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Samuel N Harris

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:imaging· 1

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Marta ZlaticiD· 3 shared Albert CardonaiD· 2 shared Benjamin M.W. Jones· 2 shared Nicolò G. CeffaiD· 2 shared Amina DulaciD· 1 shared Ana Jesus Correia Da Silva· 1 shared Anissa KempfiD· 1 shared Burak GüriD· 1 shared

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Olfactory Loss Enhances Visual Learning in Drosophila through Structural and Functional Reorganisation

Büşra Çoban, Samuel N Harris, Burak Gür, Marc Corrales, Ana Jesus Correia Da Silva, Diana Shevchuk, Kerstin Leptien, Dennis Goldschmidt, Christopher Schnaitmann, Anissa Kempf, Michał Januszewski, Nicolò G. Ceffa, Michael Clayton, Ivana Henry, Shi Yan Lee, , Johannes Felsenberg

This study shows that losing olfaction in Drosophila enhances visual learning through structural and functional changes in neural circuits.

bioRxiv · Jul 31, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Descending neurons integrate learnt information from mushroom body with context to promote escape behaviour

Benjamin M.W. Jones, Samuel N Harris, Nicolò G. Ceffa, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic

The paper identifies a circuit mechanism in Drosophila larvae where descending neurons integrate learned information and contextual cues to activate specific escape behaviors.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Serotonergic neurons mediate operant conditioning in Drosophila larvae

Elise C Croteau-Chonka, Michael S. Clayton, Lalanti Venkatasubramanian, Samuel N Harris, Benjamin M.W. Jones, Lakshmi Narayan, Michael Winding, Jean‐Baptiste Masson, Marta Zlatic, Kristina T Klein

This study demonstrates operant conditioning in Drosophila larvae by optogenetically activating serotonergic neurons and shows the ventral nerve cord's role in memory formation.

eLife · Oct 28, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience