HyoJong Jang

The paper identifies molecular gradients in Drosophila neurons that regulate synaptic connectivity for visuomotor transformation.

The paper investigates how synaptic topography in Drosophila descending neurons affects linear encoding of synapse numbers using EM connectomics and multicompartment models.

The paper investigates directional invariance in Drosophila's looming response circuit, showing that giant fibers integrate visual information from both eyes to generate consistent escape responses.

The paper shows that sequential axon arrival and physical occupancy determine the integration of visual projection neurons onto the dendrites of the giant fiber in Drosophila.