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Ken Lukowiak
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Research
Latest papers
Exploring the role of stress sensitivity in memory formation: why do some animals learn while others do not? Lessons from Lymnaea stagnalis.
Open biology · 2026 · senior author
Trace conditioning: insights from invertebrate models on bridging the temporal gap.
Biology letters · 2026
Not too different: Wild Lymnaea learning at the pondside and in the lab.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $330,000
Smart vs dumb, predator-experienced vs predator-naive snails: How to change the phenotype.
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $227,500
Some strains of Lymnaea are smarter than others: why and what are the consequences.
NSERC · 2013 · Principal investigator
- $75,000
Individual variation in memory ability: differences between old- and new-world Lymnaea
NSERC · 2008 · Principal investigator
126 publications.
Exploring the role of stress sensitivity in memory formation: why do some animals learn while others do not? Lessons from Lymnaea stagnalis.
Rivi V, Yakubets K, Pele G, Batabyal A, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Benatti C, Lukowiak K
Trace conditioning: insights from invertebrate models on bridging the temporal gap.
Rivi V, Ponkshe A, Lukowiak K, Batabyal A
Not too different: Wild Lymnaea learning at the pondside and in the lab.
Hollings J, Lukowiak K
Effects of the inhibition of miRNA biogenesis in the central ring ganglia of a widely used invertebrate model species, Lymnaea stagnalis.
Rivi V, Fodor I, Batabyal A, Kagan D, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Pirger Z, Schmidt J, Benatti C, Lukowiak K
Effects of neonicotinoid and diamide-contaminated agricultural runoff on Lymnaea stagnalis: Insights into stress, neurotoxicity, and antioxidant response.
Rivi V, Pele G, Yakubets K, Batabyal A, Dominici R, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Benatti C, Lukowiak K
Intrastrain variability in memory formation of freshly collected Lymnaea stagnalis: The influence of stressor type on memory.
Rivi V, Batabyal A, Pele G, Yakubets K, Dominici R, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Benatti C, Lukowiak K
A distinguished palate: taste discrimination and decision making during the Garcia-effect in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis.
Pelé G, Lukowiak K
First evidence of an anxiety-like behavior and its pharmacological modulation in a molluscan model organism, Lymnaea stagnalis.
Rivi V, Sarti P, Fodor I, Pirger Z, Koene JM, Pani L, Batabyal A, Lukowiak K, Blom JMC, Tascedda F, Benatti C
Unraveling lipopolysaccharide-induced behavioral and molecular effects in Lymnaea stagnalis, an emerging model organism for translational neuroscience.
Rivi V, Rigillo G, Alboni S, Koene JM, Pani L, Lukowiak K, Tascedda F, Blom JMC, Benatti C
Quercetin, the new stress buster: Investigating the transcriptional and behavioral effects of this flavonoid on multiple stressors using Lymnaea stagnalis.
Rivi V, Batabyal A, Benatti C, Tascedda F, Blom JMC, Lukowiak K
Smart vs dumb, predator-experienced vs predator-naive snails: How to change the phenotype.
Principal investigators: Lukowiak, Ken
Keywords: Cognitive syndrome; evolutionary trade-offs; genetic drift; Higher-order learning; Innate cognitive ability; Lymnaea; Memory recall; Predator-prey relationships; Strain differences; Stress
Some strains of Lymnaea are smarter than others: why and what are the consequences.
Principal investigators: Lukowiak, Ken
Individual variation in memory ability: differences between old- and new-world Lymnaea
Principal investigators: Lukowiak, Ken
Neuronal basis of behavior
Principal investigators: Bulloch, Andrew
Neuronal basis of behavior
Principal investigators: Bulloch, Andrew
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Campbell Rolian: 4 shared papers
- Benedikt Hallgrimsson and Ken Lukowiak: 3 shared papers
- Campbell Rolian and Ken Lukowiak: 2 shared papers
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
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