Mukunda, CL, & Sane, SP* (2025). Encoding of antennal position and velocity by the Johnston's organ in hawkmoths. Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb-249342. (accepted)
Virdi, S., & Sane, SP* (2025). Structure of the Femoral Chordotonal Organ in the Oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 533(2), e70022.

Virdi, S* and Sane, SP*  (2024) Form, function and mechanics of femoral chordotonal organs in insects. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 2024, 60:101459

Treidel, LA, Deem, KD, Salcedo,MK, Dickinson, MH, Bruce, HS, Darveau, CA, Dickerson, BH, Ellers O, Glass, JR, Gordon, CM, Harrison, JF, Hedrick, TL, Johnson, MG, Lebenzon, JE, Marden, JH, Niitepõld, K,  Sane, SP,  Sponberg, S,  Talal, S,  Williams, CM and Wold, ES (2024) Insect Flight: State of the Field and Future Directions, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2024;, icae106, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae106

Gupta D, Sane SP*, Arakeri JH* (2024) Generating controlled gust perturbations using vortex rings. PLoS ONE 19(7): e0305084

Prusty, A. D., & Sane, S. P. * (2024). The motor apparatus of head movements in the Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii, Lepidoptera). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 532(1), e25577.

Sane, S. P.*, Wehling, R., & Daniel, T. (2024). Multisensory integration in insect flight control. Biology Letters, 20(1), 20230565.

Gilmour, K.M.*, Daley, M.A., Egginton, S., Kelber, A., McHenry, M.J., Patek, S.N., Sane, S.P., Schulte, P.M., Terblanche, J.S., Wright, P.A. and Franklin, C.E., (2023). Through the looking glass: attempting to predict future opportunities and challenges in experimental biology. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(24).

Sane, S. P.*, Manjunath, M., & Mukunda, C. L. (2023). Vestibular feedback for flight control in hawkmoths. Trends in Neurosciences.

Patek, S. N.*, Daley, M. A., & Sane, S. P. (2023). A century of comparative biomechanics: emerging and historical perspectives on an interdisciplinary field. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(Suppl_1), jeb245876

Chatterjee, P., Mohan, U, and Sane, S.P.*  (2022) Small-amplitude head oscillations result from a multimodal head stabilization reflex in hawkmoths, Biology Letters (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0199)
Chatterjee, P., Prusty, A.D., Mohan, U, and Sane, S.P. * (2022) Integration of visual and antennal mechanosensory feedback during head stabilization in hawkmoths. eLife 2022;11:e78410
Deora, T., Sane, S. S., & Sane, S. P.* (2021) Wings and halteres act as coupled dual-oscillators in flies. eLife, 10, e53824.

Burrows, M.B.*, Ghosh, A., Sutton, G.P., Yeshwanth, H.M., Rogers, S.M., and Sane, S.P. (2021) Jumping in Lantern bugs (Hemiptera, Flugoridae). Journal of Experimental Biology (doi: 10.1242/jeb.243361)

Jyothi, P., Aralimarad, P.*, Wali, V., Dave, S., Bheemanna, M., Ashoka, J., Patil S, Lim KS, Chapman JW and Sane, S. P. (2021). Evidence for facultative migratory flight behavior in Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) in India. Plos One, 16(1), e0245665.

Sane, S. P. (2020). Editorial overview: Insect-inspired engineering: mechanisms, processes and algorithms. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 42, vi-viii.

Sane, S. P.*, Ramaswamy, S. S., & Raja, S. V. (2020). Insect architecture: structural diversity and behavioral principles. Current Opinion in Insect Science.

Sane, S.P (2020). Enhancing insect flight research with a lab-on-cables. Science Robotics  Vol. 5, Issue 45, eabd7941

Chatterjee, P., Mohan, U., Krishnan, A., & Sane, S. P.* (2020). Evolutionary constraints on flicker fusion frequency in Lepidoptera. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 1-11.

Natesan, D., Saxena, N., Ekeberg, O and Sane, S.P.* (2019) Tuneable reflexes control antennal positioning in flying hawkmoths. Nature Communications 10 (1), 1-15

Liu, P., Sane, S.P., Mongeau, J-Mi, Zhao, J., Cheng, B* (2019) Flies land upside down on a ceiling using rapid visually-mediated rotational maneuvers. Science Advances 5 (10), eaax1877

Balebail, S., Raja, S. K., & Sane, S. P.* (2019). Landing maneuvers of houseflies on vertical and inverted surfaces. PloS one, 14(8), e0219861.

Sant, H.H. and Sane, S.P *(2019) A comparative study of antennal mechanosensors in insects (Book Chapter in Indian Insects: Diversity and Science,  CRC Press)

Manjila, S., Kuruvilla, M., Ferveur J-F, Sane, S.P. and Hasan, G*. (2019). Extended flight bouts require disinhibition from GABAergic Mushroom Body neurons. Current Biology, Volume 29, Issue 2, 21 January 2019, Pages 283-293.e5

Burrows, M.*, Ghosh, A., Yeshwanth, H.M., Dorosenko, M., & Sane S.P. (2019).Effectiveness and efficiency of two distinct mechanisms for take-off in a derbid planthopper insect Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 222 no. 2, jeb191494

Dahake, A., Stoeckl, A.*, Foster, J., Sane, S.P., & Kelber, A. (2018).The roles of vision and antennal mechanoreception in hawkmoth flight control. eLife 2018;7:e37606

Palavalli-Nettimi, R., & Sane, S. P. (2018). Fairyflies. Current Biology, 28(23), R1331-R1332

Sant, H.H. & Sane, S. P.* (2018).The Mechanosensory-Motor Apparatus of Antennae in the Oleander hawk moth (Daphnis nerii, Lepidoptera). Journal of Comparative Neurology 2018;526:2215–2230
Saxena, N., Natesan, D., & Sane, S. P. *(2018). Odor source localization in complex visual environments by fruit flies. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(2), jeb172023.
Houot, B., Cazalé-Debat, L., Fraichard, S., Everaerts, C., Saxena, N., Sane, S. P., & Ferveur, J. F. F.* (2017).Gene regulation and species-specific evolution of free-flight odor-tracking in Drosophila. Molecular biology and evolution 35 (1), 3-15
Deora, T., Gundiah, N and Sane, S.P. * (2017) Mechanics of the thorax in flies Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (8), 1382-1395
Sane, S.P. * (2017) Eppur si vola (and yet it flies) Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (4), 514-516

Sane, S. P. * (2017) Q & A (an interview) Current Biology, 27 (2), pR47–R49
Sane, S. P.* (2016) Neurobiology and biomechanics of flight in miniature insects Current Opinions in Neurobiology, 41, 158–166
Reynolds, A.M., Reynolds, D.R., Sane, S.P., Gao, H. and Chapman, JW.* (2016) Orientation in high-migrating insects in relation to flows: mechanisms and strategies
Philosophical Transactions to the Royal Society of London B, 371: 20150392.
Khurana, T.R., Sane, S.P. * (2016) Airflow and optic flow mediates antennal positioning in flying honeybees eLife 5, e14449

Sane, S.P.* (2016) Bioinspiration and Biomimicry: What Can Engineers Learn from Biologists? 淡江理工學刊 (Journal of Applied Science and Engineering) 19 (1), 1-6

Krishnan,A., Sane, S.P. (2015) Antennal Mechanosensors and Their Evolutionary Antecedents Advances in Insect Physiology 49, 59-99

Liu, Y., Cheng, B., Sane, S.P., Deng, X.* (2015) Aerodynamics of dynamic wing flexion in translating wings Experiments in Fluids 56 (6), 1-15

Deora, T., Singh, A.K. and Sane, S.P.* (2015) Biomechanical basis of wing and haltere coordination in flies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201412279

Sadaf, S., Reddy O.V.,  Sane, S.P. and Hasan, G* (2015) Neural control of wing coordination in flies. Current Biology 25 (1), 80-86.

Dieudonne, A, Daniel, T.L. and Sane, S.P.* (2014) Encoding properties of the mechanosensory neurons in the Johnston's organ of the hawk moth, Manduca sexta.
Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 3045-3056

Parween, R*; Pratap, R.; Deora, T. and Sane, S.P. (2014). Modeling strain sensing by the gyroscopic halteres in the Dipteran soldier fly, Hermetia illucens.
Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 42 (3), 371-385

Krishnan, A. and Sane, S.P.* (2014) Visual feedback influences antennal positioning in flying hawk moths. Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 908-917

Truong, TQ; Phan, VH; Sane S.P. and Park, HC*  (2014) Pitching moment generation in an insect-mimicking flapping-wing system. Journal of Bionic Engineering 11  36–51

Cheng, B; Sane, S.P.; Barbera, G.; Troolin, D.R.; Strand, T. and Deng, X* (2013) Three-dimensional flow visualization and vorticity dynamics in revolving wings.
Experiments in Fluids 54:1423.

Krishnan, A; Prabhakar, S.; Sudarsan, S. and Sane, S. P.* (2012) Neural mechanisms of antennal positioning in flying moths. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 3096-3105

Sane, S.P.* and Singh, A.K. (2011) Water movement in vascular plants - a primer. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 91 (3): 233-242

Zhao, L.; Deng, X* and Sane, S.P.* (2011). Modulation of leading edge vorticity and aerodynamic forces in flexible flapping wings. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 6 (2011) 036007.

Singh, A.K, Prabhakar, S and Sane, S. P.* (2011). The biomechanics of fast prey capture by aquatic bladderworts. Biology Letters, 7, 547-550.

Sane, S. P. (2011). Steady or Unsteady? Uncovering the aerodynamic mechanisms of insect flight. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 349-351

Sane S.P.*, Srygley R.B., Dudley R. (2010) Antennal regulation of migratory flight in the neotropical moth, Urania fulgens. Biology Letters 6: 406-409

Zhao L, Huang Q, Deng X* and Sane, S.P.* (2010) Aerodynamic effects of flexibility in flapping wings. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 7: 485-497

Sane S.P.* and McHenry M.J. (2009) The biomechanics of sensory organs. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 49(6):i8-i23.

Daniel, T.L.*, Dieudonne, A., Fox J.L., Myhrvold C.A., Sane S.P., Wark B. (2008). Inertial guidance systems in insects: from the neurobiology to the structural mechanics of biological gyroscopes. Navigation 55(4): 235-240

Sane, S. P.*, Dieudonne, A., Willis, M. A. and Daniel, T. L. (2007). Antennal mechanosensors mediate flight control in moths. Science 315, 863-866.

Sane, S.P.* (2006) Self-generated airflow in flying insects I. Theoretical modeling of induced airflow. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 32-42

Sane, S.P.* and Jacobson, N. (2006) Self-generated airflow in flying insects II. Measurement of induced flow. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 43- 56.

Lehmann, F.O.*; Sane, S.P.; Dickinson, M.H. (2005) The aerodynamic effects of wing-wing interaction in flapping insect wings. Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 3075-3092

Sane S.P.* (2003) The Aerodynamics of Insect Flight. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 4191-4208

Sane, S.P.*; Dickinson, M.H. (2002) The aerodynamic effects of wing rotation and a revised quasi-steady model of flapping flight. Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 1087-1096.

Sane, S.P.*; Dickinson, M.H. (2001) The control of flight force by a flapping wing: Lift and drag production. Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 2607-2626.

Dickinson, M.H.*; Lehmann, F.O.; Sane, S.P. (1999) Wing rotation and the aerodynamic basis of insect flight. Science, 284 5422: 1954-1960.

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