Publications

Preprints

Scholz-Carlson E., Iyer A.R., Nern A., Ewer J. and Fernandez MP* (2025). Synaptic Targets of Circadian Clock Neurons Influence Core Clock Parameters. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.30.635801v1 * Corresponding author

Selected Publications from the Fernandez Lab

Iyer AR, Scholz-Carlson E, Bell EV, Biondi G, Ricchariya, S., and Fernandez MP* (2025). Circadian rhythms are more resilient to pacemaker neuron disruption in female Drosophila. PLoS Biology 23(5): e3003146. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003146. *Corresponding author

Biondi G, McCormick G, Fernandez MP* (2024). The Drosophila circadian clock gene cycle controls the development of clock neurons. PLoS Genetics. Oct 21;20(10):e1011441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011441. *Corresponding author

Anttonen T, Burghi T, Duvall L, Fernández M.P., Gutierrez G, Kermen F, Merlin C, and Michaiel A (2023). Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems: Mechanisms Underlying Responses to Human-generated Environmental Impacts. Journal of Neuroscience, 8 November 2023, 43 (45) 7530-7537; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1431-23.2023

Shafer OT#, Gutierrez GJ#, Li K, Mildenhall A, Spira D, Marty J, Lazar A, and Fernandez MP* (2022). Connectomic Analysis of the Drosophila Lateral Neuron Clock Cells Reveals the Synaptic Basis of Functional Pacemaker Classes. eLife. 11:e79139. doi: 10.7554/eLife.79139. #equal contribution.* Corresponding author

Pearsons JL, Abhilash L, Lopatkin AJ, Roelofs A, Bell EV, Fernandez MP* and Shafer OT* (2022). PHASE: A MATLAB Based Program for the Analysis of DrosophilaPhase, Activity, and Sleep under Entrainment. J Biol Rhythms. 21:7487304221093114. doi: 10.1177/07487304221093114.* Co-corresponding author

Fernandez MP*, Pettibone HL, Bogart J, Roell CJ, Davey CE, Pranevicius A, Huynh KV, Lennox SM, Kostadinov BS and Shafer OT* (2020). Sites of Circadian Clock Neuron Plasticity Mediate Sensory Integration and Entrainment. Current Biology 30, 1-13.* Co-corresponding author

Prior selected publications

Kravitz EA and Fernandez MP* (2015). Aggression in Drosophila. Behavioral Neuroscience 129(5):549-563.* Corresponding author

Alekseyenko OV, Chan YB, Fernandez MP, Bülow T, Pankratz MJ, Kravitz EA (2014). Single Serotonergic Neurons that Modulate Aggression in Drosophila. Current Biology 24:2700-7

Andrews JC, Fernandez MP, Yu Q, Leary GP, Leung AK, Kavanaugh MP, Kravitz EA, Certel SJ (2014). Octopamine neuromodulation regulates gr32a-linked aggression and courtship pathways in Drosophila males. PLoS Genetics 10(5):e1004356

Fernandez MP and Kravitz EA (2013). Aggression and courtship in Drosophila: pheromonal communication and sex recognition. Journal of Comparative Physiology. 199:1065-76

Fernandez MP*, Chan YB, Yew JY, Billeter J-C, Dreisewerd K, Levine JD and Kravitz EA (2010). Pheromonal and Behavioral Cues Trigger Male-to-Female Aggression in Drosophila. PLoS Biology 8(11): e1000541. * Corresponding author

Fernandez MP, Berni J and Ceriani MF (2008). Circadian remodeling of neuronal circuits involved in rhythmic behavior. PLoS Biology 6 (3):69. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060069

Stoleru D, Nawathean P, Fernandez MP, Menet JS, Ceriani MF and Rosbash M (2007). The Drosophila circadian network is a seasonal timer. Cell 129: 207-219

Fernandez MP, Chu J, Villella A, Atkinson N, Kay SA and Ceriani MF (2007). Impaired clock output by altered connectivity in the circadian network. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104: 5650-5655