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Overview

Albert Cardona is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, with a substantial emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience. The scientist's work also spans genetics, ecology, and cognitive neuroscience, involving diverse interdisciplinary approaches.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Invertebrate immune response mechanisms

Albert Cardona has contributed extensively to academic literature, with publications appearing frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with 23 publications
  • eLife, with 7 publications
  • Current Biology, with 4 publications
  • Nature Communications, with 3 publications
  • Science Advances, with 2 publications

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "The connectome of an insect brain," 2023, published in Science
  • "Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain," 2020, published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "A neuropeptidergic circuit gates selective escape behavior of Drosophila larvae," 2021, published in Current Biology
  • "Internal state configures olfactory behavior and early sensory processing in Drosophila larvae," 2021, published in Science Advances
  • "A developmental framework linking neurogenesis and circuit formation in the Drosophila CNS," 2021, published in eLife

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marta Zlatic, with 18 co-authorships
  • Richard D. Fetter, with 11 co-authorships
  • Michael J. Pankratz, with 10 co-authorships
  • Michael Winding, with 7 co-authorships
  • Andreas S. Thum, with 7 co-authorships

Best Publications

  • TrakEM2 software for neural circuit reconstruction

    Albert Cardona;Stephan Saalfeld;Johannes Schindelin;Ignacio Arganda-Carreras

  • A high-level 3D visualization API for Java and ImageJ

    Benjamin Schmid;Johannes E. Schindelin;Albert Cardona;Mark Longair

  • A multilevel multimodal circuit enhances action selection in Drosophila

    Tomoko Ohyama;Casey M. Schneider-Mizell;Richard D. Fetter;Javier Valdes Aleman

  • The complete connectome of a learning and memory centre in an insect brain

    Katharina Eichler;Feng Li;Ashok Litwin-Kumar;Youngser Park

  • An integrated micro- and macroarchitectural analysis of the Drosophila brain by computer-assisted serial section electron microscopy.

    Albert Cardona;Stephan Saalfeld;Stephan W. Preibisch;Benjamin Schmid

  • Quantitative neuroanatomy for connectomics in Drosophila

    Casey M Schneider-Mizell;Stephan Gerhard;Stephan Gerhard;Mark Longair;Tom Kazimiers

  • Crowdsourcing the creation of image segmentation algorithms for connectomics

    Ignacio Arganda-Carreras;Srinivas C. Turaga;Daniel R. Berger;Dan Cireşan

  • The wiring diagram of a glomerular olfactory system.

    Matthew E Berck;Avinash Khandelwal;Avinash Khandelwal;Lindsey Claus;Luis Hernandez-Nunez

  • Competitive Disinhibition Mediates Behavioral Choice and Sequences in Drosophila.

    Tihana Jovanic;Casey Martin Schneider-Mizell;Mei Shao;Jean-Baptiste Masson;Jean-Baptiste Masson;Jean-Baptiste Masson

  • Sensory determinants of behavioral dynamics in Drosophila thermotaxis

    Mason Joseph Klein;Bruno Afonso;Ashley James Vonner;Luis Hernandez-Nunez

  • Recurrent architecture for adaptive regulation of learning in the insect brain.

    Claire Eschbach;Akira Fushiki;Michael Winding;Casey M. Schneider-Mizell

  • Multicut brings automated neurite segmentation closer to human performance

    Thorsten Beier;Constantin Pape;Nasim Rahaman;Timo Prange

  • Synaptic transmission parallels neuromodulation in a central food-intake circuit

    Philipp Schlegel;Michael J Texada;Anton Miroschnikow;Andreas Schoofs

  • Even-Skipped+ Interneurons Are Core Components of a Sensorimotor Circuit that Maintains Left-Right Symmetric Muscle Contraction Amplitude

    Ellie S. Heckscher;Ellie S. Heckscher;Aref Arzan Zarin;Aref Arzan Zarin;Serge Faumont;Matthew Q. Clark;Matthew Q. Clark

  • Nociceptive interneurons control modular motor pathways to promote escape behavior in Drosophila

    Anita Burgos;Ken Honjo;Tomoko Ohyama;Cheng Sam Qian

  • Functional architecture of reward learning in mushroom body extrinsic neurons of larval Drosophila.

    Timo Saumweber;Astrid Rohwedder;Michael Schleyer;Katharina Eichler

  • Selective Inhibition Mediates the Sequential Recruitment of Motor Pools

    Maarten F. Zwart;Stefan R. Pulver;James W. Truman;Akira Fushiki

  • Divergent Connectivity of Homologous Command-like Neurons Mediates Segment-Specific Touch Responses in Drosophila.

    Suguru Takagi;Benjamin Thomas Cocanougher;Sawako Niki;Dohjin Miyamoto

  • A multilayer circuit architecture for the generation of distinct locomotor behaviors in Drosophila

    Aref Arzan Zarin;Brandon Mark;Albert Cardona;Ashok Litwin-Kumar

  • A neuropeptidergic circuit gates selective escape behavior of Drosophila larvae.

    Bibi Nusreen Imambocus;Bibi Nusreen Imambocus;Fangmin Zhou;Fangmin Zhou;Andrey Formozov;Annika Wittich

  • Efficient automatic 3D-reconstruction of branching neurons from EM data

    Jan Funke;Bjoern Andres;Fred A. Hamprecht;Albert Cardona

Frequent Co-Authors

Aravinthan D. T. Samuel
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel Harvard University
Bertram Gerber
Bertram Gerber Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Richard D. Fetter
Richard D. Fetter University of California, San Francisco
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Leslie P. Tolbert
Leslie P. Tolbert University of Arizona
Hiromu Tanimoto
Hiromu Tanimoto Tohoku University
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Brett D. Mensh
Brett D. Mensh Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Larry F. Abbott
Larry F. Abbott Columbia University
Vincent A. Pieribone
Vincent A. Pieribone Yale University

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