STATE-DEPENDENT DECISION MAKING

WE ARE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BRAIN INTEGRATES INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS TO GENERATE ADAPTIVE BEHAVIORAL OUTPUTS.

research

We use the fruit fly, Drosophila, to examine how well-defined sensory circuits demonstrate both robustness and flexibility required to generate appropriate behavior in the face of changing internal and external environments.

To read more about how we use 'virtual-reality' flight simulators, shown in the videos below,
​to answer these questions, please visit our research page. Want to learn more about all the research being done in the Neuroscience Department at Wellesley? Click here.

what's the buzz?

recent highlights

August 2025: Congrats to Uvin Ko ('23) and Phia Honey ('24) for starting medical school this fall at Penn and UC Irvine!

October 2024: Congrats to Daniela Limbania ('21) on the publication of her collaborative work with the Frye Lab at UCLA in Current Biology! Covered by a story from the UCLA Newsroom  and a Dispatch written by Jamie Theobald.

July 2024: Congrats to Daniela Limbania ('21) who will be starting at Harvard Medical School this coming fall!

June 2024: Congrats to Phia Honey ('24)  on the publication of her collaborative work with Donlea Lab at UCLA in Current Biology!

March 2023: Congrats to Daniela Limbania ('21) and Grace Turner ('21) on the publication of their work in iScience!

To read about past news from the lab, please click here.
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lab photos

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