Dr Wolf Huetteroth

Associate Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

Campus Address

EBA103
Ellison A
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

Object learning: Ball games for flies, Huetteroth, W. 17 Nov 2025, In: Current Biology
Play-like behavior exhibited by the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, Triphan, T., H. Ferreira, C., Huetteroth, W. 10 Mar 2025, In: Current Biology
Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain, Dorkenwald, S., Matsliah, A., Sterling, A., Schlegel, P., Yu, S., Mckellar, C., Lin, A., Costa, M., Eichler, K., Yin, Y., Silversmith, W., Schneider-Mizell, C., Jordan, C., Brittain, D., Halageri, A., Kuehner, K., Ogedengbe, O., Morey, R., Gager, J., Kruk, K., Perlman, E., Yang, R., Deutsch, D., Bland, D., Sorek, M., Lu, R., Macrina, T., Lee, K., Bae, J., Mu, S., Nehoran, B., Mitchell, E., Popovych, S., Wu, J., Jia, Z., Castro, M., Kemnitz, N., Ih, D., Bates, A., Eckstein, N., Funke, J., Collman, F., Bock, D., Jefferis, G., Seung, H., Murthy, M., Huetteroth, W. 2 Oct 2024, In: Nature
The adhesion G-protein-coupled receptor mayo/CG11318 controls midgut development in Drosophila, Vieira Contreras, F., Auger, G., Müller, L., Richter, V., Huetteroth, W., Seufert, F., Hildebrand, P., Scholz, N., Thum, A., Ljaschenko, D., Blanco-Redondo, B., Langenhan, T. 23 Jan 2024, In: Cell Reports
Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell typing of Drosophila, Schlegel, P., Yin, Y., Bates, A., Dorkenwald, S., Eichler, K., Brooks, P., Han, D., Gkantia, M., Dos Santos, M., Munnelly, E., Badalamente, G., Serratosa Capdevila, L., Sane, V., Fragniere, A., Kiassat, L., Pleijzier, M., Stürner, T., Tamimi, I., Dunne, C., Salgarella, I., Javier, A., Fang, S., Perlman, E., Kazimiers, T., Jagannathan, S., Matsliah, A., Sterling, A., Yu, S., Mckellar, C., Costa, M., Seung, H., Murthy, M., Hartenstein, V., Bock, D., Jefferis, G., Huetteroth, W. 2 Oct 2024, In: Nature
Seeking voluntary passive movement in flies is play-like behavior, Triphan, T., Huetteroth, W. 4 Aug 2023
Olfactory stimuli and moonwalker SEZ neurons can drive backward locomotion in Drosophila, Israel, S., Rozenfeld, E., Weber, D., Huetteroth, W., Parnas, M. 14 Mar 2022, In: Current Biology
The Panopticon—Assessing the Effect of Starvation on Prolonged Fly Activity and Place Preference, Mahishi, D., Triphan, T., Hesse, R., Huetteroth, W. 25 Mar 2021, In: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Differential Role for a Defined Lateral Horn Neuron Subset in Naïve Odor Valence in Drosophila, Lerner, H., Rozenfeld, E., Rozenman, B., Huetteroth, W., Parnas, M. 1 Dec 2020, In: Scientific Reports
Editorial overview: Neurogenetics of insect behavior: ethology touching base with the scaffold of life, Huetteroth, W., Pauls, D. Dec 2019, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science

PGR Supervision

Billie Pike Play in Insects - genetic and neurobehavioural characterisation of carousel-seeking flies. Start Date: 01/10/2025

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