Dr. Tamara Boto

• Boto T, Stahl A, Zhang X, Louis L, Tomchik SM, Independent contribution of discrete dopaminergic circuits to cellular plasticity, memory strength and valence in Drosphila, Cell Reports, 27, 2019, p1 - 8Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Boto T, Stahl A, Tomchik SM., Cellular and circuit mechanisms of olfactory associative learning in Drosophila., Journal of neurogenetics, 34, (1), 2020, p36-46Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• King LB, Boto T, Botero V, Aviles AM, Jomsky BM, Joseph C, Walker JA, Tomchik SM., Developmental loss of neurofibromin across distributed neuronal circuits drives excessive grooming in Drosophila., PLoS genetics, 16, (7), 2020, pe1008920Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Boto T, Tomchik SM., The Excitatory, the Inhibitory, and the Modulatory: Mapping Chemical Neurotransmission in the Brain., Neuron, 101, (5), 2019, p763-765Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Louis T, Stahl A, Boto T, Tomchik SM., Cyclic AMP-dependent plasticity underlies rapid changes in odor coding associated with reward learning., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, (3), 2018, pE448-E457Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Boto T, Louis T, Jindachomthong K, Jalink K, Tomchik SM., Dopaminergic modulation of cAMP drives nonlinear plasticity across the Drosophila mushroom body lobes., Current biology : CB, 24, (8), 2014, p822-831Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Boto T, Alcorta E., Toward identifying specific roles for G-protein ß and " subunit variants in olfactory reception., Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 7, 2013, p114Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Martin F, Boto T, Gomez-Diaz C, Alcorta E., Elements of olfactory reception in adult Drosophila melanogaster., Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007), 296, (9), 2013, p1477-1488Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Curto-Reyes V, Boto T, Hidalgo A, Menéndez L, Baamonde A., Antinociceptive effects induced through the stimulation of spinal cannabinoid type 2 receptors in chronically inflamed mice., European journal of pharmacology, 668, (1-2), 2011, p184-189Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Boto T, Gomez-Diaz C, Alcorta E., Expression analysis of the 3 G-protein subunits, Galpha, Gbeta, and Ggamma, in the olfactory receptor organs of adult Drosophila melanogaster., Chemical senses, 35, (3), 2010, p183-193Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• Riveron J, Boto T, Alcorta E., The effect of environmental temperature on olfactory perception in Drosophila melanogaster., Journal of insect physiology, 55, (10), 2009, p943-951Journal Article, 2009, DOI
• Riveron J, Boto T, Alcorta E., Transcriptional basis of the acclimation to high environmental temperature at the olfactory receptor organs of Drosophila melanogaster, BMC Genomics, 2013Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Botero, V., Stanhope, B. A., Brown, E. B., Grenci, E. C., Boto, T., Park, S. J., King, L. B., Murphy, K. R., Colodner, K. J., Walker, J. A., Keene, A. C., Ja, W. W., & Tomchik, S. M, Neurofibromin regulates metabolic rate via neuronal mechanisms in Drosophila, Nature Communications, 12, (1), 2021, p4285-Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Roselli, C., Ramaswami, M., Boto, T., Cervantes-Sandoval, I, The Making of Long-Lasting Memories: A Fruit Fly Perspective, Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 15, 2021, p662129-Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Stahl A, Noyes NC, Boto T, Botero V, Broyles CN, Jing M, Zeng J, King LB, Li Y, Davis RL, Tomchik SM, Associative learning drives longitudinally-graded presynaptic plasticity of neurotransmitter release along axonal compartments, eLife, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Marquand K, Roselli C, Cervantes-Sandoval I, Boto T, Sleep benefits different stages of memory in Drosophila, Frontiers in Physiology, 19, (14), 2023, p1087025Review Article, 2023, DOI

• Boto T, Ramaswami M, Learning and memory: Clashing engrams in the fly brain, Current Biology, 31, (16), 2021, pR1009 - R1011Journal Article, DOI
• La percepción olfatoria: contribución de la información periférica y cambios asociados a un entorno dinámico in, La olfacción en España, Editorial SBI, 2006, [Esther Alcorta, Fernando Martín, Jacob Riverón, Tamara Boto and Carolina Gómez-Díaz]Book Chapter
• Boto, T and Tomchik, SM, Functional Imaging of Learning-Induced Plasticity in the Central Nervous System with Genetically Encoded Reporters in Drosophila, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023Review Article, DOI
• Boto, T and Tomchik, SM, 'Imaging Olfactory Learning-Induced Plasticity in Vivo in the Drosophila Brain', Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023, -Protocol or guideline, DOI
• Boto, T and Tomchik, SM, 'Ex Vivo Brain Imaging in Drosophila', Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023, -Protocol or guideline, DOI

Neuroscience and clinical neurology,

• SRSF Career Development Award 2022
• Provost PhD Project Award 2020

• Neuroscience Ireland
• European Drosophila Society
• European Drosophila Society current
• Sleep Research Society

• PhD External Examiner in the University of Oviedo (Spain)
• Journal Reviewer for Nature Communications, Current Biology, eLife, PNAS, Cell Reports, PLoS Biology, Frontiers in Physiology and International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Member of Editorial Review Board in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
• Member of Editorial Review Board in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2022
• Grant Review 2023 Reviewer for the European Research Council Consolidator Grant "Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution" panel. 2023 Reviewer for the Wellcome Trust Career Development Award scheme. 2023 External Reviewer for the Research Grants Council (RGC, Hong Kong).