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Rashi Agarwal

Heidelberg UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0504-899XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1

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Immune regulation of neuronal stem cells in the medaka retina

Rashi Agarwal, Joergen Benjaminsen, Katharina Lust, Clara Julseth, Natalia Fuchs, Eva Hasel de Carvalho, Fanny Eggeler, Omnia El Said Ibrahim, Narges Aghaallaei, Baubak Bajoghli, Joachim Wittbrodt

The paper shows microglia phagocytose medaka retinal stem cells under homeostasis, but Ccl25b-Ccr9a signaling is not essential for their maintenance.

Development · Sep 1, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Deep learning predicts tissue outcomes in retinal organoids

Cassian Afting, Norin Bhatti, Christina Schlagheck, Encarnación Sánchez Salvador, María Herrera, Rashi Agarwal, Risa Suzuki, Nicolaj S. Hackert, Hanns‐Martin Lorenz, Lucie Žílová, Joachim Wittbrodt, Tarik Exner

This paper uses deep learning to predict tissue outcomes in retinal organoids before they are visually discernible, improving understanding of developmental trajectories.

PLoS Biology · Jan 27, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Natural genetic variation quantitatively regulates heart-rate and -dimension

Jakob Gierten, Bettina Welz, Tomas W. Fitzgerald, Thomas Thumberger, Rashi Agarwal, Oliver Hummel, Adrien Léger, Philipp Weber, Kiyoshi Naruse, David Hassel, Norbert Hübner, Ewan Birney, Joachim Wittbrodt

The paper maps and validates key genetic loci influencing heart rate and function in fish, identifying potential targets for cardiac disease treatment.

Nature Communications · Apr 30, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics

The molecular logic of synaptic wiring at the single cell level

Jessica Velten, Rashi Agarwal, Patrick van Nierop y Sanchez, Katrin Domsch, Lena Bognar, Malte S. Paulsen, Lars Velten, Ingrid Lohmann

This study identifies a homeo-immunoglobulin code that specifies single-cell specific connections between motoneurons and target muscles through combinatorial immunoglobulin domain proteins.

bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2020 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology