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Natalia Toporikova

Washington and Lee UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8048-1865Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Phase response curve and RNA-sequencing demonstrate spiders' sensitivity to light and pinpoint candidate light-responsive genes

Natalia Toporikova, Wenduo Cheng, Leyuan Qian, Andrew Mah, Thomas Clarke, Thomas C. Jones, Darrell Moore, Nadia A. Ayoub

The paper uses phase response curves and RNA-sequencing to show spiders' sensitivity to light and identify candidate light-responsive genes.

PLoS ONE · Sep 23, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

The Modulation of Pain by Circadian and Sleep-Dependent Processes: A Review of the Experimental Evidence

Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Jennifer A. Crodelle, Sofia H. Piltz, Natalia Toporikova, Paige F. B. Ferguson, Victoria Booth

This paper reviews experimental evidence on how circadian rhythms and sleep affect pain sensitivity, informing mathematical models of pain-sleep interactions.

Association for Women in Mathematics series · Jan 1, 2017Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A Two-Process Model for Circadian and Sleep-dependent Modulation of Pain Sensitivity

Natalia Toporikova, Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Paige F. B. Ferguson, Victoria Booth

The paper develops a mathematical model to predict how circadian rhythms and sleep behavior influence daily pain sensitivity variations.

Association for Women in Mathematics series · Jan 1, 2017Peer-reviewedNeuroscience