Dr Maarten Zwart

Dr Maarten Zwart

Reader

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2086
Email
mfz@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

We investigate how the brain produces behaviour by looking at how movements are generated and adjusted to meet animals’ needs. See for more information and ways to join the lab!

PhD supervision

  • Cameron Burton
  • Sarah Suber

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Mullen, P., Bowlby, B., Armstrong, H. C., Gray, A. & Zwart, M., 21 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Open Biology. 16, 1, 250322.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Date, T., Liu, Y., Yamaguchi, A., McNulty, P., Wu, R., Gershow, M., Nose, A., Zwart, M. & Kohsaka, H., 21 Jan 2026, Online: bioRxiv, p. 1-64, 64 p.

    Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  • Open access
    Xu Ying, B., Zwart, M. F. & Pulver, S. R., 10 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 228, 7, jeb250015.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    MacLeod, J., Xu Ying, B., Zwart, M. & Pulver, S., 17 Sept 2025, bioRxiv.

    Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  • Open access
    Zwart, M. F., 13 Nov 2024, In: eLife. 13, 3 p., e104111.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • Open access
    Taneja, C., George, J. G., Corsetti, S., Wijesinghe, P., Bruce, G. D., Zwart, M. F., Bhattacharya, S. & Dholakia, K., 1 Nov 2024, In: Biomedical Optics Express. 15, 11, p. 6183-6197 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Mullen, P., Bowlby, B., Armstrong, H. C. & Zwart, M. F., 8 Apr 2023, bioRxiv, 28 p.

    Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  • Open access
    Liu, Y., Hasegawa, E., Nose, A., Zwart, M. F. & Kohsaka, H., 8 Aug 2023, In: eLife. 12, 26 p., e83328.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Yang, E., Zwart, M. F., James, B., Rubinov, M., Wei, Z., Narayan, S., Vladimirov, N., Mensh, B. D., Fitzgerald, J. E. & Ahrens, M. B., 22 Dec 2022, In: Cell. 185, 26, p. 5011-5027 e20.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Babski, H., Jovanic, T., Surel, C., Yoshikawa, S., Zwart, M. F., Valmier, J., Thomas, J. B., Enriquez, J., Carroll, P. & Garcès, A., 22 Oct 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 17 p., 4796.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review