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Kaitlyn Cortez

Brown University

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 4 Organism:Drosophila· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Assay:ChIP-seq· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1

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An snRNA-seq aging clock for the fruit fly head sheds light on sex-biased aging

Nikolai Tennant, Ananya Pavuluri, Gunjan Singh, Kaitlyn Cortez, Kate O’Connor-Giles, Erica Larschan, Ritambhara Singh

The paper introduces TimeFlies, an snRNA-seq aging clock for Drosophila heads, identifies key lncRNAs as biomarkers, and shows sex-specific aging pathways.

Scientific Reports · Apr 14, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Differential chromatin looping regulated by two GA-binding transcription factors creates an X-specific chromatin environment for dosage compensation

Joseph L. Aguilera, Kaitlyn Cortez, Luna C Segarra Alonzo, Melissa Aldana, Angelica Aragon, Chloe Gray, Morgan F. Woodman-Sousa, Kathryn J. Grive, Mukulika Ray, Erica Larschan

The paper shows how differential binding of two GA-binding transcription factors regulates chromatin looping to create an X-specific environment for dosage compensation.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

A dual DNA/RNA-binding factor regulates co-transcriptional splicing through target RNA interaction and modulates splicing factor dynamics

Mukulika Ray, Julia Zaborowsky, Pranav Mahableshwarkar, Smriti Vaidyanathan, Jasmine Shum, Annie Huang, Renjith Viswanathan, Isabelle Pilo, Victoria Chen, Kaitlyn Cortez, Ashley Mae Conard, Szu‐Huan Wang, Victoria Johnson, Noah Wake, Alexander E. Conicella, , Erica Larschan

The paper shows CLAMP, a DNA-binding factor, regulates sex-specific splicing by interacting with RNA and modulating RBP dynamics.

bioRxiv · Jan 11, 2024 · PreprintGenomics

The CLAMP GA-binding transcription factor regulates heat stress-induced transcriptional repression.

Joseph L. Aguilera, Jingyue Ellie Duan, Kaitlyn Cortez, Rachel S. Lee, Angelica Aragon, Mukulika Ray, Erica Larschan

The paper identifies CLAMP as a transcription factor that regulates heat stress-induced repression of constitutive genes in Drosophila and presents a high-resolution 3D genomic dataset.

bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2023 · PreprintGenomics