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  1. ​el Jundi B, Baird E, Byrne M, Dacke M (2019) The brain behind straight-line orientation in dung beetles. J Exp Biol, 222, pii: jeb192450 [review].
  2. Kelber A, Webb B, el Jundi B (2019) Linking brain and behaviour in animal navigation: navigation from genes to maps. J Exp Biol, 222, pii: jeb197756. [editorial].
  3. el Jundi B, Heinze S (2019) Atlasing of insect brains. In: Pelc R, Doucette JR, Walz W (eds.), Neurohistology and Imaging: Basic techniques. Springer, Heidelberg. in press [book chapter].
  4. Pauls D, Blechschmidt C, Frantzmann F, el Jundi B, Selcho M (2018) A comprehensive anatomical map of the peripheral octopaminergic/tyraminergic system of Drosophila melanogaster. Sci Rep, 8:15314.
  5. Beetz MJ, el Jundi B (2018) Insect Orientation: stay on course with the sun. Curr Biol 28: R933-R936 [dispatch].
  6. el Jundi B, Warrant EJ, Pfeiffer K, Dacke M (2018) Neuroarchitecture of the dung beetle central complex. J Comp Neurol, 526:2612-2630.
  7. Dacke M, el Jundi B (2018) The dung beetle compass. Curr Biol 28: R993-R997 [primer].
  8. Dreyer D, el Jundi B, Kishkinev D, Suchentrunk C, Campostrini L, Frost BJ, Zechmeister T, Warrant EJ (2018) Evidence for a directed autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in Central Europe. J Exp Biol, 221 (pt24), pii: jeb179218.
  9. Foster JJ , Kirwan JD, el Jundi B, Smolka J, Khaldy L, Baird EJ, Byrne M, Nilsson D-E, Johnsen S, Dacke M (2018) Orienting to polarized light at night - matching lunar skylight to performance in a nocturnal beetle. J Exp Biol, pii: jeb.188532.
  10. el Jundi B (2017) Insect navigation: how flies keep track of their snack. Curr Biol 27: R748-R750. [dispatch].
  11. Immonen E-V, Dacke M, Heinze S, el Jundi B (2017) Anatomical organization of the brain of a diurnal and a nocturnal dung beetle. J Comp Neurol 525:1879-1908.
  12. Foster JJ, el Jundi B, Smolka J, Khaldy L, Nilsson D-E, Byrne MJ, Dacke M (2017) Stellar performance – Mechanisms underlying Milky Way orientation in dung beetles. Phil Trans R Soc B 372:20160079.
  13. el Jundi B, Foster JJ, Khaldy L, Byrne MJ, Dacke M, Baird, E (2016) A snapshot-based mechanisms for celestial orientation. Curr Biol 26:1-7.
  14. Stoeckl A, Heinze S, Charalabidis A, el Jundi B, Warrant E, Kelber A (2016) A trade-off between vision and olfaction: Brain volume predicts the importance of sensory cues in hawkmoth foraging. Sci Rep 17;626041
  15. el Jundi B, Warrant EJ, Byrne MJ, Khaldy L, Baird E, Smolka J, Dacke M (2015) Neural coding underlying the cue preference for celestial orientation. PNAS 112:11395-11400.
  16. Smolka J, Baird E, el Jundi B, Byrne MJ, Reber T, Dacke M (2015) Night-sky orientation with diurnal and nocturnal eyes: dim-light adaptations are critical when the moon is out of sight. Anim Behav 111, 127-146.
  17. el Jundi B, Foster JJ, Baird E, Byrne MJ, Dacke M (2015) Spectral information as an orientation cue in dung beetles. Biol Letters 11:20150656.
  18. Beetz MJ, el Jundi B, Heinze S, Homberg U (2015) Topographic organization and possible function of the posterior optic tubercle in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. J Comp Neurol 523:1589-1607.
  19. el Jundi B, Smolka J, Baird E, Byrne M, Dacke M (2014) Diurnal dung beetles use the intensity gradient and the polarization pattern of the sky for orientation. J Exp Biol 217:2422-2429.
  20. el Jundi B, Pfeiffer K, Heinze S, Homberg U (2014) Integration of polarization and chromatic cues in the insect sky compass. J Comp Physiol A 200:575-589 [review].
  21.  Dacke M, el Jundi B, Smolka J, Byrne MJ, Baird E (2014) The role of the sun in the celestial compass of dung beetles, Phil Trans R Soc B 369:20130036.
  22. Homberg U, el Jundi B (2013) Polarization vision in arthropods. In: Chalupa LM, Werner JS (eds.), The Visual Neuroscience, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 1207-1217 [book chapter]. 
  23. Heinze S, Florman J, Asokaraj S, el Jundi B, Reppert SM (2013) Anatomical basis of sun compass navigation II: The neuronal composition of the central complex of the monarch butterfly, J Comp Neurol 521:267-298.
  24. Smolka J, Baird E, el Jundi B, Byrne MJ, Warrant EJ, Dacke M (2012) Dung beetles use their dung ball as a mobile thermal refuge, Curr Biol 22: R863-864.
  25. el Jundi B, Homberg U (2012) Receptive field properties and intensity-response functions of polarization-sensitive neurons of the optic tubercle in gregarious and solitarious locusts, J Neurophysiol 108: 1695-1710. 
  26. Selcho M, Pauls D, el Jundi B, Stocker RF, Thum AS (2012) The role of octopamine and tyramine in Drosophila larval locomotion. J Comp Neurol 520: 3764-3785.
  27. Homberg U, Heinze S, Pfeiffer K, Kinoshita M, el Jundi B (2011) Central neural coding of sky polarization in insects. Phil Trans R Soc B 366: 680-687 [review].
  28. el Jundi B, Pfeiffer K, Homberg U (2011) A distinct layer of the medulla integrates sky compass signals in the brain of an insect. PLoS One 6(11): e27855. 2010
  29. Wei H, el Jundi B, Homberg U, Stengl M (2010) Implementation of pigment-dispersing factor-immunoreactive neurons in a standardized atlas of the brain of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae. J Comp Neurol 518:4113-4133.
  30. el Jundi B, Homberg U (2010) Evidence for the possible existence of a second polarization vision pathway in the locust brain. J Insect Physiol 56: 971-979.  
  31. Huetteroth W, el Jundi B, el Jundi S, Schachtner J (2010) 3D-reconstructions and virtual 4D-visualization to study metamorphic brain development in the sphinx moth Manduca sexta. Front Syst Neurosci 4:7.
  32. Dreyer D, Vitt H, Dippel S, Goetz B, el Jundi B, Kollmann M, Huetteroth W, Schachtner J (2010) 3D standard brain of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum: A tool to study metamorphic development and adult plasticity. Front Syst Neurosci 4:3.
  33. el Jundi B, Heinze S, Lenschow C, Kurylas A, Rohlfing T, Homberg U (2010) The locust standard brain: a 3D standard of the central complex as a platform for neural network analysis. Front Syst Neurosci 3:21.
  34. el Jundi B, Huetteroth W, Kurylas AE, Schachtner J (2009) Anisometric brain dimorphism revisited: implementation of a volumetric 3D standard brain in Manduca sexta. J Comp Neurol 517, 210-225.