Maarten Zwart
@maartenzwart.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at University of St Andrews, UK. Previously at Cambridge Zoology, HHMI Janelia
Reposted by Maarten Zwart
Very grateful to co-first author Jamie MacLeod, my usual suspects @maartenzwart.bsky.social and Stefan Pulver, and all the input we got at the recent Motor Control Meeting.
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Dopamine promotes motor programs underlying substrate tunneling in larval Drosophila
Dopamine is a conserved biogenic amine with diverse neuromodulatory roles. Here we examine the role of dopamine in modulating Drosophila melanogaster larval motor programs underlying movement over and...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Very grateful to co-first author Jamie MacLeod, my usual suspects @maartenzwart.bsky.social and Stefan Pulver, and all the input we got at the recent Motor Control Meeting.
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Now also covered by #FarmingToday on BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Beetles on the radio!
April 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now also covered by #FarmingToday on BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Beetles on the radio!
Out today! A lovely story on how the larva of the red flour beetle moves - and infests stored food @jexpbiol.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Out today! A lovely story on how the larva of the red flour beetle moves - and infests stored food @jexpbiol.bsky.social
Reposted by Maarten Zwart
Version of record now online! We found that motor neurons are dispensable for fate & connectivity of vestibular interneurons in zebrafish: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Special thanks to @maartenzwart.bsky.social for the lovely digest! elifesciences.org/articles/104...
#zebrafish #devbio 🧠🧪
Special thanks to @maartenzwart.bsky.social for the lovely digest! elifesciences.org/articles/104...
#zebrafish #devbio 🧠🧪
Motor neurons are dispensable for the assembly of a sensorimotor circuit for gaze stabilization
elifesciences.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Version of record now online! We found that motor neurons are dispensable for fate & connectivity of vestibular interneurons in zebrafish: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Special thanks to @maartenzwart.bsky.social for the lovely digest! elifesciences.org/articles/104...
#zebrafish #devbio 🧠🧪
Special thanks to @maartenzwart.bsky.social for the lovely digest! elifesciences.org/articles/104...
#zebrafish #devbio 🧠🧪