exploring the effects of multiple neuropeptides on state-dependent visuomotor transformations

poster

Krupp, Sarah

A behavioral suppressor screen and glial cell-type specific RNA sequencing converge onto SF2/SRSF1 as a potent suppressor of TDP-43 mediated neurodegeneration

poster/flashtalk

Kurmangaliyev, Yerbol

Towards a transcriptome-to-connectome map of the Drosophila brain

poster/flashtalk

Kushwaha, Shikha

ASAP mediated Arf6-dependent neuronal signalling regulates synapse structure and function in Drosophila

poster

Lai, Sen-Lin

The roles of temporal identity factors in neuron morphogenesis and circuit wiring

poster

Lange, Anthony P

Ethanol induced presynaptic plasticity in a tolerance circuit

poster

Larnerd, Caleb

Different forms of ethanol tolerance are encoded by distinct transcriptional programs and brain regions

poster

Laturney, Meghan

Modulation of feeding in mated females

poster/flashtalk

Lee, Jinhyeong

Understanding the identity of CIF (Calorie-Induced secreted Factor) and the mechanisms underlying its production and detection

poster

Lee, Kristen

The temporal transcription factor Hunchback functions with the homeodomain transcription factor Bicoid to regulate synapse number in Pair1 neurons

talk

Lee, Yun-kyung

The response to fatty acids in gustatory tarsal neurons combines combinatorial and labeled-line coding in the taste system

talk

Leinwand, Sarah G

Hormonally-regulated maturation of Kenyon cell spontaneous neural activity and associative learning

poster/flashtalk

Li, Guiyi

A Toll-receptor map underlies structural brain plasticity

talk

Li, Hui

Pallidin in Drosophila surface glia modulates sleep via essential amino acid availability

poster

Li, Wanhe

Chronic social isolation signals starvation in the Drosophila brain and reduces sleep

talk

Li, Yongjun

Glial ecdysone signaling modulates sleep in Drosophila

poster

Lim, Seung Yeon

Gal4 drivers for distinct cell types and regions of the Drosophila gut

poster

Linskens, Amanda M

Hunchback manipulations affect the morphology and behavior of the MDN and Pair1 neuron's circuit

poster

Liu, Han-Hsuan

A photo-switchable assay system for dendrite degeneration and repair in Drosophila melanogaster

talk

Lobb-Rabe, Meike

Novel insights from a Dpr and DIP expression map of the Drosophila larval peripheral nervous system

poster

Loesche, Frank

An inexpensive, high precision fly-on-ball setup

poster

Lu, Jenny

Transforming representations of movement from body- to world-centric space

talk

Lucas, Tanguy

Discrete cis-acting element regulates developmentally timed gene-lamina relocation and neural progenitor competence in vivo.

talk

Luo, Yichen

The role of Drosophila IR52 cluster genes in courtship behaviors

poster

M.A. Ribeiro, Ines

Processing of visual cues in a multi-input optic glomerulus

poster

Machrone, Alexandra K

Reduced reproductive fitness in starvation resistance selected flies

poster

Madhwani, Kimberly Rose

Neurodevelopmental role of a tRNA methyltransferase implicated in intellectual disability

talk

Mainwaring, Benjamin

Sleep-promoting neurons of the dFSB suppress aggression following sleep loss in Drosophila

poster

Malin, Jennifer

Regulation of neuron number in the Drosophila visual system

talk

M'Angale, Peter G

Copia, of many copies and the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

poster

Mann, Kevin

Causal coupling between neural activity, metabolism, and behavior across the Drosophila brain

poster/flashtalk

Marin, Elizabeth C

Hemilineage-based developmental units as circuit elements in the adult Drosophila nerve cord

talk

Marzano, Marco

Ecdysone-AMPK axis regulates energetic balance during dendrite pruning in fly PNS neurons

poster/flashtalk

Masek, Pavel

The inversion of quality and intensity in the gustatory system—Hedonic satiety reveals concentrations of sugars are perceived as different qualities, not intensities

poster

Massingham, Josephine

Painful injury decreases sleep quality via inflammatory signalling in astrocyte-like glia

poster/flashtalk

Masuda-Nakagawa, Liria

Octopaminergic neurons have multiple targets in Drosophila mushroom body calyx and can modulate behavioral odor discrimination

poster

Matheson, Andrew M

A neural circuit for wind-guided olfactory navigation

poster

Maulding, Kirstin L

Dissociating the effects of RNA and translated protein toxicity in C9 ALS.

poster

Mauthner, Stephanie

The Drosophila gene smoke alarm regulates nociceptor-epidermis interactions and thermal nociception behavior

poster

May, Christina E

A fan-shaped body circuit model for wind direction estimation during flight

poster

McLaughlin, Colleen

Single-cell transcriptomes of developing and adult olfactory receptor neurons

poster

Meng, Julia

Temporal transcription factors determine circuit membership by permanently altering motor neuron-to-muscle synaptic partnerships

poster/flashtalk

Merrill, Collin

Iterative assay for transposase-accessible chromatin by sequencing to home in on specific neuron populations

talk

Mitchell, Josephine W

Ion channel trafficking is coordinated with dendrite morphogenesis in sensory neurons

talk

Mitra, Rishav

Sculpting the neuronal transcriptome through IP3/Ca2+ signals and store-operated calcium entry

poster

Mohandasan, Radhika

Enhanced olfactory memory performance in trap-design Y-mazes allow study of novel memory phenotypes in Drosophila

poster

Mohapatra, Pratyajit

Functional characterization of odor responses and gene expression changes in olfactory co-receptor mutants in Drosophila

poster

Mohylyak, Iryna

CG7101/dTZAP encodes a transcriptional regulator of mitochondrial biology required for axonal outgrowth, circuit connectivity and behavior

poster

Morimoto, Takako

Effects of essential oils on learning and memory in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Mosca, Timothy J

Shared synaptic maturation defects in divergent neurodegenerative disease models

poster

Mudher, Amrit S

A Drosophila model depicting Braak-like propagation of Tau pathology

poster

Munch, Daniel

Distinct internal states interact to shape food choice by modulating sensorimotor processing at global and local scales

poster

Munro, Anna

The importance of key residues and regions of the C-terminus of Drosophila cryptochrome in magnetosensitivity.

poster

Mushtaq, Zeeshan

Axonal transport defects and neurodegeneration—Cause or consequence?

poster

Nguyen, Tho H

Cellular diversity in the Drosophila 3rd instar larval ventral cord revealed by single-cell transcriptomics

poster

Ni, Lina

Ionotropic receptor-dependent cool cells control the transition of temperature preference in Drosophila larvae

poster/flashtalk

Ning, Jing

Gesture analysis during social interactions in Drosophila

poster

Noro, Barbara

Innate olfactory avoidance in Drosophila relies on a distributed neuronal circuit architecture

poster/flashtalk

O'Brien, Caitlin E

Loss of the GARP, but not EARP, complex drives golgi sterol overload during developmental dendrite remodeling

talk

Oh, Yangkyun

Gastric mechanosensation and peptidergic sugar sensing regulate the Drosophila nutrient sensor

poster

Ozel, Mehmet Neset

Coordinated control of neuronal differentiation and wiring specificity by a sustained code of transcription factors

talk

Pal Mahadevan, Venkatesh

Exploring the ecology and evolutionary shifts in olfactory coding in Drosophila virilis

poster

Pardo-Garcia, Thibaut R

Deterioration of food reward learning by a high sugar diet

poster/flashtalk

Patton, Kyle A

DnaJ/Hsp40 tunes long-term memory and functional amyloidogenesis

poster

Perez-Sanchez, Consuelo

Evolution of reward perception and memory formation in Drosophila

talk

Perisse, Emmanuel

Specific dopaminergic neurons signal absolute and relative aversive value in the Drosophila mushroom body

poster

Perlegos, Alexandra

The in vivo role of m6A RNA modification in the response of the Drosophila brain to stress

poster

Phelps, Jasper S

A seventeen lab collaboration to reconstruct the connectome of the adult Drosophila ventral nerve cord

poster/flashtalk

Poe, Amy R

Dh44 governs the emergence of sleep rhythms in Drosophila larvae

talk

Polizos, Nikolaos T

Drosophila melanogaster larvae demonstrate associative learning and memory behaviors in response to thermal conditioning

poster

Pollington, Heather

The role of temporal transcription factors and Notch signaling in establishing neural circuits

poster

Potdar, Sheetal

Neuromodulation of protein-hunger induced aggression behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Potter, Chris J

Chemoreceptor co-Expression in Drosophila olfactory neurons

poster/flashtalk

Pribbenow, Carlotta

Postsynaptic plasticity of cholinergic synapses underlies the induction and expression of appetitive memories in Drosophila

poster

Prisco, Luigi

The anterior paired lateral neuron (APL) normalizes odour-evoked responses at the mushroom body calyx to define the sparse response of Kenyon cells

poster

Rai, Saurabh

Immunomodulatory role of Heat shock protein 70—A tool to regulate the inflammatory responses in neurodegenerative diseases

poster

Raji, Joshua I

The number of neurons in Drosophila and mosquito brains

poster

Rangarajan, Nivedita

The representation of visual feedback during courtship in Drosophila males

poster

Reisenman, Carolina E

Taste adaptation to host specialization in specialist Drosophila sechellia

talk

Reiser, Michael B

Neuronal circuits integrating motion information in the Drosophila lobula plate

poster

Rezaval, Carolina

A neuronal mechanism controlling the choice between feeding and sexual behaviors in Drosophila

talk

Rigo, Franka

Methamphetamine self-administration shares common genetic mechanisms with locomotor sensitization

poster

Rihani, Karen

Intra-specific individuality of odor-evoked behavior and activity

poster

Rings, Annika S

A sex-specific switch between visual and olfactory inputs underlies adaptive sex differences in behavior

talk

Robie, Alice A

Precise part tracking and behavioral analysis of freely walking, interacting groups of Drosophila

poster

Russo, Kathryn

BMP signaling modulation ameliorates motor dysfunction in dSod1A4V mutants

poster

Sabandal, John Martin B

Dopamine-based mechanism for transient forgetting

talk

Saul, Christopher

Early seizure burden leads to sleep fragmentation in adulthood

poster

Sauvola, Chad

Drosophila tomosyn regulates tonic/phasic release differences and is required for presynaptic homeostatic potentiation

talk

Savas, Doruk

The circuit logic of light-avoidance behavior in Drosophila larvae

talk

Scheffer, Louis K

Comparative connectomics—Overview and example

poster

Scheunemann, Lisa

Serotonin signaling antagonizes between the consolidation of conditioned approach or avoidance behavior

poster

Shapira, Gal

Identifying the role of the gap junction connectivity in neuronal remodeling of the Drosophila mushroom body

talk

Sharma, Anamika

IP3R - Parkin interaction in neuronal mitochondrial function

poster

Shields, Samuel

The role of oxidative stress in microtubule regulation and neuronal ageing

poster

Shin, Mimi

In vivo monitoring of endogenous dopamine in the mushroom body of adult Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Shiu, Philip K

A leaky integrate-and-fire model of the Drosophila feeding circuit from appetitive input to motor output

talk

Silva Moeller, Valeria A

Function of eclosion hormone targets during ecdysis behavior in D. melanogaster

poster

Simpson, Julie

Command and control—Mapping key neurons for the fly grooming sequence

poster

Sitaraman, Divya

Distinct neuromodulatory input pathways to mushroom body regulate sleep need and arousal in Drosophila

poster

Sood, Chhavi

Delta/Notch signaling inhibits expression of the early temporal factor Imp to promote termination of neurogenesis during development

talk

Sorrells, Trevor R

Mosquito host seeking is a persistent behavior state for multimodal sensory integration

poster

Spring, Ashlyn M

A CURE for fly neurobiology—Modeling rare human neuromuscular disorders in fly larva as a course-based undergraduate research experience

poster

Steinfath, Elsa

Social cues interact with intrinsic circuit dynamics to drive the choice between two communication signals in Drosophila

poster

Sterne, Gabriella R

Classification and genetic targeting of cell types in the primary taste and premotor center of the Drosophila brain

poster/flashtalk

Suárez Grimalt, Raquel

Slow wave oscillations and circuit interactions underlying sleep regulation and sensory gating in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Sung, Hyun

Defective axonal transport of autolysosomes and impaired ER-mediated autophagosomal biogenesis in a Drosophila model of C9-ALS

talk

Suver, Marie P

Active antennal movements in Drosophila alter the gain and tuning of wind encoding

poster

Syed, Durafshan Sakeena

The importance of inhibition in coordinating grooming actions

poster

Szabo, Aron

LC3-associated phagocytosis promotes glial degradation of axon debris after injury

poster

Tadres, David

Optogenetic mapping of functional connectivity requires controls for basal level expression

poster

Tastekin, Ibrahim

Mapping the sensorimotor connectome underlying protein-specific appetites in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Thiagarajan, Devasena

Bimodal sensory processing and learning in Drosophila melanogaster

talk

Truman, James

A hemilineage approach for revealing patterns in the evolution of the insect ventral nerve cord

talk

Turkcan, Mehmet K

NeuroNLP Gene Match—An open source genetic data visualizer and explorer

poster

Turner, Max H

Drosophila visual projection neuron population responses jointly encode diverse visual scenes

poster

Umezaki, Yujiro

The cephalic phase response and its regulation by the circadian clock in Drosophila

poster

Vanderzalm, Pam

Inhibitors of retrograde BMP signaling during neuromuscular junction development in Drosophila

poster

Vasudevan, Deeptha

Regulation of neural lineages by Hox genes to specify post-mitotic neuronal characteristics during circuit development

poster

Vaughen, John P

Lysosomal GBA is required for glial circadian clearance of ubiquitinated aggregates

poster/flashtalk

Vaziri, Anoumid

Persistent epigenetic reprogramming of sweet taste by diet

poster

Ventimiglia, Donovan L

Neural circuits regulating social defeat in Drosophila melanogaster

talk

Vicidomini, Rosario

Identification and characterization of Drosophila larval motor neurons by single cell transcriptomics

talk

Vien, Khanh

Organizational control of olfactory neural circuit architecture by Fat2, an atypical cadherin

poster

Vijayan, Vikram

A rise-to-threshold signal for a relative-value deliberation

poster/flashtalk

Volkan, Pelin C

Chromatin-based reprogramming of sex-specific behaviors with social experience

poster

von Philipsborn, Anne C

Female Drosophila respond to inseminate with copulation song

poster

Waller, TJ

The transmembrane protein Raw dichotomously regulates axonal degeneration and NMJ structure by both promoting and restraining the function of Drosophila Sarm1

talk

Wang, Brian

Thirst interneurons that promote water seeking, limit feeding, and encode positive valence

poster

Wang, Yupu

Structural and functional synaptic plasticity induced by convergent synapse loss in the Drosophila neuromuscular circuit

poster/flashtalk

Wani, Adil R

The cellular and molecular programs regulating the fate specification and identity of sleep-promoting neurons in Drosophila melanogaster

talk

Weiss, Jackie

Sleep deprivation drives brain-wide changes in synaptic abundance in Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Xia, Xiju

Next generation genetically-encoded sensors for monitoring in vivo dynamics of small molecular neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in Drosophila

poster

Xiang, Yang

Shear stress activation of nociceptors underlying mechanical nociception in Drosophila

poster

Xiao, Cong

Identifying new players in structural synaptic plasticity

poster

Xie, Qijing

Temporal evolution of single-cell transcriptomes of Drosophila olfactory projection neurons

poster

Xie, Qijing

Transcription factor Acj6 instructs dendrite targeting by regulating the expression of diverse cell-surface proteins

talk

Xu, Chundi

A dual role for homeodomain proteins in neural fate and neural identity

poster

Xu, Shuwa

Significance of affinity variation of cell surface recognition molecules in wiring the nervous system

poster/flashtalk

Xu, Yineng

Optogenetic manipulation of endogenous proteins in Drosophila by light-inducible trapping

talk

Yadlapalli, Swathi

Biological clocks—How and why do cells keep time?

talk

Yang, Helen H

Patterns of descending neuron activity during walking

talk

Yang, Siyuan

Reward taste conditioning in Drosophila

poster

Yao, Zepeng

Serotonergic neurons translate taste detection into internal nutrient regulation

poster

Yin, Jun

Brain-specific lipoprotein receptors interact with astrocyte derived apolipoprotein and mediate neuron-glia lipid shuttling

talk

Yin, Yijie

Identification and stereotypy of lineages in olfactory networks between hemispheres in electron microscopic (EM) datasets in the Drosophila melanogaster central brain

poster

Yoo, Juyoun

Cell type and subcellular synaptic specificity in the visual system

poster

York, Ryan

Mapping the evolution of drosophilid walking

poster

Yoshihara, Motojiro

Subcellular engram, a synaptic memory trace locally formed in the feeding command neuron during Pavlovian conditioning

talk

Yun, Minsik

Central circuit mechanisms that evaluate sociosexual context and modulate the male ejaculate holding in Drosophila female

poster

Zamurrad, Sumaira

Mapping the neural circuitry underlying precise walking kinematics in Drosophila

poster

Zhang, Chen

The somatostatin pathway gates vitellogenesis progression during reproductive maturation and the post-mating response in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

poster

Zhang, Wei

Nutrients and pheromones promote insulin release to inhibit courtship drive

poster

Zhang, Yali

The molecular and cellular basis of sour-taste coding in Drosophila

poster

Zhao, Arthur

A mapping between visual space and neural space in the fly brain

poster