Dr Stefan Pulver

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3503

Email

sp96@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Teaching

Spring 2015: Module Organizer, PN4231, University of St Andrews

2015-2017: Co-Director, Drosophila Neurobiology summer course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, U.S.A

2012-2015: Co-founder, Co-director, CrawFly Neurophysiology course for educators, Cornell University, U.S.A.

Research areas

I study the neural control of locomotion in Drosophila larvae. Work in the lab is highly integrative, involving everything from genetics to anatomy to electrophyisology and live imaging to animal behaviour. Since the Drosophila nervous system shares many of the same molecular genetic building blocks observed in spinal networks, our work is well positioned to provide insights and foundations for work in vertebrates.

PhD supervision

• Nikolaos Maragkos
• William Smith
• Ranjini Sircar

Selected publications

• Open access

  Temporal dynamics of Na/K pump mediated memory traces: insights from conductance-based models of Drosophila neurons

  Megwa, O. F., Pascual, L. M., Günay, C., Pulver, S. R. & Prinz, A. A., 22 May 2023, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Localization of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dependent rhythm generating modules in the Drosophila larval locomotor network

  Jonaitis, J., MacLeod, J. & Pulver, S. R., 15 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 127, 4, p. 1098-1116

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  An electrically coupled pioneer circuit enables motor development via proprioceptive feedback in Drosophila embryos

  Zeng, X., Komanome, Y., Kawasaki, T., Inada, K., Jonaitis, J., Pulver, S. R., Kazama, H. & Nose, A., 18 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Biology. In press

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Regulation of coordinated muscular relaxation in Drosophila larvae by a pattern-regulating intersegmental circuit

  Hiramoto, A., Jonaitis, J., Niki, S., Kohsaka, H., Fetter, R. D., Cardona, A., Pulver, S. R. & Nose, A., 19 May 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 14 p., 2943.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Inexpensive methods for live imaging of central pattern generator activity in the Drosophila larval locomotor system

  Booth, J., Sane, V., Gather, M. C. & Pulver, S. R., 31 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 19, 1, p. A124-A133

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Segment-specific optogenetic stimulation in Drosophila melanogaster with linear arrays of organic light-emitting diodes

  Murawski, C., Pulver, S. R. & Gather, M. C., 7 Dec 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 11 p., 6248.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Narrowband organic light-emitting diodes for fluorescence microscopy and calcium imaging

  Murawski, C., Mischok, A., Booth, J. H., Kumar, J. D., Archer, E., Tropf, L. C., Keum, C., Deng, Y., Yoshida, K., Samuel, I. D. W., Schubert, M., Pulver, S. & Gather, M. C., 5 Sept 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials. Early View, 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• New applications of organic LEDs in biophotonics

  Murawski, C., Mischok, A., Keum, C., Kumar, J. D., Pulver, S. R. & Gather, M. C., 2018, Solid-State Lighting, SSL 2018. Optical Society of American (OSA), (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; vol. Part F117-SSL 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Open access

  High-brightness organic light-emitting diodes for optogenetic control of Drosophila locomotor behaviour

  Morton, A., Murawski, C., Pulver, S. & Gather, M. C., 3 Aug 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 8 p., 31117.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Organic light-emitting diodes for optogenetic stimulation of Drosophila larvae

  Murawski, C., Morton, A., Samuel, I. D. W., Pulver, S. & Gather, M. C., 14 Nov 2016, Proceedings, Light, Energy and the Environment. Optical Society of American (OSA), 3 p. JW4A.9. (Fourier Transform Spectroscopy).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

 

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