Serene Dhawan

Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome

The paper presents the first densely reconstructed adult fruit fly connectome integrating the brain and ventral nerve cord, revealing distributed control circuits involving local and long-range neural connections.

A multi-muscular, redundant strategy for free-flight roll stability

This paper investigates how fruit flies achieve roll stability during flight by analyzing wing kinematics and neuromuscular control mechanisms.

Cross-species comparative connectomics reveals the evolution of an olfactory circuit

This study uses cross-species connectomics to show that olfactory circuits have conserved core elements and species-specific rewiring linked to ecological differences.

Neural connectivity of a computational map for fly flight control.

The paper reconstructs the connectivity of afferents in the haltere of Drosophila melanogaster and shows how their spatial distribution relates to motor circuits for flight control.

NADPH oxidase generated reactive oxygen species and aquaporin conduits mediate activity-regulated dendritic plasticity.

The paper identifies NADPH oxidase-generated reactive oxygen species and aquaporin conduits as mediators of activity-regulated dendritic plasticity in Drosophila motoneurons.

Complete connectomic reconstruction of olfactory projection neurons in the fly brain

The paper reconstructs the complete connectome of olfactory projection neurons in the Drosophila brain and identifies new connectivity patterns in olfactory circuits.

Neurogenetic dissection of the Drosophila innate olfactory processing center

The paper generates split-GAL4 driver lines to map and functionally characterize 82 cell types in the Drosophila lateral horn, revealing connectivity with mushroom bodies and identifying cell types that influence behavior.