Basil el Jundi

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).

Publications

2023

Beetz, M. Jerome; el Jundi, Basil. (2023) The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology.
Academic article

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

Journal publications

Beetz, M. Jerome; el Jundi, Basil. (2023) The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology.
Academic article
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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