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Kevin M. Cury

Columbia UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3740-4151Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2

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The TRP-channel painless mediates substrate stiffness sensing in the legs during Drosophila oviposition

Vijayaditya Ray, Lasse B. Bräcker, Alexandros Kourtidis, Charlotte Rosher, Gesa F. Dinges, Anna Pierzchlińska, Ansgar Büschges, Kai Feng, Kevin M. Cury, Nicolas Gompel

This study identifies a TrpA channel-dependent mechanosensory pathway in Drosophila legs that mediates substrate stiffness sensing during oviposition.

PLoS Genetics · Dec 29, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Decisions in an Innate Behavioral Sequence

Kevin M. Cury, Richard Axel

The paper characterizes the structure of egg-laying behavior in Drosophila, showing that sensory feedback from internal neurons governs transitions between behavioral actions.

bioRxiv · Apr 3, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience