Derek van der Kooy

The paper identifies Sox15 as a transcription factor that promotes cone photoreceptor differentiation by inhibiting alternative rod fates in the developing mouse retina.

The paper identifies a novel memory type in C. elegans mediated by an insulin/phospholipase C pathway, distinct from known molecular categories of invertebrate memory.

This study shows that β-arrestin-mediated desensitization in C. elegans enables olfactory discrimination despite high receptor density in single neurons, contrasting with mammalian labelled line coding.

The paper shows that connexin-36 gap junctions in VTA GABA neurons are essential for opiate dependence and withdrawal, as their disruption prevents these states in rodents.