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Ali Asgar Bohra, HaDi MaBouDi, Joni Kemppainen, Mikko Juusola
This study shows Drosophila larvae can learn to avoid specific colors associated with electric shocks, demonstrating elementary color vision and the role of photoreceptor pathways in learned behavior.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience
Neveen Mansour, Jouni Takalo, Joni Kemppainen, Alice D. Bridges, HaDi MaBouDi, Ali Asgar Bohra, Kaja Anielska, Vera Vasas, Théo Robert, Bruce Yi Bu, Shashwat Shukla, Yiyin Zhou, Maike Kittelmann, Joke Ouwendijk, Judith Mantell, , Mikko Juusola
The paper shows how houseflies maintain visual accuracy during fast motion by using synaptic high-frequency jumping, which enhances visual bandwidth and reduces delays.
Nature Communications · May 5, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Joni Kemppainen, Ben Scales, Keivan Razban Haghighi, Jouni Takalo, Neveen Mansour, James McManus, Gábor Lékó, Paulus Saari, James D. Hurcomb, Andra-Gabriela Antohi, Jussi‐Petteri Suuronen, Florence Blanchard, Roger Hardie, Zhuoyi Song, Mark Hampton, , Mikko Juusola
This study reveals how Drosophila uses mirror-symmetric microsaccades in its compound eyes to achieve high-resolution 3D vision through dynamic disparity sampling.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 17, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Joni Kemppainen, Neveen Mansour, Jouni Takalo, Mikko Juusola
The paper introduces a new imaging technique to study photoreceptor microsaccades in compound eyes across different insect species.
Communications Biology · Mar 3, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience