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Olivier Zugasti

Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueORCID 0000-0002-5616-734XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Julien RoyetiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedAug 12, 2026

Multisensory pathogen detection drives rapid escape and shapes host-microbe interactions in Drosophila larvae

Olivier Zugasti, Julien Royet

This study identifies a rapid escape behavior in Drosophila larvae triggered by metabolically active pathogens, revealing multisensory detection mechanisms and their dual role in defense and pathogen spread.

DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014506

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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