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Almaz Huseynova

The Francis Crick Institute

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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CDKL5 phosphorylates neuronal ELAVL proteins to promote mRNA binding, protein synthesis and visual cortex development

Simeon R. Mihaylov, André T. Lopes, Margaux Silvestre, Gaia Bianchini, Helen R. Flynn, Almaz Huseynova, Stephanie Strohbuecker, Llywelyn Griffith, Cristina Militti, Lucas L. Baltussen, Xiuming Yuan, Gabriel Morel, Suzanne Claxton, Kelvin Dempster, Flora C. Y. Lee, , Sila K. Ultanir

This study identifies CDKL5 as a kinase that phosphorylates nELAVL proteins, enhancing mRNA binding and protein synthesis, and shows its role in visual cortex development.

bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Neuronal programming by microbiota enables environmental regulation of intestinal motility

Yuuki Obata, Álvaro Castaño, Stefan Boeing, Ana Carina Bon‐Frauches, Candice Fung, Todd L. Fallesen, Mercedes Gomez de Agüero, Bahtiyar Yılmaz, Rita Lopes, Almaz Huseynova, Stuart D. Horswell, Muralidhara Rao Maradana, Werend Boesmans, Pieter Vanden Berghe, Andrew Murray, , Vassilis Pachnis

The paper shows microbiota induce AhR in enteric neurons, enabling them to respond to environmental signals.

Nature · Feb 5, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience