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Basil el Jundi

Basil el Jundi

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

basil.el.jundi@ntnu.no
Realfagbygget, EU2-157, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5
ResearchGate Google Scholar el Jundi lab webpage
About Publications Teaching

About

We are interested in understanding the behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying spatial orientation in insects. Currently, we are studying the use of compass cues in monarch butterflies and how they are encoded in the butterfly brain. These butterflies are famous for their spectacular annual migration from North America to Central Mexico. How are different navigation cues used for orientation and how are they linked in the brain? To understand this, we perform behavioral experiments (flight simulator) combined with anatomical (confocal imaging, 3D modeling) and electrophysiological studies (intracellular and tetrode recordings).

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2022

  • Beetz, M. Jerome; Kraus, Christian; Franzke, Myriam; Dreyer, David; Strube-Bloss, Martin F.; Roessler, Wolfgang; Warrant, Eric J.; Merlin, Christine; el Jundi, Basil. (2022) Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network. Current Biology. volum 32.
    Academic article
  • Franzke, Myriam; Kraus, Christian; Gayler, Maria; Dreyer, David; Pfeiffer, Keram; el Jundi, Basil. (2022) Stimulus-dependent orientation strategies in monarch butterflies. Journal of Experimental Biology. volum 225 (3).
    Academic article
  • Nguyen, Tu Anh Thi; Beetz, M. Jerome; Merlin, Christine; Pfeiffer, Keram; el Jundi, Basil. (2022) Weighting of Celestial and Terrestrial Cues in the Monarch Butterfly Central Complex. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. volum 16.
    Academic article
  • Schmalz, Fabian; el Jundi, Basil; Roessler, Wolfgang; Strube-Bloss, Martin F.. (2022) Categorizing visual information in subpopulations of honeybee mushroom body output neurons. Frontiers in Physiology. volum 13.
    Academic article
  • Yilmaz, Ayse; el Jundi, Basil; Belušič, Gregor; Byrne, Marcus; Baird, Emily; Dacke, Marie. (2022) Mechanisms of spectral orientation in a diurnal dung beetle. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. volum 377 (1862).
    Academic article

Scientific articles

  • Beetz, M. Jerome; Kraus, Christian; Franzke, Myriam; Dreyer, David; Strube-Bloss, Martin F.; Roessler, Wolfgang; Warrant, Eric J.; Merlin, Christine; el Jundi, Basil. (2022) Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network. Current Biology. volum 32.
    Academic article
  • Franzke, Myriam; Kraus, Christian; Gayler, Maria; Dreyer, David; Pfeiffer, Keram; el Jundi, Basil. (2022) Stimulus-dependent orientation strategies in monarch butterflies. Journal of Experimental Biology. volum 225 (3).
    Academic article
  • Nguyen, Tu Anh Thi; Beetz, M. Jerome; Merlin, Christine; Pfeiffer, Keram; el Jundi, Basil. (2022) Weighting of Celestial and Terrestrial Cues in the Monarch Butterfly Central Complex. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. volum 16.
    Academic article
  • Schmalz, Fabian; el Jundi, Basil; Roessler, Wolfgang; Strube-Bloss, Martin F.. (2022) Categorizing visual information in subpopulations of honeybee mushroom body output neurons. Frontiers in Physiology. volum 13.
    Academic article
  • Yilmaz, Ayse; el Jundi, Basil; Belušič, Gregor; Byrne, Marcus; Baird, Emily; Dacke, Marie. (2022) Mechanisms of spectral orientation in a diurnal dung beetle. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. volum 377 (1862).
    Academic article

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Courses

  • BI2025 - Animal Ecophysiology
  • BI1006 - Animal Structure and Function
  • BI2024 - Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • BI3020 - Advanced Physiology
  • BI3021 - Special Zoophysiology
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