Amir Ayali

Amir Ayali
Amir Ayali
Country	Israel
Organizations:	Tel-Aviv University, School of Zoology at Tel-Aviv University
Titles:	Professor
Focal areas:
	Agriculture; Artificial Intelligence; Behavioral Neuroscience; Biology; Collective Movement; Ecology; Education; Evolution; Insect Behavior; Insect Locomotion; Mating Behavior; Microbiology; Migration; Modeling; Neurobiology; Neurophysiology; Phase Polyphenism; Physiology; Population Dynamics; Robotics & Drone Technology;
Focal species:
	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria); Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria);

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Krongauz, D.L., Ayali, A., Kaminka, G.A., 2024. Vision-based collective motion: A locust-inspired reductionist model. PLOS Computational Biology 20:e1011796. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011796
Lavy, O., Lewin‐Epstein, O., Bendett, Y., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., Hadany, L., Ayali, A., 2022. Microbiome‐related aspects of locust density‐dependent phase transition. Environmental Microbiology 1462–2920.15883. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15883
Couzin-Fuchs, E., Ayali, A., 2021. The social brain of ‘non-eusocial’ insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 48:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2021.04.006
Knebel, D., Sha-ked, C., Agmon, N., Ariel, G., Ayali, A., 2021. Collective motion as a distinct behavioral state of the individual. iScience 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102299
Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Ayali, A., Gihaz, S., Fishman, A., Gefen, E., 2021. The maternal foam plug constitutes a reservoir for the desert locust's bacterial symbionts. Environmental Microbiology 23:2461–2472. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15448
Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., Ayali, A., 2020. Dynamics of bacterial composition in the locust reproductive tract are affected by the density-dependent phase. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa044
Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., Ayali, A., 2020. Locust Bacterial Symbionts: An Update. Insects 11:655. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11100655
Lavy, O., Lewin-Epstein, O., Bendett, Y., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., Hadany, L., Ayali, A., 2020. Microbiome-related aspects of locust density-dependent phase transition. bioRxiv 2020.09.17.301010. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/09/19/2020.09.17.301010.full.pdf
Knebel, D., Ayali, A., Guershon, M., Ariel, G., 2019. Intra- versus intergroup variance in collective behavior. Science Advances 5:eaav0695. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav0695
Lavy, O., Gophna, U., Gefen, E., Ayali, A., 2019. The effect of density-dependent phase on the locust gut bacterial composition. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:1–8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03020
Talal, S., Ayali, A., Gefen, E., 2019. Respiratory gas levels interact to control ventilatory motor patterns in isolated locust ganglia. The Journal of Experimental Biology 222:jeb195388. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.195388
Cullen, D.A., Cease, A.J., Latchininsky, A.V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., De Keyser, R., Foquet, B., Hadrich, J.C., Matheson, T., Ott, S.R., Poot-Pech, M.A., Robinson, B.E., Smith, J.M., Song, H., Sword, G.A., Vanden Broeck, J., Verdonck, R., Verlinden, H., Rogers, S.M., 2017. From molecules to management: mechanisms and consequences of locust phase polyphenism. In: Advances in Insect Physiology, pp. 167-285. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2017.06.002
Ariel, G., Ayali, A., 2015. Locust Collective Motion and Its Modeling. PLOS Computational Biology 11:e1004522. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004522
Huang, S.P., Talal, S., Ayali, A., Gefen, E., 2015. The effect of discontinuous gas exchange on respiratory water loss in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) varies across an aridity gradient. Journal of Experimental Biology 218:2510–2517.
Talal, S., Ayali, A., Gefen, E., 2015. Discontinuous gas-exchange cycle characteristics are differentially affected by hydration state and energy metabolism in gregarious and solitary desert locusts. Journal of Experimental Biology 218:3807–3815. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.126490
Geva, N., Guershon, M., Orlova, M., Ayali, A., 2010. Memoirs of a locust: density-dependent behavioral change as a model for learning and memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 93:175–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2009.09.008
Lucas, C., Kornfein, R., Chakaborty-Chatterjee, M., Schonfeld, J., Geva, N., Sokolowski, M.B., Ayali, A., 2010. The locust foraging gene. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 74:52–66. https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.20363
Anava, S., Rand, D., Zilberstein, Y., Ayali, A., 2009. Innexin genes and gap junction proteins in the locust frontal ganglion. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 39:224–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.12.002
Ayali, A., Fuchs, E., Kutsch, W., 2004. Neurophysiological studies of flight-related density-dependent phase characteristics in locusts. Acta Biologica Hungarica 55:137–141.
Fuchs, E., Kutsch, W., Ayali, A., 2003. Neural correlates to flight‐related density‐dependent phase characteristics in locusts. Journal of Neurobiology 57:152–162.
Pener, M.P., Ayali, A., Golenser, E., 1997. Adipokinetic hormone and flight fuel related characteristics of density-dependent locust phase polymorphism: A review. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 117:513–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0305-0491(97)00187-9
Ayali, A., Golenser, E., Pener, M.P., 1996. Flight fuel related differences between solitary and gregarious locusts (Locusta migratoria migratorioides). Physiological Entomology 21:1–6.
Ayali, A., Pener, M.P., 1995. The relations of adipokinetic response and body lipid content in locusts (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) with special reference to phase polymorphism. Journal of Insect Physiology 41:85–89.
Ayali, A., Pener, M.P., 1992. Density-dependent phase polymorphism affects response to adipokinetic hormone in Locusta. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 101:549–552.