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Troy R. Shirangi

Villanova UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8205-9318Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Drosophila· 7 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 4 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Julia C. Duckhorn· 3 shared Julia A. DiamandiiD· 2 shared Kara E. Miller· 2 shared A. Moore· 1 shared Andrew Michael SeedsiD· 1 shared Carsten DuchiD· 1 shared Darren W. WilliamsiD· 1 shared David John MerrittiD· 1 shared

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Cis-regulatory fragments from the dissatisfaction gene identify novel mating behavior neurons in female Drosophila

Julia A. Diamandi, Kara E. Miller, Troy R. Shirangi

The paper identifies cis-regulatory fragments of the dsf gene that drive expression in specific female Drosophila neurons involved in mating behaviors.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Oct 28, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Hierarchical diversification of neurons regulating motivated behaviors

Najia A Elkahlah, Yunzhi Lin, Yijie Pan, Joseph A. Carter, Troy R. Shirangi, E. Josephine Clowney

The paper identifies transcription factors that delineate hemilineages in Drosophila and show how they contribute to the diversification of neurons regulating motivated behaviors.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

An α-1,3-fucosyltransferase influences thermal nocifensive escape behaviors in Drosophila larvae

Shannon L. Ballard, Lauren Holt, Elizabeth Stant, A. Moore, Luisa Zavala, Troy R. Shirangi

This study identifies a mutation in the FucTA gene affecting thermal nocifensive escape behaviors in Drosophila larvae.

bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2025 · PreprintGenetics

Developmental remodeling repurposes larval neurons for sexual behaviors in adult Drosophila

Julia A. Diamandi, Julia C. Duckhorn, Kara E. Miller, Mason Weinstock, Sofia Leone, Micaela R. Murphy, Troy R. Shirangi

This study identifies two larval neurons in Drosophila that are repurposed during metamorphosis for adult sexual behaviors, showing sexual differentiation and remodeling in females.

bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience

Regulation of sexually dimorphic abdominal courtship behaviors in Drosophila by the Tlx/tailless-like nuclear receptor, Dissatisfaction

Julia C. Duckhorn, Jessica Cande, Mary C. Metkus, Hyeop Song, Sofia Altamirano, David L. Stern, Troy R. Shirangi

This study identifies the role of the dissatisfaction gene (dsf) in regulating sexually dimorphic abdominal courtship behaviors in Drosophila by interacting with doublesex (dsx) in specific neurons.

bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience

Combined in situ hybridization chain reaction and immunostaining to visualize gene expression in whole-mount Drosophila central nervous systems

Julia C. Duckhorn, Ian P. Junker, Yun Ding, Troy R. Shirangi

bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience

A Systematic Nomenclature for the Drosophila Ventral Nervous System

Rob Court, Shigehiro Namiki, J. Douglas Armstrong, Jana Börner, Gwyneth M Card, Marta Costa, Michael H. Dickinson, Carsten Duch, Wyatt L. Korff, Richard S. Mann, David John Merritt, Rod K Murphey, Andrew Michael Seeds, Troy R. Shirangi, Julie H. Simpson, , David Shepherd

The paper provides a systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system, extending an existing framework to include thoracic and abdominal neuromeres.

Neuron · Sep 1, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience