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Kerrianne Ryan

Dalhousie UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9454-8768Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1

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The dorsal/ventral subdivision of the hindbrain predates the tunicate/vertebrate split

Mattew J Kourakis, Yishen Miao, Erin D Newman-Smith, Kerrianne Ryan, William Cairns Smith

The paper shows that the dorsal/ventral subdivision of the hindbrain is conserved between tunicates and vertebrates, suggesting an ancient origin of this structure.

bioRxiv · Jul 15, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Deep homologies in chordate caudal central nervous systems

William Cairns Smith, Matthew J. Kourakis, Kerrianne Ryan, Erin Newman Smith, Ian A. Meinertzhagen

The paper identifies functional motor neurons and cerebellum-like structures in the Ciona larval caudal CNS, suggesting homology with vertebrate spinal cord and cerebellum.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Automatic Detection and Neurotransmitter Prediction of Synapses in Electron Microscopy

Angela Zhang, S. Shailja, Cezar Borba, Yishen Miao, Michael G. Goebel, Raphael Ruschel, Kerrianne Ryan, William Cairns Smith, B. S. Manjunath

This paper develops a deep-learning workflow to detect synapses and predict neurotransmitter types in Ciona intestinalis EM images, enabling automated connectome analysis.

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience