Publications

Elsa Steinfath, Afshin Khalili (co-first author), Melanie Stenger, Bjarne L. Schultze, Sarath N Ravindran, Kimia Alizadeh, Jan Clemens
A neural circuit for context-dependent multimodal signaling in Drosophila
2024, preprint | pdf

Winston Mann, Bettina Erregger, Ralf Matthias Hennig, Jan Clemens
Resonant song recognition and the evolution of acoustic communication in crickets
2024, in press | pdf

Ava Kiai, Jan Clemens, Manfred Kössl, David Poeppel, Julio C. Hechavarría
Flexible control of vocal timing in Carollia perspicillata bats enables escape from acoustic interference
2023, Communications Biology | pdf

Jan Clemens, Mala Murthy
Quadratic and adaptive computations yield an efficient representation of song in Drosophila auditory receptor neurons
2021, in review, preprint | pdf, code and data, more code

Roshan Kumar Vijendravarma, Sunitha Narasimha, Elsa Steinfath, Jan Clemens, Pierre Leopold
Drosophila females have an acoustic preference for symmetric males
2022, PNAS, 119(13):e2116136119 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Stefan Schöneich, Konstantinos Kostarakos, Matthias Hennig, Berthold Hedwig
A small, computationally flexible network produces the phenotypic diversity of song recognition in crickets
2021, eLife, 10:e61475 | pdf, preprint, code

Elsa Steinfath, Adrian Palacios, Julian Rottschäfer, Deniz Yuezak, Jan Clemens
Fast and accurate annotation of acoustic signals with deep neural networks
2021, eLife, 10:e68837 | pdf, preprint, documentation and code

Jan Clemens, Bernhard Ronacher, Michael Reichert
Sex-specific speed-accuracy tradeoffs shape neural processing of acoustic signals in a grasshopper
2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287:20210005 | pdf, preprint, code

Deutsch, D, Pacheco, DA, Encarnacion-Rivera, L, Pereira, T, Fathy, Clemens, J, Girardin, C, R, Calhoun, A, Ireland, EC, Burke, AT, Dorkenwald, S, McKellar, C, Macrina, T, Lu, R, Lee, K, Kemnitz, N, Ih, D, Castro, M, Halageri, A, Jordan, C, Silversmith, W, Wu, J, Seung, HS, and Murthy, M.
The neural basis for a persistent internal state in Drosophila females.
2020, eLife, 9:e59502 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Matthias Hennig
Coding strategies in insects
2020, The Senses - Audition (2nd edition), book chapter | pdf

David Deutsch, Jan Clemens (co-first author), Stephan Thiberge, Georgia Guan, and Mala Murthy
Shared song object detector neurons in Drosophila male and female brains drive divergent, sex-specific behaviors
2019, Current Biology, 23:3200-3215 | pdf, preprint, code

Christa Baker, Jan Clemens (co-corresponding author), and Mala Murthy
Acoustic pattern recognition and courtship songs: insights from insects
2019, Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 42:129-147, pdf

Jan Clemens*, Philip Coen*, Frederic A. Roemschied*, Talmo Pereira, David Mazumder, Diego Pacheco, and Mala Murthy (* eq. contribution)
Discovery of a new song mode in Drosophila reveals hidden structure in the sensory and neural drivers of behavior
2018, Current Biology, 28:2400–2412 | pdf, dispatch, press, preprint, code&data 1 & 2

Jan Clemens, Nofar Ozeri, Mala Murthy
Fast intensity adaptation enhances the encoding of sound in Drosophila
2018, Nature Communications, 9:134 | pdf, preprint

David Stern, Jan Clemens, Pip Coen, Adam Calhoun, Troy Shirangi, John Hogenesch, Ben Arthur, Mala Murthy
Experimental and statistical reevaluation provides no evidence for Drosophila courtship song rhythms
2017, PNAS, 114(37):9978-9983 | pdf, preprint, code&data

Jan Clemens, Jennifer Aufderheide (eq. contribution), Bernhard Ronacher
Relative weighting of acoustic information during mating decisions in grasshoppers indicates signatures of sexual selection
2017, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 203(11):891-901 | pdf, code&data

Jan Clemens, Mala Murthy
The use of computational modeling to link sensory processing with behavior in Drosophila
2017, Celik, A., Wernet, M. (eds.) Decoding neural circuit structure and function Book chapter | preprint, pdf

Philip Coen, Marjorie Xie, Jan Clemens, Mala Murthy
Sensorimotor transformations underlying variability in song intensity during Drosophila courtship
2016, Neuron, 89(3):629–644 | pdf, preview

Jan Clemens, Cyrille Girardin (eq. contribution), Philip Coen, Georgia Guan, Barry Dickson, Mala Murthy
Connecting neural codes with behavior in the auditory system of Drosophila
2015, Neuron, 87(6):1332-1343 | pdf, preview, press

Florian Rau, Jan Clemens, Viktor Naumov, Matthias Hennig, Susanne Schreiber
Firing-rate resonances in the peripheral auditory system of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus
2015, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 201(11):1075-1090 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Florian Rau, Matthias Hennig, Jannis Hildebrandt
Context-dependent coding and gain control in the auditory system of crickets
2015, European Journal of Neuroscience, 42(7):2390-2406 | pdf

Kelly LaRue, Jan Clemens, Gordon Berman, Mala Murthy
Acoustic duetting in Drosophila virilis relies on the integration of auditory and tactile signals
2015, eLife, 4:e07277 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Stefanie Krämer (eq. contribution), Bernhard Ronacher
Asymmetrical integration of evidence during courtship decisions in grasshoppers
2014, PNAS, 111(46):16562–16567 | pdf, press release

Bernhard Ronacher, Matthias Hennig, Jan Clemens
Computational principles underlying the recognition of acoustic signals in grasshoppers and crickets
2014, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 201(1):61-71, invited review | pdf

Matthias Hennig, Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Jan Clemens
Time and timing in the acoustic recognition system of crickets
2014, Frontiers in Physiology, 5:286, invited review | pdf

Philip Coen, Jan Clemens, Andrew Weinstein, Diego Pacheco, Yi Deng, and Mala Murthy
Dynamic sensory cues shape song structure in Drosophila
2014, Nature, 507:233-237 | pdf, news&views

Jan Clemens, Bernhard Ronacher
Feature extraction and combination underlying decision making during courtship in grasshoppers
2013, Journal of Neuroscience, 33(29):12136-12145 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Matthias Hennig
Computational principles underlying the recognition of acoustic signals in insects
2013, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 35(1):75-85 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Sandra Wohlgemuth, Bernhard Ronacher
Nonlinear computations underlying temporal and population sparseness in the auditory system of the grasshopper
2012, Journal of Neuroscience, 32(29):10053-10062 | pdf

Jan Clemens, Olaf Kutzki, Bernhard Ronacher, Susanne Schreiber, Sandra Wohlgemuth
Efficient transformation of an auditory population code in a small sensory system
2011, PNAS, 108(33):13812-13817 | pdf, press release, media coverage

Jan Clemens, Gerroth Weschke, Astrid Vogel, Bernhard Ronacher
Intensity invariance properties of auditory neurons compared to the statistics of relevant natural signals in grasshoppers
2010, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 196:285-297 | pdf