Martha Rimniceanu, Daniela Limbania*, Sara M. Wasserman, and Mark A. Frye (2024). Divergent visual ecology of Drosophila species drives object-tracking strategies matched to landscape sparsity. Current Biology. PDF. Covered by UCLA News here. (* Former Wellesley Undergraduate)
Jessica Yano**, Ceazar Nave**, Katherine Larratt, Phia Honey*, Cassandra Jingco, Makayla Roberts,
Damion Trotter, Xin He, Gazmend Elezi, Julian P. Whitelegge, Sara Wasserman, Jeffrey M. Donlea. (2024). Elevated sleep need in a stress-resilient Drosophila species. Current Biology. 34(1-15). (* Co-first authors) PDF. (*Wellesley Undergraduate)
Daniela Limbania*, Grace Turner*, and Sara Wasserman. (2023). Dehydrated Drosophila melanogaster track a water plume in tethered flight. ISCIENCE. 26(3). PDF. (* Former Wellesley Undergraduate)
Currea, J.P., Frazer, R.*, Wasserman, S.M.**, Theobald, J.** (2022). Acuity and summation strategies differ in vinegar and desert fruit flies. ISCIENCE. 25(1). PDF.
(* Began work as an undergraduate; ** Co-senior authors).
Jessleen K. Kanwal*, Emma Coddington*, Rachel Frazer**, Daniela Limbania**, Grace Turner**, Karla Davila**, Michael A. Givens**, Valarie Williams, Sandeep Robert Datta, Sara Wasserman. (2021). Internal state: dynamic, interconnected communication loops distributed across body, brain, and time. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(3):867-886. (* Co-first authors; ** Wellesley Undergraduate) PDF.
Kim L. Hoke, Nicholai Hensley, Jessleen K. Kanwal Sara Wasserman, and Nathan I. Morehouse (2021). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Animal Communication: A Special Issue Arising from a Unique Workshop-Symposium Sequence. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(3):783-786. (Not peer reviewed) PDF.
Park, EJ** and Wasserman SM (2018). Diversity of Visuomotor Reflexes in Two Drosophila Species. Current Biology. 28(16):R865-R866. (** Former Wellesley Undergraduate) PDF
Sara M Wasserman and Mark A Frye (2015) Group Behavior: Social Context Modulates Behavioral Responses to Sensory Stimuli. Current Biology Dispatch. 25(11):R467-R469. PDF
Wasserman SM*, Aptekar JW*, Lu PM, Nguyen J**, Wang AL**, Keles MF, Grygoruk A, Krantz DE, Larsen C, and Frye MA (2015) Olfactory neuromodulation of motion vision circuitry in Drosophila. Current Biology. 25(4):467-472. *equal author contribution, (** UCLA Undergraduate) PDF
Sara Wasserman, Alexandra Salomon*, and Mark A. Frye (2013). Drosophila tracks Carbon Dioxide in Flight. Current Biology. 23(4):301-306. (* High school student) PDF
Sara Wasserman, Patrick Lu*, Jacob Aptekar, and Mark Frye (2012). Flies dynamically track, rather than ballistically escape, aversive odor during flight. J. Exp. Biol. 215, 2833-2840 (*UCLA Undergraduate) PDF
Sara Wasserman, Matthew Beverly, Harry Bell, and Piali Sengupta (2011). Regulation of Response Properties and Operating Range of the AFD Thermosensory Neurons by cGMP Signaling. Current Biology. 21(5):353-362. PDF
Alexander M. van der Linden, Matthew Beverly, Sebastian Kadener, Joseph Rodriguez, Sara Wasserman, Michael Rosbash and Piali Sengupta (2010). Genome-Wide Analysis of Light- and Temperature-Entrained Circadian Transcripts in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Biol. 8(10): e1000503. PDF
David Biron*, Sara Wasserman*, James H. Thomas, Aravinthan D.T. Samuel, and Piali Sengupta. (2008) An olfactory neuron responds stochastically to temperature and modulates Caenorhabditis elegans thermotactic behavior. PNAS. 105(31):11002-11007. (* Authors contributed equally to this work) PDF
David Biron, Mayumi Shibuya, Christopher Gabel, Sara M Wasserman, Damon A Clark,Adam Brown, Piali Sengupta, and Aravinthan D T Samuel. (2006) A diacylglycerol kinase modulates long-term thermotactic behavioral plasticity in C. elegans. Nat.Neurosci. 9(12):1499-505. PDF
Jessica Yano**, Ceazar Nave**, Katherine Larratt, Phia Honey*, Cassandra Jingco, Makayla Roberts,
Damion Trotter, Xin He, Gazmend Elezi, Julian P. Whitelegge, Sara Wasserman, Jeffrey M. Donlea. (2024). Elevated sleep need in a stress-resilient Drosophila species. Current Biology. 34(1-15). (* Co-first authors) PDF. (*Wellesley Undergraduate)
Daniela Limbania*, Grace Turner*, and Sara Wasserman. (2023). Dehydrated Drosophila melanogaster track a water plume in tethered flight. ISCIENCE. 26(3). PDF. (* Former Wellesley Undergraduate)
Currea, J.P., Frazer, R.*, Wasserman, S.M.**, Theobald, J.** (2022). Acuity and summation strategies differ in vinegar and desert fruit flies. ISCIENCE. 25(1). PDF.
(* Began work as an undergraduate; ** Co-senior authors).
Jessleen K. Kanwal*, Emma Coddington*, Rachel Frazer**, Daniela Limbania**, Grace Turner**, Karla Davila**, Michael A. Givens**, Valarie Williams, Sandeep Robert Datta, Sara Wasserman. (2021). Internal state: dynamic, interconnected communication loops distributed across body, brain, and time. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(3):867-886. (* Co-first authors; ** Wellesley Undergraduate) PDF.
Kim L. Hoke, Nicholai Hensley, Jessleen K. Kanwal Sara Wasserman, and Nathan I. Morehouse (2021). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Animal Communication: A Special Issue Arising from a Unique Workshop-Symposium Sequence. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(3):783-786. (Not peer reviewed) PDF.
Park, EJ** and Wasserman SM (2018). Diversity of Visuomotor Reflexes in Two Drosophila Species. Current Biology. 28(16):R865-R866. (** Former Wellesley Undergraduate) PDF
Sara M Wasserman and Mark A Frye (2015) Group Behavior: Social Context Modulates Behavioral Responses to Sensory Stimuli. Current Biology Dispatch. 25(11):R467-R469. PDF
Wasserman SM*, Aptekar JW*, Lu PM, Nguyen J**, Wang AL**, Keles MF, Grygoruk A, Krantz DE, Larsen C, and Frye MA (2015) Olfactory neuromodulation of motion vision circuitry in Drosophila. Current Biology. 25(4):467-472. *equal author contribution, (** UCLA Undergraduate) PDF
Sara Wasserman, Alexandra Salomon*, and Mark A. Frye (2013). Drosophila tracks Carbon Dioxide in Flight. Current Biology. 23(4):301-306. (* High school student) PDF
Sara Wasserman, Patrick Lu*, Jacob Aptekar, and Mark Frye (2012). Flies dynamically track, rather than ballistically escape, aversive odor during flight. J. Exp. Biol. 215, 2833-2840 (*UCLA Undergraduate) PDF
Sara Wasserman, Matthew Beverly, Harry Bell, and Piali Sengupta (2011). Regulation of Response Properties and Operating Range of the AFD Thermosensory Neurons by cGMP Signaling. Current Biology. 21(5):353-362. PDF
Alexander M. van der Linden, Matthew Beverly, Sebastian Kadener, Joseph Rodriguez, Sara Wasserman, Michael Rosbash and Piali Sengupta (2010). Genome-Wide Analysis of Light- and Temperature-Entrained Circadian Transcripts in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Biol. 8(10): e1000503. PDF
David Biron*, Sara Wasserman*, James H. Thomas, Aravinthan D.T. Samuel, and Piali Sengupta. (2008) An olfactory neuron responds stochastically to temperature and modulates Caenorhabditis elegans thermotactic behavior. PNAS. 105(31):11002-11007. (* Authors contributed equally to this work) PDF
David Biron, Mayumi Shibuya, Christopher Gabel, Sara M Wasserman, Damon A Clark,Adam Brown, Piali Sengupta, and Aravinthan D T Samuel. (2006) A diacylglycerol kinase modulates long-term thermotactic behavioral plasticity in C. elegans. Nat.Neurosci. 9(12):1499-505. PDF