Monika Scholz

The paper describes a modular fluorescence microscope for tracking cellular activity and behavior in moving animals, demonstrating its use in calcium imaging and inter-species interaction studies.

This study identifies FLP-15 as a neuropeptide that regulates local and global search behaviours in C. elegans through the GPCR NPR-3, with implications for dopamine modulation.

The paper identifies a neural circuit in C. elegans that detects hydrogen peroxide and triggers escape by monitoring changes in the peroxiredoxin detoxification system.

The paper identifies evolutionary adaptations in noradrenergic circuits that enable predatory aggression in Pristionchus pacificus using machine learning.

The paper identifies sensory adaptations in Pristionchus pacificus that enable predatory feeding behaviors through mechanosensory and chemosensory system co-option.

The paper optimizes GCaMP8f for use in C. elegans, showing it is brighter, faster, and less disruptive than GCaMP7f for measuring muscle and neuronal activity.

The paper decodes locomotion from population neural activity in C. elegans, finding that neural populations, not single neurons, better decode movement and that immobilization alters neural correlations.