Selected publications

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2024

NeuroMechFly v2, simulating embodied sensorimotor control in adult Drosophila.

Wang-Chen S, Stimpfling VA, Lam TKC, Özdil PG, Genoud L, Hurtak F, Ramdya P.
Nature Methods, accepted

 

Descending networks transform command signals into population motor control.

Braun J*, Hurtak F*, Wang-Chen S, Ramdya P.
Nature
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AI networks reveal how flies find a mate.

Ramdya P.
Nature
News and Views
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2023

 

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

Ramdya P and Ijspeert AJ.
Science Robotics
Review article
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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
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2022

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

Aymanns F, Chen C-L, Ramdya P.
Elife
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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
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NeuroMechFly, a neuromechanical model of adult Drosophila melanogaster.

Lobato Ríos V, Ramalingasetty ST*, Özdil GP*, Arreguit J, Ijspeert A, Ramdya P.
Nature Methods
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Connecting the dots in ethology: applying network theory to understand neural and animal collectives.

Gosztolai A & Ramdya P.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Review article
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Overcoming the Domain Gap in Neural Action Representations.

Günel S, Aymanns F, Honari S, Ramdya P, Fua P.
International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Serotonergic modulation of walking in Drosophila.

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

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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
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2017

Climbing favors the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits.


P*, Thandiackal R*, Cherney R, Asselborn T, Benton R, Ijspeert AJ, Floreano D.
Nature Communications
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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
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The neurogenetics of group behavior in Drosophila melanogaster.


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

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2015

Fluctuation-Driven Neural Dynamics
Reproduce Drosophila Locomotor Patterns


Maesani A*, Ramdya P*, Cruchet S, Gustafson K, Benton R & Floreano D.
PLoS Computational Biology
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Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behavior in Drosophila.


Ramdya P, Lichocki P, Cruchet S, Frisch L, Tse W, Floreano D & Benton R.
Nature
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2008

Emergence of binocular functional properties in a monocular neural circuit


Ramdya P, Engert F.
Nature Neuroscience
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