Salwan Butrus

The paper shows that the L2/3 continuum in the mouse visual cortex develops through two phases: a genetically programmed initial phase and a visually experience-driven second phase.

The paper constructs a single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the mouse whisker somatosensory cortex during development and finds that sensory experience minimally affects cell type maturation in this region, unlike the visual cortex.

The paper uses spatial transcriptomics and computational methods to show that vision affects both cell state and cell type composition in the visual cortex during critical periods.

This study uses scRNA-seq to analyze molecular maturation of mouse retinal ganglion cells, showing visual activity is not required for type identity but is needed for full maturation.

This study uses single-cell RNA-seq to show that mouse retinal ganglion cell precursors diversify into discrete types through gradual fate restriction after mitosis.

The paper shows that vision selectively drives the specification of upper-layer glutamatergic cell types in the mouse visual cortex through gene expression regulation.

The paper classifies zebrafish retinal ganglion cells using single-cell transcriptomics, identifies marker genes, and links molecular profiles to functional behaviors.