Publications

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2023

NeuroMechFly 2.0, a framework for simulating embodied sensorimotor control in adult Drosophila.

Wang-Chen S, Stimpfling VA, Özdil PG, Genoud L, Hurtak F, Ramdya P.
bioRxiv, under peer-review

 

Networks of descending neurons transform command-like signals into population-based behavioral control.

Braun J, Hurtak, F, Wang-Chen S, Ramdya P.
bioRxiv, under peer-review

 

The neuromechanics of animal locomotion: from biology to robotics and back.

Ramdya P and Ijspeert AJ.
Science Robotics
Review article

 

Ascending neurons convey behavioral state to integrative sensory and action selection brain regions.

Chen C-L, Aymanns F, Minegishi R, Matsuda V, Talabot N, Günel S, Dickson BJ, Ramdya P.
Nature Neuroscience

 

2022

Descending neuron population dynamics during odor-evoked and spontaneous limb-dependent behaviors.

Aymanns F, Chen C-L, Ramdya P.
Elife

 

Microengineered devices enable long-term imaging of the ventral nerve cord in behaving adult Drosophila.

Hermans L*, Kaynak M*, Braun J, Lobato-Ríos V, Chen C-L, Friedberg A, Günel S, Aymanns F, Sakar MS, Ramdya P.
Nature Communications

 

NeuroMechFly, a neuromechanical model of adult Drosophila melanogaster.

Lobato Ríos V, Ramalingasetty ST*, Özdil GP*, Arreguit J, Ijspeert A, Ramdya P.
Nature Methods

 

Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives.

Gosztolai A & Ramdya P.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Review article

 

Overcoming the Domain Gap in Neural Action Representations.

Günel S, Aymanns F, Honari S, Ramdya P, Fua P.
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)

2021

LiftPose3D, a deep learning-based approach for transforming 2D to 3D pose in laboratory animals.

Gosztolai A*, Gunel S*, Lobato-Ríos V, Abrate MP, Morale D, Rhodin H, Fua P, Ramdya P.
Nature Methods

2020

Patterned cell death sculpts functional and adaptive neural networks in flies.

Pop S, Chen C-L, Sproston CJ, Kondo S, Ramdya P, Williams DW.
Elife

 

Deformation-aware Unpaired Image Translation for Pose Estimation on Laboratory Animals.


Siyuan Li, Semih Günel, Mirela Ostrek, Pavan Ramdya, Pascal Fua, and Helge Rhodin.
CVPR

2019

DeepFly3D, A deep learning-based approach for 3D limb and appendage tracking in tethered, adult Drosophila.


Günel S, Rhodin H, Morales D, Campagnolo J, Ramdya P*, Fua P*.
Elife

 

Serotonergic modulation of walking in Drosophila.

Howard C, Chen C-L, Tabachnik T, Hormigo R, Ramdya P, Mann RS.
Current Biology

2018

Imaging neural activity in the ventral nerve cord of behaving adult Drosophila.

Chen C-L*, Hermans L*, Viswanathan MC, Fortun D, Aymanns F, Unser M, Cammarato A, Dickinson MH, Ramdya P.
Nature Communications

2017

Climbing favors the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits.


Ramdya P*, Thandiackal R*, Cherney R, Asselborn T, Benton R, Ijspeert AJ, Floreano D.
Nature Communications

 

FlyLimbTracker: an active contour based approach for leg segment tracking in unmarked, freely behaving Drosophila.

Uhlmann V*, Ramdya P*, Delgado-Gonzalo R, Benton R, Unser M.
PLoS One

 

The neurogenetics of group behavior in Drosophila melanogaster.


Ramdya P*, Schneider J* & Levine JD*.
Journal of Experimental Biology

2015

Fluctuation-Driven Neural Dynamics
Reproduce Drosophila Locomotor Patterns


Maesani A*, Ramdya P*, Cruchet S, Gustafson K, Benton R & Floreano D.
PLoS Computational Biology

 

Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behavior in Drosophila.


Ramdya P, Lichocki P, Cruchet S, Frisch L, Tse W, Floreano D & Benton R.
Nature