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Jelly HM Soffers

University of Missouri–Kansas CityORCID 0000-0002-1051-7375Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental Biology· 1 Genomics· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Haluk LaciniD· 2 shared Beth A. Wilson· 1 shared Christopher W. Seidel· 1 shared Daniel J Sytkowski· 1 shared Devarakonda Devasri· 1 shared Elizabeth C. MariniD· 1 shared Erika DonáiD· 1 shared Erin Beck· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceNaturePeer-reviewedJul 22, 2026

A Developmental Atlas of the Drosophila Nerve Cord Uncovers a Global Temporal Code for Neuronal Identity

Sebastian Cachero, Myrto Mitletton, Isabella R. Beckett…·Erika Doná

This paper presents a high-resolution developmental transcriptional atlas of the Drosophila nerve cord, identifying three principles governing neuronal diversity and sex-specific differences.

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DrosophilascRNA-seq

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Developmental BiologyeLifePeer-reviewedMay 29, 2025

A library of lineage-specific driver lines connects developing neuronal circuits to behavior in the Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord.

Jelly HM Soffers, Erin Beck, Daniel J Sytkowski…·Haluk Lacin

The paper presents a split-GAL4 driver library for targeting neuronal lineages in Drosophila VNC, enabling analysis of morphology, neurochemistry, and behavior.

3 citations

Drosophilaexperimental assay

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GenomicsPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedNov 22, 2021

The SAGA core module is critical during Drosophila oogenesis and is broadly recruited to promoters

Jelly HM Soffers, Sergio G-M Alcantara, Xuanying Li…·Jerry L. Workman

The paper investigates the role of the SAGA core module during Drosophila oogenesis and finds it is genetically essential despite the enzymatic modules being dispensable.

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DrosophilaChIP-seq

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