Preprints

Yan, G., Tian, G., He, Y., She, Z., Chen, K.K.Y., Semmelhack, J., Qu, J. Toward Crosstalk-free All-optical Interrogation of Neural Circuits. bioRxiv, 2025.

Research Articles

Tian, G., Lam, T.K.C., Yan, G., He, Y., Khan, B., Qu, J.Y., and Semmelhack, J.L. Binocular integration of prey stimuli in the zebrafish visual system. Current Biology (2025).

Zhao, P., Tong, Y., Lazarte, I.P., Khan, B., Tian, G., Chen, K.K.Y., Lam, T.K.C., Hu, Y., and Semmelhack, J.L. . The visuomotor transformations underlying target-directed behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, e2416215122 (2025).

Khan, B., & Semmelhack, J. L. The roles of blur and eye convergence in distance estimation in larval zebrafish. Journal of Neurogenetics (2024).

Sourisse, J.M., Semmelhack, J.L., and Schunter, C. Parental thermal conditions affect the brain activity response to alarm cue in larval zebrafish. PeerJ, 12, e18241 (2024).

Khan, B., Lazarte, I.P., Jaesiri, O., Zhao, P., and Semmelhack, J.L. Protocol for using UV stimuli to evoke prey capture strikes in head-fixed zebrafish larvae. STAR Protocols 5, 102780. 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102780 (2024).

Sourisse, J.M., Bonzi, L.C., Semmelhack, J., and Schunter, C. Warming affects routine swimming activity and novel odour response in larval zebrafish. Scientific Reports 13, 21075. 10.1038/s41598-023-48287-y. (2023).

Khan, B., Jaesiri, O., Lazarte, I.P., Li, Y., Tian, G., Zhao, P., Zhao, Y., Ho, V.D., Semmelhack, J.L. Zebrafish larvae use stimulus intensity and contrast to estimate distance to prey. Current Biology. 33, 3179-3191.e4. (2023).

Mearns, D.S., Donovan, J.C., Fernandes, A.M., Semmelhack, J.L., and Baier, H. Deconstructing Hunting Behavior Reveals a Tightly Coupled Stimulus-Response Loop. Current Biology. 30, 54-69.e9. (2020).

 Zhou, M., Bear, J., Roberts, P.A., Janiak, F.K., Semmelhack, J., Yoshimatsu, T., and Baden, T.  Zebrafish Retinal Ganglion Cells Asymmetrically Encode Spectral and Temporal Information across Visual Space. Current Biology. 30, 2927-2942.e7 (2020).

Temizer, I., Donovan, J. C., Baier, H., and Semmelhack, J.L. A visual pathway for looming-evoked escape in larval zebrafish. Current Biology. 25, 1823-1834 (2015).

Semmelhack, J.L., Donovan, J.C., Thiele, T.R., Kuehn, E., Laurell, E., and Baier, H. A dedicated visual pathway for prey detection in larval zebrafish. eLife 3, e04878 (2014).

Semmelhack, J.L., and Wang, J.W. Select Drosophila glomeruli mediate innate olfactory attraction and aversion. Nature. 459, 218-224 (2009).

Root, C.M.*, Semmelhack, J.L.*, and Wang, J.W. Propagation of olfactory information in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, 11826-11831 (2007). *equal contribution

Taga, M.E., Semmelhack, J.L., and Bassler B.L. The LuxS-dependent autoinducer AI-2 controls the expression of an ABC transporter that functions in AI-2 uptake in Salmonella typhimurium. Mol. Microbiol. 42, 777-793 (2001).