Publications

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The Emergence of Functional Heart-Brain Circuits in a Vertebrate

Hernandez-Nunez*, L., Avrami, J., Shi, S., Markarian, A., Boulanger-Weill, J., Zhargani-Shiraz, A., Ahrens, M., Engert, F., Fishman*, M. (2025), *: co-corresponding authors. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.22.677693

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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

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Synchronous and opponent thermosensors use flexible cross-inhibition to orchestrate thermal homeostasis

Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Chen A., Budelli G., Berck M., Richter V., Rist A., Thum A.S., Cardona A., Klein M., Garrity P., Samuel A.D.T., (2021) Science Advances. Link

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Automated control of odor dynamics for neurophysiology and behavior

Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Aravinthan DT Samuel, (2021) bioRxiv. Link

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Limits of feedback control in bacterial chemotaxis

Yann S Dufour, Xiongfei Fu, Luis Hernandez-Nunez, Thierry Emonet, (2015) PLoS Computational Biology. Link