Henrique Galante

A high-throughput and sensitive method for food preference assays in the Argentine ant

This paper introduces a high-throughput dual-choice feeder method to measure food preference in Argentine ants, showing it can detect lower quinine aversion levels than traditional methods.

Invasive ants fed spinosad collectively recruit to known food faster yet individually abandon food earlier

This study shows that invasive ants exposed to spinosad abandon food faster individually but collectively still prefer familiar odors, suggesting they do not develop conditioned taste aversion to the pesticide.

Three-dimensional body reconstruction enables quantification of liquid consumption in small invertebrates

This paper introduces a method to quantify liquid consumption in small invertebrates using 3D body reconstruction and DeepLabCut, showing accurate volumetric change measurements and feeding responses to sucrose and caffeine solutions.