Sushant Potdar

No detectable effect of P2 neurons on female post-mating changes in sleep and feeding in Drosophila melanogaster

This study investigates the role of P2 neurons in post-mating behavioral changes in Drosophila melanogaster and finds they are not responsible for altered sleep and food consumption after mating.

Proteomic consequences of male mate preference learning and female phenotype in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

The paper investigates how male mate preference learning in butterflies affects spermatophore protein composition and female reproductive outcomes.

Neurotranscriptomic signatures of natural variation in mate preference learning in two subspecies of Heliconius melpomene butterflies

The paper identifies transcriptomic differences in neural and sensory tissues between two Heliconius melpomene subspecies that correlate with variation in mate-preference learning.

Consistency in floral volatiles impacts plant-pollinator interactions in the face of environmental change in the Eastern Himalayas

The paper examines how elevation and warming affect floral scent composition and pollinator preferences in alpine meadows, finding that conspecific scents remain more similar across elevations than between species.