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Alexandra Tavares

Instituto Gulbenkian de CiênciaORCID 0000-0002-5332-3386Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cell Biology· 1 Developmental Biology· 1

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Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Raquel A. OliveiraiD· 2 shared Diogo Passagem-SantosiD· 1 shared Leonardo Gastón GuilguriD· 1 shared Mihailo MirkoviciD· 1 shared Paola GaetaniiD· 1 shared Tiago PaixãoiD· 1 shared

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Distinct regulation across the transcription cycle drives mitotic transcriptional silencing

Paola Gaetani, Alexandra Tavares, Tiago Paixão, Raquel A. Oliveira

The paper quantifies how transcription is silenced during mitosis in Drosophila embryos by analyzing initiation, elongation, and termination kinetics.

bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

Delayed aneuploidy stress response of neural stem cells impairs adult lifespan in flies

Mihailo Mirkovic, Leonardo Gastón Guilgur, Alexandra Tavares, Diogo Passagem-Santos, Raquel A. Oliveira

The paper shows that delayed aneuploidy stress response in neural stem cells during Drosophila development leads to motor defects and reduced lifespan.

PLoS Biology · Feb 22, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology