• Categorizing visual information in subpopulations of honeybee mushroom body output neurons 

      Schmalz, Fabian; el Jundi, Basil; Roessler, Wolfgang; Strube-Bloss, Martin F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Multisensory integration plays a central role in perception, as all behaviors usually require the input of different sensory signals. For instance, for a foraging honeybee the association of a food source includes the ...
    • Neural representation of goal direction in the monarch butterfly brain 

      Beetz, M. Jerome; Kraus, Christian Michael; el Jundi, Basil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Neural processing of a desired moving direction requires the continuous comparison between the current heading and the goal direction. While the neural basis underlying the current heading is well-studied, the coding of ...
    • A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience 

      Heinze, Stanley; el Jundi, Basil; Berg, Bente Gunnveig; Homberg, Uwe; Menzel, Randolf; Pfeiffer, Keram; Hensgen, Ronja; Zittrell, Frederick; Dacke, Marie; Warrant, Eric; Pfuhl, Gerit; Rybak, Jürgen; Tedore, Kevin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Insect neuroscience generates vast amounts of highly diverse data, of which only a small fraction are findable, accessible and reusable. To promote an open data culture, we have therefore developed the InsectBrainDatabase ...
    • Weighting of Celestial and Terrestrial Cues in the Monarch Butterfly Central Complex 

      Nguyen, Tu Anh Thi; Beetz, M. Jerome; Merlin, Christine; Pfeiffer, Keram; el Jundi, Basil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Monarch butterflies rely on external cues for orientation during their annual long-distance migration from Northern US and Canada to Central Mexico. These external cues can be celestial cues, such as the sun or polarized ...