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2025
Cross-species comparative connectomics uncovers the evolution of an olfactory circuit. Roberts RJV, Giez C, Dhawan S, Pang S, Randel N, Lu Z, Dekens L, DiFrisco J, Xu S, Hess HF, Zlatic M, Cardona A, Prieto-Godino LL. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2025.06.11.659158
The sensory ecology of tsetse flies: Neuroscience perspectives on an understudied disease vector. Adden A, Prieto-Godino LL. Authorea. doi: 10.22541/au.174555365.59558119/v1
A lyophilized open-source RT-LAMP assay for molecular diagnostics in resource-limited settings. Matl M, Kellner MJ, Ansah F, Grishkovskaya I, Handler D, Heinen R, Bauer B, Menéndez-Arias L, Auer TO, Prieto-Godino LL, Penninger JF, Vienna Covid-19 Detection Initiative (VCDI), Awandare G, Brennecke J, Pauli A. Life Science Alliance. doi:10.26508/lsa.202403167
2024
Divergent evolution of sleep functions. Joyce M, Falconio FA, Blackhurst L, Prieto-Godino LL, French AF, and Gilestro GF. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49501-9
Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain. Dorkenwald, S., Matsliah, A., Sterling, A. R., Schlegel, P., Yu, S. -C., McKellar, C. E., . . . FlyWire Consortium. (2024). Nature, 634(8032), 124-138. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07558-y (*part of the Flywire consortium)
Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell typing of Drosophila. Schlegel, P., Yin, Y., Bates, A. S., Dorkenwald, S., Eichler, K., Brooks, P., Flywire consortium, . . Jefferis, G. S. X. E. Nature, 634(8032), 139-152. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07686-5 (*part of the Flywire consortium)
The sex of organ geometry. Blackie L, Gaspar P, Mosleh S, Lushchak O, Kong L, Jin Y, Zielinska AP, Cao B, Mineo A, Silva B, Ameku T, Lim ES, Mao Y, Prieto-Godino LL, Schoborg T, Varela M, Mahadevan L & Miguel-Aliaga I. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07463-4
Making genome editing a success story in Africa. Abkallo HM, Arbuthnot P, Auer TO, Berger DK, Burger J, Chakauya E, Concordet JP, Diabate A, Di Donato V, Groenewald JH, Guindo A, Koekemoer LL, Nazare F, Nolan T, Okumu F, Orefuwa E, Paemka L, Prieto-Godino LL, Runo S, Sadler M, Tesfaye K, Tripathi LL, and Wondji C. Nature Biotechnology. doi: 10.1038/s41587-024-02187-2
Olfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking. Takagi S, Sancer G, Abuin L, Stupski SV, Arguello R , Prieto-Godino LL, Stern DL, Cruchet S, Álvarez-Ocaña R, Wienecke CFR, van Breugel F, Jeanne JM , Auer1 TO, Benton R. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50808-w
2023
Neuroscience: Hacking development to understand sensory discrimination. Lin A, Prieto-Godino LL. Current Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.072
Tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones. Adden AK, Haines LR, Acosta-Serrano A, Prieto-Godino LL. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0030. (bioRxiv version: doi: 10.1101/2022.11.30.518495).
2022
Evolution of central neural circuits: state of the art and perspectives. Roberts RJV, Pop S, Prieto-Godino LL. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. doi: 10.1038/s41583-022-00644-y pfd
OptoPi: An open source flexible platform for the analysis of small animal behaviour. Cano-Ferrer X ,Roberts RJV, French AS, de Folter J, Gong H, Nightingale L, Strange A, Imbert A, Prieto-Godino LL. bioRxiv. doi:0.1101/2022.07.12.499786
Internal state affects local neuron function in an early sensory processing center to shape olfactory behavior in Drosophila larvae. Odell SR, Clark D, Zito N, Jain R, Gong H, Warnock K, Carrion‑Lopez R , Maixner C, Prieto‑Godino LL & Mathew D. Scientific Reports. doi:0.1038/s41598-022-20147-1
Cracking the encoding of human scent in the mosquito brain. Prieto-Godino LL, Auer TA. Trends in Neuroscience. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2022.06.005
Parallel evolution of a splicing program controlling neuronal excitability in flies and mammals. Torres-Mendez A, Pop S, Bonnal S, Almudi I, RobertsRJV, Paolantoni C, Alcaina A, Avola A, Martin Anduaga A, Haussmann IH, Morin V, Soller M, Kadener S, Roignant JY, Prieto-Godino LL, Irimia M. Science Advances. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abk044
Janiak FK, Bartel P, Bale M, Yoshimatsu T, Komulainen EH, Zhou M, Staras K, Prieto Godino LL, Euler T, Maravall M, Baden
2021
Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa. Maina MB$, Ahmad U, Ibrahim HA, Hamidu SK, Nasr FE, Salihu AT, Abushouk AI, Abdurrazak M, Awadelkareem MA, Amin A, Imam A, Akinrinade ID, Yakubu AH, Azeez IA, Yunusa GM, Adamu AA, Ibrahim HB, Bukar AM, Yaro AU, Prieto-Godino LL§ and Baden T§. Nature Communications. doi:0.1038/s41467-021-23784-8
Molecular reconstruction of recurrent evolutionary switching in olfactory receptor specificity. Prieto-Godino LL§, Schmidt HR, Benton R§. eLife doi:10.7554/eLife.69732
Olfactory receptor-dependent receptor repression in Drosophila. Mika K, Cruchet S, Chai PC, Prieto-Godino LL, Auer T, Pradervand S, Benton R§. Science Advances doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe3745
2020
A physical theory of larval Drosophila behaviour. Loveless L, Garner A, Issa AR, Roberts R, Webb B, Prieto-Godino LL, Ohyama T, Alonso CA. bioRxiv doi: 1101/2020.08.25.266163
Shining a light on the evolution of fly species. Hui Gong, Lucia L. Prieto-Godino. eLife doi: 10.7554/eLife.60600
TReND in Africa: Toward a Truly Global(Neuro)science Community. Tom Baden, Mahmoud Bukar Maina, Andre Maia Chagas, Yunusa Garba Mohammed, Thomas O. Auer, Ana Silbering, Lukas von Tobel, Marie Pertin, Renee Hartig, Jelena Aleksic, Ibukun Akinrinade, Mosab A. Awadelkareem, Artemis Koumoundourou, Aled Jones, Fabiana Arieti, Andrew Beale, Daniel Munch, Samyra Cury Salek, Sadiq Yusuf and Lucia L. Prieto-Godino. Neuron doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.026
Leveraging Open Hardware to Alleviate the Burden of COVID-19 on Global Health Systems. Chagas AM, Molloy JC, Prieto Godino LL, Baden T. PLoS Biol doi: pbio.3000730
LED Zappelin’: An open source LED controller for arbitrary spectrum visual stimulation and optogenetics during 2-photon imaging. Zimmermann MJY, Chagas AM, Bartel P, Pop S, Prieto Godino LL, Baden T. HardwareX doi:10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00127 (BioRxiv version)
. Science Advances. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz7238 (BioRxiv version)
2018
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2017
The 100 euro lab: A 3-D printable open source platform for fluorescence microscopy, optogenetics and accurate temperature control during behaviour of zebrafish, Drosophila And C. elegans. Chagas AM, Prieto-Godino LL, Arrenberg AB and Baden T. PLoS Biology.doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2002702. Commentary on Nature TechBlog.
Evolution of acid-sensing olfactory circuits in drosophilids. Prieto-Godino LL, Rytz R, Cruchet S, Bargeton B, Abuin L, Silbering AF, Ruta V, Dal Peraro M, and Benton R§. Neuron. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.024
2016
Olfactory receptor pseudo-pseudogenes. Prieto-Godino LL, Rytz R., Bargeton B., Abuin L., Arguello JR, Dal Peraro, M, and Benton, R§:. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature19824. Dispatch in Current Biology by Markus Stensmyr. Interview with Lucia for Nature Podcast.
2015
Open labware: 3D print your own equipment. Baden T§, Chagas AM, Gage G, Marzullo T, Prieto-Godino LL, Euler T. PLoS Biology. doi: 0.1371/journal.pbio.1002086.
2014
Bridging the Gap: establishing the necessary Infrastructure and knowledge for teaching and research in neuroscience in Africa. Yusuf S§, Baden T, Prieto-Godino LL. Metabolic brain disease. doi 10.1007/s11011-013-9443-x.
2013
Fly larvae explore the world without a brain. Prieto-Godino LL§. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (5). doi: 10.1242/jeb.077750.
Neuroecology: A fly’s bug detector. Prieto Godino LL and Benton R. Current Biology, 23(1):R20-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.039.
2012
Embryonic origin of olfactory circuitry in Drosophila: contact and activity-mediated interaction pattern connectivity in the antennal lobe. Prieto-Godino LL§, Diegelmann S, Bate M. PLoS Biology doi:10(10): e1001400. Synopsis in PLoS Biology.
2011
Why flies? Inexpensive public engagement exercises to explain the value of basic biomedical research on Drosophila melanogaster. Cognigni P*, Denholm D*, Fabre C*, Gu W*, Linneweber W*, Prieto-Godino LL*, Pulver S*, Urbancic V*, Zwart M*, Miguel-Aliaga I. Advances in Phyisiology Education, doi: 35(4), 384–392
2010
Brain activity at 70–80 Hz changes during olfactory stimulation protocols in Drosophila. Prieto-Godino LL§, de Polavieja GG. PLoS One doi: 5(9): e12867
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