Publications
Induction of acute pancreatitis in adult zebrafish: A reproducible and quantifiable experimental model
Prince Allawadhi, Cheng-Yu Tsai, Wenmo Hu, Shamik Banerjee, Venkata S Akshintala, Bomi Lee, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Sohail Z Husain, (2026) Pancreatology. Link
Emergence of functional heart-brain circuits in a vertebrate
Luis Hernandez-Nunez*, Joana Avrami, Sky Shi, Areni Markarian, Annette Kim, Jonathan Boulanger-Weill, Virginia Rutten, Arman Zhargani-Shiraz, Misha B Ahrens, Florian Engert, Mark C Fishman*, (2025) eLife. Link
*: co-corresponding authors
Imaging whole-brain activity to understand behavior
Albert Lin, Daniel Witvliet, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Scott W Linderman, Aravinthan DT Samuel, Vivek Venkatachalam, (2022) Nature Review Physics. Link
Synchronous and opponent thermosensors use flexible cross-inhibition to orchestrate thermal homeostasis
Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Alicia Chen, Gonzalo Budelli, Matthew E Berck, Vincent Richter, Anna Rist, Andrea S Thum, Albert Cardona, Mason Klein, Paul Garrity, Aravinthan DT Samuel, (2021) Science Advances. Link
Automated control of odor dynamics for neurophysiology and behavior
Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Aravinthan DT Samuel, (2021) bioRxiv. Link
Internal state configures olfactory behavior and early sensory processing in Drosophila larvae
Katrin Vogt, David M Zimmerman, Matthias Schlichting, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Shanshan Qin, Karen Malacon, Michael Rosbash, Cengiz Pehlevan, Albert Cardona, Aravinthan DT Samuel (2021) Science Advances. Link
A hybrid compact neural architecture for visual place recognition
Marvin Chancán, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Ajay Narendra, Andrew B Barron, Michael Milford, (2020) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Link
The wiring diagram of a glomerular olfactory system
Matthew E Berck, Avinash Khandelwal, Lindsey Claus, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Guangwei Si, Christopher J Tabone, Feng Li, James W Truman, Rick D Fetter, Matthieu Louis, Aravinthan DT Samuel, Albert Cardona, (2016) eLife. Link
Multimodal stimulus coding by a gustatory sensory neuron in Drosophila larvae
Lena Van Giesen, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Sophie Delasoie-Baranek, Martino Colombo, Philippe Renaud, Rémy Bruggmann, Richard Benton, Aravinthan DT Samuel, Simon G Sprecher, (2016) Nature Communications. Link
Adaptability of non-genetic diversity in bacterial chemotaxis
Nicholas W Frankel, William Pontius, Yann S Dufour, Junjiajia Long, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Thierry Emonet, (2015) eLife. Link
Reverse-correlation analysis of navigation dynamics in Drosophila larva using optogenetics
Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Jonas Belina, Mason Klein, Guangwei Si, Lindsey Claus, John R Carlson, Aravinthan DT Samuel, (2015) eLife. Link
Sensory determinants of behavioral dynamics in Drosophila thermotaxis
Mason Klein, Bruno Afonso, Ashley J Vonner, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Matthew Berck, Christopher J Tabone, Elizabeth A Kane, Vincent A Pieribone, Michael N Nitabach, Albert Cardona, Marta Zlatic, Simon G Sprecher, Marc Gershow, Paul A Garrity, Aravinthan DT Samuel, (2015) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of America. Link
Limits of feedback control in bacterial chemotaxis
Yann S Dufour, Xiongfei Fu, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Thierry Emonet, (2015) PLoS Computational Biology. Link