2023

Particle-based simulations reveal two positive feedback loops allow relocation and stabilization of the polarity site during yeast mating

2022

Negative feedback may suppress variation to improve collective foraging performance

Extracting individual characteristics from population data reveals a negative social effect during honeybee defence

2021

Better tired than lost: Turtle ant trail networks favor coherence over short edges

A novel stochastic simulation approach enables exploration of mechanisms for regulating polarity site movement

2020

"A mechanistic, stigmergy model of territory formation in solitary animals: Territorial behavior can dampen disease prevalence but increase persistence"

Compounds without borders: A mechanism for quantifying complex odors and responses to scent-pollution in bumblebees

2018

Exploration and stabilization of Ras1 mating zone: A mechanism with positive and negative feedbacks

Moth olfactory receptor neurons adjust their encoding efficiency to temporal statistics of pheromone fluctuations

Parameter uncertainty quantification using surrogate models applied to a spatial model of yeast mating polarization

2017

Olfactory coding in the turbulent realm

Systematic Analysis of Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism in Yeast

Testing the limits of gradient sensing

Reconstructing the regulatory circuit of cell fate determination in yeast mating response

2016

Conservation in Mammals of Genes Associated with Aggression-Related Behavioral Phenotypes in Honey Bees

A Predictive Model for Yeast Cell Polarization in Pheromone Gradients

Effective Design of Multifunctional Peptides by Combining Compatible Functions

"Structure-Based Sequence Alignment of the Transmembrane Domains of All Human GPCRs: Phylogenetic, Structural and Functional Implications"

Modelling of Yeast Mating Reveals Robustness Strategies for Cell-Cell Interactions

2014

Reactive searching and infotaxis in odor source localization

Yeast mating and image-based quantification of spatial pattern formation

Heterogeneity and convergence of olfactory first-order neurons account for the high speed and sensitivity of second-order neurons

2013

Machines vs. ensembles: effective MAPK signaling through heterogeneous sets of protein complexes

Determinants of cell-to-cell variability in protein kinase signaling

Spatial stochastic dynamics enable robust cell polarization

Do ants need to estimate the geometrical properties of trail bifurcations to find an efficient route? A swarm robotics test bed

2012

Individual rules for trail pattern formation in Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)

The regulation of ant colony foraging activity without spatial information

2011

Animal interactions and the emergence of territoriality

2010

Detailed simulations of cell biology with Smoldyn 2.1

2009

Computational model of the insect pheromone transduction cascade

2008

Efficient olfactory coding in the pheromone receptor neuron of a moth

Dose-to-duration encoding and signaling beyond saturation in intracellular signaling networks