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Yifan Wu, Keimpe D. B. Wierda, Katlijn Vints, Yu-Chun Huang, Valerie Uytterhoeven, Sahil Loomba, Fran Laenen, Marieke MB Hoekstra, Miranda C. Dyson, Sheng Huang, Chengji Piao, Jiawen Chen, Sambashiva Banala, Chien-Chun Chen, El‐Sayed Baz, , Sha Liu
The paper shows that presynaptic release probability, not synaptic strength, decreases with sleep loss and affects sleep need across species.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience
Weiyu Chen, Ben James, Virginia M. S. Ruetten, Sambashiva Banala, Ziqiang Wei, Greg M. Fleishman, Mikail Rubinov, Mark C. Fishman, Florian Engert, Luke D. Lavis, James E. Fitzgerald, Misha B. Ahrens
The paper develops an all-optical system to study whole-brain neuronal dynamics during gut interoception in zebrafish, revealing how nutrient delivery and sensory stimuli are encoded across brain regions.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience
Liangqi Xie, Peng Dong, Xingqi Chen, Tsung-Han S. Hsieh, Sambashiva Banala, Margherita De Marzio, Brian P. English, Yifeng Qi, Seol Kyoung Jung, Kyong-Rim Kieffer-Kwon, Wesley R. Legant, Anders S. Hansen, Anton Schulmann, Rafael C. Casellas, Bin Zhang, , Zhe J. Liu
This study uses super-resolution imaging to reveal the 3D structure and organizing mechanism of accessible chromatin domains.
Nature Methods · Mar 16, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology
Shasha Chong, Claire Dugast-Darzacq, Zhe Liu, Peng Dong, Gina M. Dailey, Claudia Cattoglio, Sambashiva Banala, Luke Lavis, Xavier Darzacq, Robert Tjian
This study uses live-cell single-molecule imaging to show that TF low-complexity domains form dynamic, selective interaction hubs that stabilize DNA binding and activate transcription.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2018 · PreprintBiophysics
Yijin Yan, Can Peng, Matthew C. Arvin, Xiao-Tao Jin, Veronica J. Kim, Matthew D. Ramsey, Yong Wang, Sambashiva Banala, David L. Wokosin, J. Michael McIntosh, Luke D. Lavis, Ryan M. Drenan
This study shows that VTA glutamate neurons express nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and are modulated by cholinergic input, affecting excitatory transmission.
Cell Reports · May 1, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Sambashiva Banala, Matthew C. Arvin, Nicolas M. Bannon, Xiao-Tao Jin, Yong Wang, Guiqing Zhao, John J. Marshall, Kyle R. Gee, David L. Wokosin, Anis Contractor, Henry A. Lester, Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, Ryan M. Drenan, Luke D. Lavis
This paper develops a method to create photoactivatable nicotine for optopharmacology studies of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2018 · PreprintNeuroscience