Sebastian Molina-Obando

The paper identifies how Drosophila visual circuits achieve stable contrast processing in natural scenes through spatially pooled luminance signals and divisive normalization.

The paper completes the list of cell types in the Drosophila optic lobe and identifies connectivity rules, revealing new families and clusters related to visual functions.

The paper identifies heterogeneous synaptic connectivity in Drosophila visual columns, showing Tm9 neurons have diverse inputs compared to uniform Tm1 and Tm2 neurons.

The paper shows that first-order visual interneurons in Drosophila distribute contrast and luminance information across ON and OFF pathways to maintain stable behavior under changing illumination.