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Lexis D. Kepler

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0002-7298-6847Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2

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Catharine H. RankiniD· 2 shared Glafira ErmakovaiD· 1 shared James Tao Wei WuiD· 1 shared Junran YaniD· 1 shared Mingzhe Estelle ZhangiD· 1 shared Stefan TaubertiD· 1 shared Troy A. McDiarmidiD· 1 shared Yiqing Kevin Od Wang· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintAug 24, 2026

C. elegans Nuclear Hormone Receptor NHR-49 promotes attractive chemotaxis independently of its role in fatty acid metabolism

James Tao Wei Wu, Glafira Ermakova, Junran Yan…·Stefan Taubert

This study identifies a new role for NHR-49 in promoting attractive chemotaxis in C. elegans, independent of its known role in fatty acid metabolism.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.19.745339

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NeuroscienceDisease Models & MechanismsPeer-reviewedApr 1, 2022

Rapid Assessment of the Temporal Function and Phenotypic Reversibility of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes in C. elegans

Lexis D. Kepler, Troy A. McDiarmid, Catharine H. Rankin

The paper assesses the temporal function and phenotypic reversibility of neurodevelopmental disorder risk genes in C. elegans using a conditional degradation system and machine vision, finding varying degrees of reversibility across genes and phenotypes.

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