Yashodara Abeykoon

The paper identifies transcription factors and effector genes involved in human cortical neurogenesis using CRISPRi screening in a primary culture system.

The paper identifies HAQERs in human cortical development, showing their role in gene regulation through CpG gains and links them to neurological disorders.

This study maps stem cell differentiation trajectories in Hydra using single-cell transcriptomics, revealing shared progenitor states for neurons and gland cells and creating a gene expression map of the nervous system.