Theobald, Jamie
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Overview
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Jamie Theobald, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. His lab studies insect neurobiology and behavior, focusing on visual control during flight.
Wings get insects into the air, but like human aircraft, control systems were the real innovation. Vision is centrally important to flight control as it provides instantaneous information about speed, heading, deviations from course, obstacles and navigational targets. They manipulate these variables during free flight, tethered flight and brain recordings, to determine the computations insects rely on to generate their extraordinary performance in the air.
research interests
- Insect neurobiology and behavior, focusing on visual control during flight.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2022Portable locomotion activity monitor (pLAM): A cost-effective setup for robust activity tracking in small animalsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13809 Web of Science: 000777994600006
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2022Acuity and summation strategies differ in vinegar and desert fruit fliesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103637 Web of Science: 000747086300005
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2021Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and mothsFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01688-z Web of Science: 000620177600002
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2020Ventral motion parallax enhances fruit fly steering to visual sideslipFull Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0046 Web of Science: 000536615500001
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2020Small eyes in dim light: Implications to spatio-temporal visual abilities in Drosophila melanogasterFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2020.02.007 Web of Science: 000522141500005
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2019Fruit flies increase attention to their frontal visual field during fast forward optic flowFull Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0767 Web of Science: 000456789800014
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2018Small fruit flies sacrifice temporal acuity to maintain contrast sensitivityFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2018.05.007 Web of Science: 000440959200001
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2018Fruit flies are multistable geniusesFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005429 Web of Science: 000426253300025
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2015Body Size, Rather Than Male Eye Allometry, Explains Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Activity in Low LightFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev114 Web of Science: 000361889800003
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2015A visual horizon affects steering responses during flight in fruit fliesFull Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.119313 Web of Science: 000362006300020
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2014To keep on track during flight, fruitflies discount the skyward viewFull Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1103 Web of Science: 000332378300015
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2013Flying fruit flies correct for visual sideslip depending on relative speed of forward optic flowFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00076 Web of Science: 000321187300001
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2011An Olfactory Circuit Increases the Fidelity of Visual BehaviorFull Text via DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1736-11.2011 Web of Science: 000296274000023
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2010Visual stabilization dynamics are enhanced by standing flight velocityFull Text via DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0845
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2010Dynamics of optomotor responses in rosophila to perturbations in optic flowFull Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037945
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2007Flight performance in night-flying sweat bees suffers at low light levelsFull Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003756
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2006Visual summation in night-flying sweat bees: A theoretical studyFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.01.002
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2006Light intensity limits foraging activity in nocturnal and crepuscular beesFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj001
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Conference
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2021Light environment drives the evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths. E842-E843.Web of Science: 000651814703052
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2020Drosophila melanogaster uses its regional attention to maxamize spatial information during flight.. E183-E183.Web of Science: 000536432400733
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2020Fruit Flies Respond to Ventral Parallax During Strong Sideslip Disturbances. E202-E202.Web of Science: 000536432401005
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2020Light intensity and eye size dependent spatio-temporal visual abilities in Drosophila melanogaster. E183-E183.Web of Science: 000536432400731
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2020Using Microscope or MicroCT Images to Measure Compound Eye Optics. E305-E305.Web of Science: 000536432401417
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2019Fruit flies shift their visual attention to compensate for fast optic flow during flight. E178-E178.Web of Science: 000460620902071
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2019Regionally Specific Temporal Summation Improves Motion Vision in Small Fruit Flies. E46-E46.Web of Science: 000460620900185
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2018Limited Larval Feeding Leads to Smaller and Slower Adult Eyes in the Fruit Fly. E46-E46.Web of Science: 000429309600182
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2018Pursuit flight patterns in long-legged flies. E195-E195.Web of Science: 000429309602297
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2017Larval feeding affects visual acuity and sensitivity in adult fruit flies. E428-E428.Web of Science: 000398668702424
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2016Flies use stabilizing visual cues to approach virtual targets. E220-E220.Web of Science: 000372457601238
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2016The response of the zebrafish lateral line to white noise stimulation. E213-E213.Web of Science: 000372457601209
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2015A visual horizon modifies fruit fly bar tracking responses. E24-E24.Web of Science: 000352658400094
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2015
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2014
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2013Flying fruit flies correct for visual sideslip using motion parallax cues. E213-E213.Web of Science: 000316991401388
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Letter
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2017Optic flow induces spatial filtering in fruit flies. R212-R213.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.018 Web of Science: 000397351800005
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Other Scholarly Work
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2022Mosquito flight: Escaping attacks in dim light. R279-R281.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.078 Web of Science: 000787558000015
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2021Insect vision: Head saccades to reset the view. R1072-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.056 Web of Science: 000701966300006
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2020Insect Neurobiology: How a Small Spot Stops a Fly. R761-R763.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.005 Web of Science: 000588736900010
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2019Insect Neurobiology: What to Make of a Small Spot?. R568-R570.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.023 Web of Science: 000471783100008
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2018Insect Neurobiology: Optical Illusions at the Cellular Level. R1335-R1337.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.023 Web of Science: 000451904300005
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2018Insect Vision: Judging Distance with Binocular Motion Disparities. R148-R150.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.039 Web of Science: 000425377900005
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2017Insect Neurobiology: An Eye to Forward Motion. R1156-R1158.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.038 Web of Science: 000414581700007
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2017Insect Flight: Navigating with Smooth Turns and Quick Saccades. R1125-R1127.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.002 Web of Science: 000413441700016
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2014Insect Neurobiology: How Small Brains Perform Complex Tasks. R528-R529.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.015 Web of Science: 000336668500012
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Preprint
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2020Measuring Compound Eye Optics with Microscope and MicroCT ImagesFull Text via DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.11.422154
Works By Students
advised honors theses
- Cabrera, Stephanie, Drosophila Flight Stabilization Depends on Apparent Distances in Optic Flow Field 2012
Research
principal investigator on
- CAREER: Image speed and visual acuity during fly flight awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2023
- Moths and Light: Understanding the impact of artificial lights on moths. awarded by National Geographic Society 2021 - 2022
Contact
full name
- Jamie Theobald
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-3772 (confirmed)
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publication subject areas
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