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Omar A. Hafez

Johns Hopkins UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7846-9226Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Assay:electronic health records· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1

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Benjamin EscribanoiD· 2 shared Ernst NieburiD· 2 shared Jan PielageiD· 2 shared I-Uen Yvonne HsuiD· 1 shared Jan J. HirtziD· 1 shared Lawrence H. YoungiD· 1 shared Le ZhangiD· 1 shared Marissa C. ApplegateiD· 1 shared

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Two Specialized Intrinsic Cardiac Neuron Types Safeguard Heart Homeostasis and Stress Resilience

Qian J. Xu, Marissa C. Applegate, I-Uen Yvonne Hsu, Rachel P. Kogan, Omar A. Hafez, Ruiqi L. Wang, Pam E. Rios Coronado, Lawrence H. Young, Xing Zeng, Le Zhang, Rui B. Chang

The paper identifies two specialized intrinsic cardiac neuron subtypes in mice that play distinct roles in maintaining cardiac homeostasis and stress resilience.

bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

The cellular architecture of memory modules in Drosophila supports stochastic input integration

Omar A. Hafez, Benjamin Escribano, Rouven L Ziegler, Jan J. Hirtz, Ernst Niebur, Jan Pielage

The paper models the Drosophila mushroom body to show how sparse synaptic connectivity enables efficient memory storage through stochastic input integration.

eLife · Mar 14, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Integration of Odor-Induced Activity of Kenyon Cells in an Electrotonically Compact Drosophila Mushroom Body Output Neuron (MBON)

Omar A. Hafez, Benjamin Escribano, Jan Pielage, Ernst Niebur

The paper models the integration of odor-induced activity in Drosophila MBON-3 by simulating synaptic inputs and shows its electrotonic compactness.

bioRxiv · Jan 21, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience