João Picão-Osório

The paper identifies the neural circuit for self-righting posture control in Drosophila larvae using connectomics and functional approaches, revealing structural principles of segmental nervous systems.

The paper quantifies mutational sensitivity in nematode vulval development and shows how differences in sensitivity between clades explain divergent phenotypic evolution patterns.

The paper shows that a miRNA-Hox module controls self-righting behavior in different developmental stages of Drosophila, affecting motor neuron function rather than morphology.