Speaking with André Fiala about his two recent papers in Biology Open and Cell Reports:

Poppinga, H., Mika, R., Schwartz, M., Schuldiner, O., Meltzer, H., & Fiala, A. (2026). No evidence for aversive associative olfactory memory through metamorphosis in Drosophila. Biology Open, 15(8), bio062512. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062512

Rachad, E. Y., Deimel, S. H., Epple, L., Gadgil, Y. V., Jürgensen, A.-M., Springer, M., Lin, C.-H., Nawrot, M. P., Lin, S., & Fiala, A. (2025). Functional dissection of a neuronal brain circuit mediating higher-order associative learning. Cell Reports, 44(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115593

Also mentioned:

Tabone, C. J., & de Belle, J. S. (2011). Second-order conditioning in Drosophila. Learning & Memory, 18(4), 250–253. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.2035411

André Fiala is Professor of Molecular Neurobiology of Behavior at University of Göttingen Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute. For more info:

https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/186242.html

Recorded on Sept 9, 2026 at Neurofly 2026

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Speaking with Wolf Huetteroth about his seminal paper in Current Biology showing fly play-like behaviour.

Triphan, T., Ferreira, C. H., & Huetteroth, W. (2025). Play-like behavior exhibited by the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology, 35(5), 1145-1155.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.025

Wolf Huetteroth is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography and Natural Sciences at Northumbria University. For more info:

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/h/wolf-huetteroth/

Recorded on Sept 8, 2026 at Neurofly 2026

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Speaking with Professor Mikko Juusola about his new study in Nature Communications.

Mansour, N., Takalo, J., Kemppainen, J., Bridges, A. D., MaBouDi, H., Asgar Bohra, A., Anielska, K., Vasas, V., Robert, T., Yi Bu, B., Shukla, S., Zhou, Y., Kittelmann, M., Ouwendijk, J., Mantell, J., Lawson, M., de Polavieja, G., Duke, E., Lazar, A. A., … Juusola, M. (2026). Synaptic high-frequency jumping synchronises vision to high-speed behaviour. Nature Communications, 17(1), 3863. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72509-2

Professor Mikko Juusola is a Professor in Systems Neuroscience at the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield. For more info:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=9XUdVR8AAAAJ

Lab Website: https://cognition.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/people/mikko-juusola

Heliox AI-generated podcast covering this paper: https://helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/why-houseflies-see-faster-than-ai

Recorded on July 16, 2026

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