Cezar Borba

This study investigates Notch signaling in ctenophores to determine its ancestral function, finding it likely involved in regulating progenitor cells and developmental fate decisions.

The paper identifies a single oscillating neuron in Ciona larvae that gates phototaxis behavior by modulating the phototaxis circuit through temporal inhibition.

The paper creates a nervous system atlas of glutamate receptors in Ciona larvae, revealing receptor roles in sensorimotor circuits and unexpected communication mechanisms.

This paper develops a deep-learning workflow to detect synapses and predict neurotransmitter types in Ciona intestinalis EM images, enabling automated connectome analysis.

The paper shows that two visuomotor behaviors in Ciona larvae use different fold-change detection circuits in the posterior brain vesicle.

The paper identifies two parallel visuomotor circuits in Ciona larvae using connectome data, neurotransmitter expression, and behavioral assays.