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Death Cap Mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) 

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medical illustration of Death cap mushrooms contain a deadly toxin called alpha-amanitin. Researchers have found that some wild strains of Drosophila are resistant to the toxin. Rendered in Adobe Illustrator in a vintage pen-and-ink style. One of a series of illustrations for Dr. Stephanie Mohr's book, First in Fly, published in March 2018.
Next medical illustration of Circuit diagrams present an extremely simplified view of the Drosophila brain, illustrating targets of optogenetic intervention. (a) When a fly approaches a perfume, an attractant, dopaminergic modulatory neurons carrying aversive reinforcement signals are optogenetically activated. (b) This intervention results in a lasting remapping of the state “presence of odor No. 5” onto the action “avoidance.” Published in Miesenböck (2011). Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. v27. Vector art by Fiona Martin.

Reprogramming of Behavior

Death cap mushrooms contain a deadly toxin called alpha-amanitin. Researchers have found that some wild strains of Drosophila are resistant to the toxin. Rendered in Adobe Illustrator in a vintage pen-and-ink style. One of a series of illustrations for Dr. Stephanie Mohr's book, First in Fly, published in March 2018.

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