Ribeiro Lab

The overarching question guiding our research is how visual cues are combined and modulated in the central brain to guide dynamic social behaviors. We study courtship and avoidance behavior in Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies and leverage the myriad genetic tools along with robust behaviors to dissect the neural circuits processing visual information used to detect and locate conspecific flies. Another a main focus of the lab is to train students and young scientists and prepare them for a bright future in STEM.