Research areas
We investigate how the brain produces behaviour by looking at how movements are generated and adjusted to meet animals’ needs. See zwartlab.com for more information and ways to join the lab!
PhD supervision
- Hesho Shaweis
- Eleonora Gagliardi
- Valentina Saccomanno
- Cameron Burton
- Sarah Suber
Selected publications
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Open access
PoseR: a deep learning toolbox for decoding animal behavior
Mullen, P., Bowlby, B., Armstrong, H. C. & Zwart, M. F., 8 Apr 2023, bioRxiv, 28 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Synchronous multi-segmental activity between metachronal waves controls locomotion speed in Drosophila larvae
Liu, Y., Hasegawa, E., Nose, A., Zwart, M. F. & Kohsaka, H., 8 Aug 2023, In: eLife. 12, 26 p., e83328.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A brainstem integrator for self-location memory and positional homeostasis in zebrafish
Yang, E., Zwart, M. F., James, B., Rubinov, M., Wei, Z., Narayan, S., Vladimirov, N., Mensh, B. D., Fitzgerald, J. E. & Ahrens, M. B., 22 Dec 2022, In: Cell. 185, 26, p. 5011-5027 e20.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A GABAergic Maf-expressing interneuron subset regulates the speed of locomotion in Drosophila
Babski, H., Jovanic, T., Surel, C., Yoshikawa, S., Zwart, M. F., Valmier, J., Thomas, J. B., Enriquez, J., Carroll, P. & Garcès, A., 22 Oct 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 17 p., 4796.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regulation of forward and backward locomotion through intersegmental feedback circuits in Drosophila larvae
Kohsaka, H., Zwart, M. F., Fushiki, A., Fetter, R. D., Truman, J. W., Cardona, A. & Nose, A., 14 Jun 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 11 p., 2654.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reactive oxygen species regulate activity-dependent neuronal plasticity in Drosophila
Oswald, M. C. W., Brooks, P. S., Zwart, M. F., Mukherjee, A., West, R. J. H., Giachello, C. N. G., Morarach, K., Baines, R. A., Sweeney, S. T. & Landgraf, M., 27 Dec 2018, In: eLife. 7, 27 p., e39393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A circuit mechanism for the propagation of waves of muscle contraction in Drosophila
Fushiki, A., Zwart, M. F., Kohsaka, H., Fetter, R. D., Cardona, A. & Nose, A., 31 Mar 2016, In: eLife. 5, 23 p., e13253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantitative neuroanatomy for connectomics in Drosophila
Schneider-Mizell, C., Gerhard, S., Longair, M., Kazimiers, T., Li, F., Zwart, M. F., Champion, A., Midgley, F., Fetter, R., Saalfeld, S. & Cardona, A., 30 Sept 2016, In: eLife. 5, 36 p., e12059.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Selective inhibition mediates the sequential recruitment of motor pools
Zwart, M. F., Pulver, S. R., Truman, J. W., Fushiki, A., Fetter, R. D., Cardona, A. & Landgraf, M., 3 Aug 2016, In: Neuron. 91, 3, p. 615-628 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Selective inhibition mediates the sequential recruitment of motor pools: Correction
Zwart, M. F., Pulver, S., Truman, J., Fushiki, A., Cardona, A. & Landgraf, M., 17 Aug 2016, In: Neuron. 91, 4, p. 944Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review