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Mark G. Zhang

California Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0002-0802-300XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Neuronal activity regulating the dauer entry decision in Caenorhabditis elegans

Sharan J. Prakash, Maedeh Seyedolmohadesin, Mark G. Zhang, Sarah M Cohen, Shahla Gharib, Vivek Venkatachalam, Paul W. Sternberg

The paper identifies gas-sensing neurons and characterizes calcium responses in ASI and AIA neurons to understand dauer entry decision-making in C. elegans.

eNeuro · Dec 26, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Sensory integration of food availability and population density during the diapause exit decision involves insulin-like signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

Mark G. Zhang, Maedeh Seyedolmohadesin, Soraya Hawk Mercado, Heenam Park, Nerissa Finnen, Frank C. Schroeder, Vivek Venkatachalam, Paul W. Sternberg

This study identifies how insulin-like peptide signaling in C. elegans ASJ neurons integrates sensory cues for dauer exit decision-making.

bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Entry to and exit from diapause arrest in Caenorhabditis elegans are both regulated by a steroid hormone pathway

Mark G. Zhang, Paul W. Sternberg

The paper shows that a steroid hormone pathway regulates both entry into and exit from dauer diapause in C. elegans, with similar spatiotemporal dynamics for both processes.

Development · Apr 8, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology