Shumpei Morita

This study identifies antenna cells in ascidian larvae as gravity-sensing neurons by ablating them and observing loss of upward swimming behavior.

The paper shows that somatic gene silencing in Drosophila germline is essential for maintaining physical segregation from soma, preventing cell death and ensuring germline viability.

The paper compares gene expression differences in the germline of two sea urchin species using scRNA-seq, finding that regulatory elements in the Nanos2 3UTR influence germline-specific protein translation.