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Drosophila melanogaster - Jacob Liao/Gustavo Santana
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2026

American science needs an executive branch constrained by checks and balances
Leifer A, Emonet T, Liu A, Nagel SR
Nature Physics 22, 1364–1365 (2026)
A behavior-environment information loop drives sensory navigation
Chen KS, Leighton MP, Clark DA, Emonet T
arXiv arXiv:2607.26295 (2026)
A neural circuit for olfactory motion detection
Santana GM*, Vashistha H*, Emonet T#, Clark DA#
bioRxiv 2026.07.13.738327 (2026)

* co-first authors; # co-last authors

On the Information Required for Feedback Control
Leighton MP, Betancourt JM, Emonet T, Machta BB, Abbott MC
arXiv arXiv:2607.16639 (2026)
Fly navigational responses exploit plume-specific odor motion and gradient cues
Brudner S*, Zhou B*, Jayaram V, Santana GM, Crimaldi JP, Clark DA#, Emonet T#
PNAS 123 (29) e2608896123 (2026)

* contributed equally; #corresponding authors

2025

Divergent synaptic dynamics originate parallel pathways for computation and behavior in an olfactory circuit
Kim HS, Santana GM, Sancer G, Emonet T, Jeanne JM
Current Biology 35, 3146–3162 (2025)

2024

Bifurcation enhances temporal information encoding in the olfactory periphery
Choi K*, Rosenbluth W*, Graf IR, Kadakia N#, Emonet T#
PRX Life 2, 043011 (2024)

* contributed equally; # co-corresponding authors

Olfactory cues and memories in animal navigation
Emonet T & Vergassola M
Nature Reviews Physics 6, 215–216 (2024)

2023

Extracting spatial information from temporal odor patterns: insights from insects
Szyszka P, Emonet T, Edwards TL
Current Opinion in Insect Science 59:101082 (2023)
Temporal novelty detection and multiple timescale integration drive Drosophila orientation dynamics in temporally diverse olfactory environments
Jayaram V*, Sehdev A*, Kadakia N, Brown EA, Emonet T
PLoS Computational Biology 19(5):e1010606 (2023)

* contributed equally

2022

Odour motion sensing enhances navigation of complex plumes
Kadakia N, Demir M, Michaelis BT, DeAngelis BD, Reidenbach MA, Clark DA*, Emonet T*
Nature 611, 754–761 (2022)

* co-corresponding authors

Sensing complementary temporal features of odor signals enhances navigation of diverse turbulent plumes
Jayaram V*, Kadakia N*, Emonet T
eLife 11:e72415 (2022)

* contributed equally

Brudner S, Emonet T
eLife 11:e82635 (2022)

2020

Walking Drosophila navigate complex plumes using stochastic decisions biased by the timing of odor encounters
Demir M*, Kadakia N*, Anderson HD, Clark DA, Emonet T
eLife 9:e57524 (2020)

* contributed equally

2019

Controlling and measuring dynamic odorant stimuli in the laboratory
Gorur-Shandilya S, Martelli C, Demir M, Emonet T
Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb207787 (2019)
Front-end Weber-Fechner gain control enhances the fidelity of combinatorial odor coding
Kadakia N & Emonet T
eLife 8:e45293 (2019)

2017

Olfactory receptor neurons use gain control and complementary kinetics to encode intermittent odorant stimuli
Gorur-Shandilya S*, Demir M*, Long J, Clark DA1, Emonet T1
eLife 6:e27670 (2017)

* contributed equally; 1corresponding authors

2016

Presynaptic GABA receptors mediate temporal contrast enhancement in Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons and modulate odor-driven behavioral kinetics
Raccuglia D, McCurdy LY, Demir M, Gorur-Shandilya S, Kunst M, Emonet T, Nitabach MN
eNeuro 3(4):ENEURO.0080-16.2016 (2016)

2013

Intensity invariant dynamics and odor-specific latencies in olfactory receptor neuron response
Martelli C, Carlson J, Emonet T
Journal of Neuroscience 33(15):6285–6297 (2013)
Functional diversity among sensory receptors in a Drosophila olfactory circuit
Mathew D, Martelli C, Kelley-Swift E, Brusalis C, Gershow M, Samuel AD, Emonet T, Carlson JR
PNAS 110(23):E2134–E2143 (2013)

2011

Temporal coding of odor mixtures in an olfactory receptor neuron
Su CY, Martelli C, Emonet T, Carlson JR
PNAS 108(12):5075–5080 (2011)

2005

Simulations of magneto-convection in the solar photosphere - Equations, methods, and results of the MURaM code
Vögler A, Shelyag S, Schüssler M, Cattaneo F, Emonet T, Linde T
Astronomy & Astrophysics 429, 335–351 (2005)

2003

Polarization of photospheric lines from turbulent dynamo simulations
Almeida J, Emonet T, Cattaneo F
Astrophysical Journal 585, 536–552 (2003)
On the interaction between convection and magnetic fields
Cattaneo F, Emonet T, Weiss N
Astrophysical Journal 588, 1183–1198 (2003)

2001

The zigzag path of buoyant magnetic tubes and the generation of vorticity along their periphery
Emonet T, Moreno Insertis F, Rast M
Astrophysical Journal 549, 1212–1220 (2001)
Small-scale photospheric fields: Observational evidence and numerical simulations
Emonet T, Cattaneo F
Astrophysical Journal 560, L197–L200 (2001)

1998

The physics of twisted magnetic tubes rising in a stratified medium: Two-dimensional results
Emonet T, Moreno Insertis F
Astrophysical Journal 492, 804–821 (1998)

1996

Equilibrium of twisted horizontal magnetic flux tubes
Emonet T, Moreno Insertis F
Astrophysical Journal 458, 783–801 (1996)
MHS-equilibrium of twisted magnetic tubes
Emonet T, Moreno Insertis F
Astrophysical Letters & Communications 34, 9–15 (1996)
The rise of twisted magnetic tubes in a stratified medium
Moreno Insertis F, Emonet T
Astrophysical Journal 472, L53–L56 (1996)