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Breadcrumb Lucia Prieto Godino Prieto-Godino lab Neural Circuits and Evolution Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies News The brain of a fly larva showing in blue all the neurons, in yellow all of the support cells (glia) and in purple the neurons transmitting odour information to memory centres. Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsCrick/Pre-CrickCrick publications (14)Pre-Crick publications (13) Facet Crick/Pre-Crick Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 27Last updated : 05 June 2023 02:49 Tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones Authors (4)Andrea Adden Lee R Haines Álvaro Acosta-SerranoLucia Prieto Godino Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Published 26 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesLucia Prieto-GodinoMetabolomicsFull details Evolution of central neural circuits: state of the art and perspectives Authors (3)Ruairi RobertsSinzi PopLucia Prieto Godino Nature Reviews Neuroscience Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Internal state affects local neuron function in an early sensory processing center to shape olfactory behavior in Drosophila larvae Authors (10) Seth R Odell David Clark Nicholas Zito Roshni JainHui Gong Kendall Warnock Ricardo Carrion-Lopez Coral MaixnerLucia Prieto Godino Dennis Mathew Scientific Reports Published 21 September 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Cracking the encoding of human scent in the mosquito brain Authors (2)Lucia Prieto Godino Thomas O Auer Trends in Neurosciences Published 1 October 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Parallel evolution of a splicing program controlling neuronal excitability in flies and mammals Authors (17)Antonio Torres MendezSinzi Pop Sophie Bonnal Isabel AlmudiAlida AvolaRuairi Roberts[...] Matthias Soller Sebastian Kadener Jean-Yves RoignantLucia Prieto Godino Manuel Irimia Science advances Published 28 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesLucia Prieto-GodinoScientific computingLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Non-telecentric two-photon microscopy for 3D random access mesoscale imaging Authors (11) FK Janiak P Bartel MR Bale T Yoshimatsu E Komulainen M Zhou K StarasLucia Prieto Godino T Euler M Maravall T Baden Nature Communications Published 27 January 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Molecular reconstruction of recurrent evolutionary switching in olfactory receptor specificity Authors (3)Lucia Prieto Godino Hayden R Schmidt Richard Benton eLife Published 22 October 2021 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Olfactory receptor-dependent receptor repression in Drosophila Authors (7) Kaan Mika Steeve Cruchet Phing Chian ChaiLucia Prieto Godino Thomas O Auer Sylvain Pradervand Richard Benton Science advances Published 6 August 2021 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa Authors (22) MB Maina U Ahmad HA Ibrahim SK Hamidu FE Nasr AT Salihu[...] AM Bukar AU Yaro BW GoniLucia Prieto Godino T Baden Nature Communications Published 8 June 2021 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Shining a light on the origin of fly species Authors (2)Hui GongLucia Prieto Godino eLife Published 5 August 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details LED Zappelin’: An open source LED controller for arbitrary spectrum visual stimulation and optogenetics during 2-photon imaging Authors (6) MJY Zimmermann A Maia Chagas P BartelSinzi PopLucia Prieto Godino T Baden HardwareX Published 1 October 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details TReND in Africa: Toward a truly global (neuro)science community Authors (20) Tom Baden Mahmoud Bukar Maina Andre Maia Chagas Yunusa Garba Mohammed Thomas O Auer Ana Silbering[...] Andrew Beale Daniel Münch Samyra Cury Salek Sadiq YusufLucia Prieto Godino Neuron Published 5 August 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers Authors (341) Catherine F Houlihan Nina Vora Thomas Byrne Dan LewerGavin Kelly Judith Heaney[...] Andrew Hayward Richard Gilson Gavin KellyFiona Roberts Emine Hatipoglu The Lancet Published 25 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackKaren VousdenJernej UleJames TurnerMoritz TreeckCharles SwantonAdam SaterialeErik SahaiCaetano Reis e SousaPeter RatcliffeLucia Prieto-GodinoVenizelos PapayannopoulosAnne O’GarraPaul NurseGeorge KassiotisMaximiliano GutierrezSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Luiz Pedro CarvalhoDominique BonnetMike BlackmanRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHuman Embryonic Stem CellHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Leveraging open hardware to alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems Authors (4) Andre Maia Chagas Jennifer C MolloyLucia Prieto Godino Tom Baden PLOS Biology Published 24 April 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Functional integration of “undead” neurons in the olfactory system Authors (9)Lucia Prieto Godino Ana F Silbering Mohammed A Khallaf Steeve Cruchet Karolina Bojkowska Sylvain Pradervand Bill S Hansson Markus Knaden Richard Benton Science advances Published 11 March 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details In vivo assembly and trafficking of olfactory Ionotropic Receptors Authors (7) Liliane AbuinLucia Prieto Godino Haiyun Pan Craig Gutierrez Lan Huang Rongsheng Jin Richard Benton BMC Biology Published 17 April 2019 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details The €100 lab: A 3D-printable open-source platform for fluorescence microscopy, optogenetics, and accurate temperature control during behaviour of zebrafish, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans Authors (4) Andre Maia ChagasLucia Prieto Godino Aristides B Arrenberg Tom Baden PLOS Biology Published 18 July 2017 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Evolution of acid-sensing olfactory circuits in Drosophilids Authors (9)Lucia Prieto Godino Raphael Rytz Steeve Cruchet Benoîte Bargeton Liliane Abuin Ana F Silbering Vanessa Ruta Matteo Dal Peraro Richard Benton Neuron Published 19 January 2017 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Olfactory receptor pseudo-pseudogenes Authors (7)Lucia Prieto Godino Raphael Rytz Benoîte Bargeton Liliane Abuin J Roman Arguello Matteo Dal Peraro Richard Benton Nature Published 3 November 2016 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Open Labware: 3-D printing your own lab equipment Authors (6) Tom Baden Andre Maia Chagas Gregory J Gage Timothy C MarzulloLucia Prieto Godino Thomas Euler PLOS Biology Published 1 March 2015 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones Authors (4)Andrea Adden Lee R Haines Álvaro Acosta-SerranoLucia Prieto Godino Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Published 26 April 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesLucia Prieto-GodinoMetabolomicsFull details
Evolution of central neural circuits: state of the art and perspectives Authors (3)Ruairi RobertsSinzi PopLucia Prieto Godino Nature Reviews Neuroscience Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Internal state affects local neuron function in an early sensory processing center to shape olfactory behavior in Drosophila larvae Authors (10) Seth R Odell David Clark Nicholas Zito Roshni JainHui Gong Kendall Warnock Ricardo Carrion-Lopez Coral MaixnerLucia Prieto Godino Dennis Mathew Scientific Reports Published 21 September 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Cracking the encoding of human scent in the mosquito brain Authors (2)Lucia Prieto Godino Thomas O Auer Trends in Neurosciences Published 1 October 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Parallel evolution of a splicing program controlling neuronal excitability in flies and mammals Authors (17)Antonio Torres MendezSinzi Pop Sophie Bonnal Isabel AlmudiAlida AvolaRuairi Roberts[...] Matthias Soller Sebastian Kadener Jean-Yves RoignantLucia Prieto Godino Manuel Irimia Science advances Published 28 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesLucia Prieto-GodinoScientific computingLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Non-telecentric two-photon microscopy for 3D random access mesoscale imaging Authors (11) FK Janiak P Bartel MR Bale T Yoshimatsu E Komulainen M Zhou K StarasLucia Prieto Godino T Euler M Maravall T Baden Nature Communications Published 27 January 2022 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Molecular reconstruction of recurrent evolutionary switching in olfactory receptor specificity Authors (3)Lucia Prieto Godino Hayden R Schmidt Richard Benton eLife Published 22 October 2021 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Olfactory receptor-dependent receptor repression in Drosophila Authors (7) Kaan Mika Steeve Cruchet Phing Chian ChaiLucia Prieto Godino Thomas O Auer Sylvain Pradervand Richard Benton Science advances Published 6 August 2021 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa Authors (22) MB Maina U Ahmad HA Ibrahim SK Hamidu FE Nasr AT Salihu[...] AM Bukar AU Yaro BW GoniLucia Prieto Godino T Baden Nature Communications Published 8 June 2021 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Shining a light on the origin of fly species Authors (2)Hui GongLucia Prieto Godino eLife Published 5 August 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
LED Zappelin’: An open source LED controller for arbitrary spectrum visual stimulation and optogenetics during 2-photon imaging Authors (6) MJY Zimmermann A Maia Chagas P BartelSinzi PopLucia Prieto Godino T Baden HardwareX Published 1 October 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
TReND in Africa: Toward a truly global (neuro)science community Authors (20) Tom Baden Mahmoud Bukar Maina Andre Maia Chagas Yunusa Garba Mohammed Thomas O Auer Ana Silbering[...] Andrew Beale Daniel Münch Samyra Cury Salek Sadiq YusufLucia Prieto Godino Neuron Published 5 August 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers Authors (341) Catherine F Houlihan Nina Vora Thomas Byrne Dan LewerGavin Kelly Judith Heaney[...] Andrew Hayward Richard Gilson Gavin KellyFiona Roberts Emine Hatipoglu The Lancet Published 25 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackKaren VousdenJernej UleJames TurnerMoritz TreeckCharles SwantonAdam SaterialeErik SahaiCaetano Reis e SousaPeter RatcliffeLucia Prieto-GodinoVenizelos PapayannopoulosAnne O’GarraPaul NurseGeorge KassiotisMaximiliano GutierrezSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Luiz Pedro CarvalhoDominique BonnetMike BlackmanRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHuman Embryonic Stem CellHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Leveraging open hardware to alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems Authors (4) Andre Maia Chagas Jennifer C MolloyLucia Prieto Godino Tom Baden PLOS Biology Published 24 April 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Functional integration of “undead” neurons in the olfactory system Authors (9)Lucia Prieto Godino Ana F Silbering Mohammed A Khallaf Steeve Cruchet Karolina Bojkowska Sylvain Pradervand Bill S Hansson Markus Knaden Richard Benton Science advances Published 11 March 2020 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
In vivo assembly and trafficking of olfactory Ionotropic Receptors Authors (7) Liliane AbuinLucia Prieto Godino Haiyun Pan Craig Gutierrez Lan Huang Rongsheng Jin Richard Benton BMC Biology Published 17 April 2019 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
The €100 lab: A 3D-printable open-source platform for fluorescence microscopy, optogenetics, and accurate temperature control during behaviour of zebrafish, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans Authors (4) Andre Maia ChagasLucia Prieto Godino Aristides B Arrenberg Tom Baden PLOS Biology Published 18 July 2017 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Evolution of acid-sensing olfactory circuits in Drosophilids Authors (9)Lucia Prieto Godino Raphael Rytz Steeve Cruchet Benoîte Bargeton Liliane Abuin Ana F Silbering Vanessa Ruta Matteo Dal Peraro Richard Benton Neuron Published 19 January 2017 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Olfactory receptor pseudo-pseudogenes Authors (7)Lucia Prieto Godino Raphael Rytz Benoîte Bargeton Liliane Abuin J Roman Arguello Matteo Dal Peraro Richard Benton Nature Published 3 November 2016 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details
Open Labware: 3-D printing your own lab equipment Authors (6) Tom Baden Andre Maia Chagas Gregory J Gage Timothy C MarzulloLucia Prieto Godino Thomas Euler PLOS Biology Published 1 March 2015 Crick labsLucia Prieto-GodinoFull details