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Zainab Faik

Harvard University

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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A connectomic resource for neural cataloguing and circuit dissection of the larval zebrafish brain

Mariela D. Petkova, Michał Januszewski, Tim M. Blakely, Kristian J. Herrera, Gregor F. P. Schuhknecht, Robert Tiller, Jinhan Choi, Richard Lee Schalek, Jonathan Boulanger-Weill, Adi Peleg, Yuelong Wu, Shuohong Wang, Jakob Troidl, Sumit Kumar Vohra, Donglai Wei, , Florian Engert

The paper presents a connectomic dataset of a larval zebrafish brain, enabling circuit analysis through synaptic and neuronal annotations.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Potassium regulates axon-oligodendrocyte signaling and metabolic coupling in white matter

Zoe J. Looser, Zainab Faik, Luca Ravotto, Henri S. Zanker, Ramona B. Jung, Hauke B. Werner, Torben Ruhwedel, Wiebke Möbius, Dwight E. Bergles, L. Felipe Barros, Klaus‐Armin Nave, Bruno Weber, Aiman S. Saab

This study shows that oligodendrocytes use potassium signaling to regulate axonal metabolism and maintain axonal health through metabolic coupling.

Nature Neuroscience · Jan 24, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience