Electrophysiology identifies a population of fan-shaped body neurons that encode airflow in two directions relative to the fly midline and whose silencing disrupts proper orientation to airflow.

Serotonergic signaling regulates sleep homeostasis through 5HT2b receptor in a small subset of neurons in the dorsal fan-shaped body in drosophila.

Alcohol modifies dopaminergic microcircuits required for acquisition and expression of sensory memories in Drosophila resulting in a shift in behavioral response from malleable to inflexible.

Transsynaptic mapping of the postsynaptic connections of mushroom body output neurons reveal both divergent and convergent projections allowing for multimodal integration prior to initiation of an output response.

Functional imaging and circuit mapping in the Drosophila brain identifies neuropils where sleep-promoting and arousal-promoting neuronal networks converge.

Optogenetic activation reveals a larger role for the fly brain 'sleep switch' neurons in controlling both waking and sleeping behavioral responsiveness, partly via a parallel channel involving innexin6 electrical synapses.

Consolidation of long-term courtship memory in Drosophila is mediated by a novel class of sleep promoting neurons that reactivates dopaminergic neurons engaged earlier in memory acquisition during post-learning sleep.

A cluster of neurons that integrates inhibitory and excitatory synaptic inputs from the mushroom body output neurons of the appetitive and aversive memory compartments, respectively, triggers upwind steering, mediating memory-driven olfactory navigation behaviors.

Spatiotemporal manipulations of insomniac reveal that this gene regulates the birth and development of sleep-regulatory neurons, enabling their proper function in adulthood.

Net-winged midge larvae use suction organs covered in spine-like cuticular protrusions to generate powerful attachment on wet and rough surfaces.