Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

Research.com Recognitions

• 2008 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
• 2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Propulsion of Microorganisms by Surface Distortions

  Howard A. Stone;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  462
  Citations

• Connectomes across development reveal principles of brain maturation

  Daniel Witvliet;Daniel Witvliet;Ben Mulcahy;James K. Mitchell;Yaron Meirovitch;Yaron Meirovitch

  435
  Citations

• Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans

  Andrew M Leifer;Christopher Fang-Yen;Christopher Fang-Yen;Marc Gershow;Mark J Alkema

  394
  Citations

• Proprioceptive coupling within motor neurons drives C. elegans forward locomotion.

  Quan Wen;Michelle D. Po;Elizabeth Hulme;Sway Chen

  314
  Citations

• NeuroPAL: A Multicolor Atlas for Whole-Brain Neuronal Identification in C. elegans.

  Eviatar Yemini;Albert Lin;Amin Nejatbakhsh;Erdem Varol

  296
  Citations

• Mechanical regulation of stem-cell differentiation by the stretch-activated Piezo channel

  Li He;Guangwei Si;Jiuhong Huang;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  290
  Citations

• Pan-neuronal imaging in roaming Caenorhabditis elegans

  Vivek Venkatachalam;Ni Ji;Xian-Ling Wang;Christopher Luce Clark

  278
  Citations

• The AFD Sensory Neurons Encode Multiple Functions Underlying Thermotactic Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Damon A. Clark;David Biron;Piali Sengupta;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  277
  Citations

• Distinct combinations of variant ionotropic glutamate receptors mediate thermosensation and hygrosensation in Drosophila

  Zachary A. Knecht;Ana F. Silbering;Lina Ni;Mason Klein

  275
  Citations

• The Ionotropic Receptors IR21a and IR25a mediate cool sensing in Drosophila.

  Lina Ni;Mason Klein;Kathryn V. Svec;Gonzalo Budelli

  255
  Citations

• Running hot and cold: behavioral strategies, neural circuits, and the molecular machinery for thermotaxis in C. elegans and Drosophila.

  Paul A. Garrity;Miriam B. Goodman;Aravinthan D. Samuel;Piali Sengupta

  250
  Citations

• Thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans Analyzed by Measuring Responses to Defined Thermal Stimuli

  William S. Ryu;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  241
  Citations

• Biomechanical analysis of gait adaptation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

  Christopher Fang-Yen;Matthieu Wyart;Matthieu Wyart;Julie Xie;Risa Kawai

  235
  Citations

• Functional Organization of a Neural Network for Aversive Olfactory Learning in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Heon ick Ha;Michael Hendricks;Yu Shen;Christopher V. Gabel

  230
  Citations

• The wiring diagram of a glomerular olfactory system.

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

  226
  Citations

• C. elegans locomotion: Small circuits, complex functions

  Mei Zhen;Mei Zhen;Aravinthan D T Samuel

  217
  Citations

• The role of the AFD neuron in C. elegans thermotaxis analyzed using femtosecond laser ablation

  Samuel H Chung;Damon A Clark;Christopher V Gabel;Eric Mazur

  195
  Citations

• Dynamic encoding of perception, memory, and movement in a C. elegans chemotaxis circuit.

  Linjiao Luo;Linjiao Luo;Quan Wen;Quan Wen;Jing Ren;Michael Hendricks

  179
  Citations

• Sensory determinants of behavioral dynamics in Drosophila thermotaxis

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

  177
  Citations

• An olfactory neuron responds stochastically to temperature and modulates Caenorhabditis elegans thermotactic behavior

  David Biron;Sara Wasserman;James H. Thomas;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  173
  Citations

• Monoaminergic Orchestration of Motor Programs in a Complex C. elegans Behavior

  Jamie L. Donnelly;Christopher M. Clark;Andrew M. Leifer;Jennifer K. Pirri

  171
  Citations

• Identification of Thermosensory and Olfactory Neuron-Specific Genes via Expression Profiling of Single Neuron Types

  Marc E. Colosimo;Adam Brown;Saikat Mukhopadhyay;Christopher Gabel

  164
  Citations