Carlos Ribeiro

This paper identifies an ovarian signaling axis in Drosophila that modulates yeast appetite by linking oogenesis progression to nutrient selection through Dilp8.

The paper studies how taste processing evolves in three Drosophila species to explain dietary preference differences.

The paper identifies shared and unique transcriptional changes in Drosophila melanogaster upon individual essential amino acid deprivation, revealing mechanisms linking nutrient scarcity to behavioral and physiological responses.

This paper maps the complete Drosophila male gustatory system connectome, revealing GRN diversity and sensory-to-motor pathways for feeding and social behaviors.

The paper identifies a feed-forward swallowing circuit in Drosophila that links protein deprivation to prolonged feeding bursts by coordinating swallowing motor neurons through a Sustain neuron.

This study investigates how flies balance exploration and exploitation during local search, finding that satiety drives a shift from exploiting to exploring, while optogenetic activation does not.

This study identifies a neuronal population in Drosophila that integrates nutritional state and food patch density to regulate foraging decisions.

The paper shows that Drosophila uses separate neural pathways to process spatial and qualitative information from the pheromone cVA, enabling context-dependent mating behaviors.

The paper identifies marmite (mmt) as a conserved neuropeptide family mediating protein appetite and nutritional homeostasis across species.

The paper investigates how internal states modulate sensorimotor processing to shape food choice in Drosophila by analyzing neuronal activity and identifying a region that directs preference for protein-rich food.

The paper creates a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly, identifying over 250 cell types and analyzing gene signatures and sexual dimorphism across tissues.

The paper shows that gut bacteria in Drosophila use metabolic cross-feeding to overcome poor diets and influence host behavior.

The paper develops and validates optoPAD, a closed-loop optogenetics system to study how taste neurons influence feeding behavior in flies.

The paper identifies a molecular basis for carbonation detection using Drosophila IRs, showing that Ir56d, along with co-receptors, is essential for carbonation and fatty acid sensing.

The paper identifies yeast taste neurons in Drosophila that mediate yeast feeding and shows how internal amino acid states modulate these neurons to support protein homeostasis.