Publications

2026

Distributed control circuits across a brain-and-cord connectome.

Bates et al (2026). Nature (online ahead of print).

2025

Selective presynaptic inhibition of leg proprioception in behaving Drosophila.

Dallmann CJ, Luo Y, Agrawal S, Mamiya A, Chou GM, Cook A, Sustar, A, Brunton BW, and Tuthill JC (2025). Nature, 647, 445-453.

Divergent neural circuits for proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensing of the Drosophila leg. [pdf]

Lee, SJ, Dallmann CJ, Cook A, Tuthill JC, and Agrawal S (2025). Nat Communications, 16, 4105.

Active learning’s impact on student course performance in STEM varies by type and intensity. [pdf]

Xu S, Velasco V, Hill MJ, Tran E, Agrawal S, Arroyo EN, Behling S, Chambwe N, Cintrón DL, Cooper JD, Dunster G, Grummer JA, Hennessey K, Hsiao J, Iranon N, Jones II L, Jordt H, Keller M, Lacey ME, Littlefield CE, Lowe A, Newman S, Okolo V, Olroyd S, Peecook BR, Pickett SB, Slager DL, Caviedes-Solis IW, Stanchak KE, Sundaravaradan V, Valdebenito C, Williams CR, Zinsli KA, Freeman S, and Theobald EJ (2025). bioRxiv (2025.06.01.657285)

2024

Connectomic reconstruction of a female Drosophila ventral nerve cord. [pdf]

Azevedo AW*,  Lesser E*,  Mark B*,  Phelps JS*,  Elabbady L,  Kuroda S,  Sustar A, Moussa A,  Kandelwal A, Dallmann CJ,  Agrawal S,  Lee SJ,  Pratt B, Cook A, Skutt-Kakaria K,  Gerhard S,  Lu R,  Kemnitz N, Lee K, Halageri A, Castro M, Ih D, Gager J, Tammam M, Dorkenwald S,  Collman F,  Casey Schneider-Mizell C, Brittain D, Jordan CS, Dickinson MH, Pacureanu A, Seung S, Macrina T,  Lee WCA,  Tuthill JC (2024). 

Synaptic architecture of leg and wing premotor control networks in Drosophila. [pdf]

Lesser E*, Azevedo AW*, Phelps JS, Elabbady L, Cook A, Mark B, Kuroda S,  Sustar A, Moussa A,  Dallmann CJ,  Agrawal S,  Lee SJ,  Pratt B, Skutt-Kakaria K,  Gerhard S,  Lu R,  Kemnitz N, Lee K, Halageri A, Castro M, Ih D, Gager J, Tammam M, Dorkenwald S,  Collman F,  Casey Schneider-Mizell C, Brittain D, Jordan CS, Seung S, Macrina T,  Dickinson MH, Lee WCA,  Tuthill JC (2024). 

2021

Functional architecture of neural circuits for leg proprioception in Drosophila. [pdf]

Chen C, Agrawal S*, Mamiya A*, Mark B*, Sustar A, Dickson B, Card G, Tuthill JC (2021). Current Biology, S0960-9822 (21) 01275-6.

Reconstruction of motor control circuits in adult Drosophila using automated transmission electron microscopy. [pdf]

Phelps JS, Hildebrand DGC, Graham BJ, Kuan AT, Thomas LA, Nguyen TM, Buhmann J, Azevedo AW, Sustar A, Agrawal S, Liu M, Shanny BL, Funke J, Tuthill JC, Lee WCA (2021). Cell, 184 (3), 759-774.e18.

2020

Central processing of leg proprioception in Drosophila. [pdf]

Agrawal S, Dickinson E, Sustar A, Gurung P, Shepherd D, Truman J, and Tuthill JC (2020). eLife 9, e60299.

Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate STEM courses. [pdf]

Theobald E, Hill M, Tran E, Agrawal S, …, Freeman S (2020). PNAS. (12) 6476-6483. *Altmetric top 100 publications of 2020

2019

The effects of target contrast on Drosophila courtship. [pdf]

Agrawal S and Dickinson MH (2019). Journal of Experimental Biology. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (16), jeb203414.

2016

Haltere morphology and campaniform sensilla arrangement across Diptera. [pdf]

Agrawal S, Grimaldi D, and Fox JL (2016). Arthropod Structure and Development. 46 (2), 215-229.

2014

The relative roles of vision and chemosensation in mate recognition of Drosophila melanogaster. [pdf]

Agrawal S, Safarik S, and Dickinson MH (2014). Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (15), 2796-2805.

Reviews

The two body problem: Drosophila proprioception across the metamorphic divide. [pdf]

Agrawal S, Tuthill JC (2022). Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Special Issue on Neuroscience of Somatosensation, 74, 102546.