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Emily J Leptich

Baylor College of MedicineORCID 0000-0001-8272-8940Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintNov 20, 2025

INS-17, an insulin-receptor ligand, confers specificity in adult IIS-regulated phenotypes in C. elegans

Emily J Leptich, Priyadharshini Vijayakumar, Edward W. Pietryk…·Rachel N. Arey

The paper identifies INS-17 as a specific insulin-receptor ligand in C. elegans that regulates learning and memory independently of lifespan.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.20.689590

C. elegansexperimental assay

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NeuroscienceGeneticsPeer-reviewedAug 6, 2025

Harnessing Microbial Tools: Escherichia coli as a Vehicle for Neuropeptide Functional Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Elizabeth M. DiLoreto, Shruti Shastry, Emily J Leptich…·Jagan Srinivasan

The paper develops a method to functionally analyze individual neuropeptides in C. elegans by expressing active peptides in E. coli and feeding them to loss-of-function mutants.

2 citations

C. elegansproteomics

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJan 5, 2024

Behavioral screening of conserved RNA-binding proteins reveals CEY-1/YBX RNA-binding protein dysfunction leads to impairments in memory and cognition

Ashley N. Hayden, Katie L. Brandel-Ankrapp, Paul R. Merlau…·Rachel N. Arey

The paper identifies CEY-1/YBX RNA-binding proteins as memory regulators in C. elegans and links YBX dysfunction to neurological symptoms in humans.

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C. elegansexperimental assay

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