Welcome to the Ramdya Lab
We are reverse-engineering the fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to understand how animals learn about the world and generate flexible motor behaviors. We believe that our efforts will uncover general insights into biological intelligence and can inform the design of better artificial systems and robots.
Adult flies are ideal for this goal: they generate complex behaviors yet have a small nervous system and can be manipulated genetically. For our research we develop and use a variety of approaches including microscopy, machine learning, genetics, and computational modeling. At EPFL, we are part of the Brain Mind Institute and Institute of Bioengineering in the School of Life Sciences. Enjoy your visit!
Here is a short video that explains some of our scientific goals and approach
Latest News
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26-09-10: Victor’s manuscript on neural circuits for learning conspecific sociability was accepted to Nature Neuroscience. |
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26-06-23: The laboratory received an ERC Advanced Grant to identify the neuromuscular mechanisms for limb control. |
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26-06-20: Sibo’s Review article on using biorealistic neuromechanical models was published in Current Opinion in Neurobiology. |
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26-05-01: Matthias published his manuscript showing how flies can learn to manipulate novel objects. |
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26-04-01: The laboratory received an SNSF Project Grant. |
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26-03-15: Sibo published his article on precise kinematic and muscle recordings without human annotation. |
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26-02-24: Gizem’s article on brain networks coordinating grooming was accepted to Nature Communciations. |
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26-02-10: Guy was awarded a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. |
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26-01-26: Gizem’s article on leg muscle modeling in Drosophila was accepted to ICLR. |
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25-02-06: Victor won runner-up for the Genetics Society of America 2025 Larry Sandler Memorial Award |
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25-01-20: Gizem accepted a Postdoctoral position at Harvard as a Kempner Research Fellow |
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24-09-30: Our work describing hierarchical sensorimotor modeling of Drosophila, NeuroMechFly v2, was published in Nature Methods |
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24-06-20: Tommy was awarded a Croucher Scholarship for Doctoral Studies |
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24-04-09: Our work describing descending neuron networks was accepted to Nature |
