Fiona Dale-Huang

The paper identifies a novel ependymal cell type (E2) in the forebrain that senses cerebrospinal fluid signals via specialized cilia and Smoothened receptor.

The paper shows that deletion of the Pcdhγc4 isoform increases cortical interneuron cell death, while viral expression rescues it, highlighting its critical role in regulating survival during programmed cell death.

The paper shows that intrinsic developmental origins and local signals shape septal astrocyte identity through distinct molecular and morphological features in medial and lateral septal nuclei.