Laura Molina-García

The paper investigates the role of homeobox genes in defining neuronal diversity in the male-specific nervous system of C. elegans, showing their expression patterns and functional importance.

The paper investigates how conflicting positive and negative experiences are represented in the neural circuit of C. elegans during learning, showing that valence is flexibly encoded across neurons rather than in a single class.

The paper identifies a novel mechanism of sexual dimorphism in the nervous system through direct glia-to-neuron transdifferentiation during sexual maturation in C. elegans.