The paper identifies transcriptional domains in the zebrafish olfactory bulb that correlate with odor preference and shows specific neuronal subtypes are recruited based on odor preference.

bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Whole-embryo Spatial Transcriptomics at Subcellular Resolution from Gastrulation to Organogenesis

Yinan Wan, Jakob El Kholtei, Ignatius Jenie, Mariona Colomer-Rosell, Jialin Liu, Qinghua Zhang, Joaquín Navajas Acedo, Lucia Y. Du, Mireia Codina-Tobias, Mengfan Wang, Wei Zheng, Edward Lin, Tzy-Harn Chuang, Oded Mayseless, Ahilya N. Sawh, , Alexander F. Schier

The paper introduces a whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics method and generates a comprehensive gene expression and chromatin accessibility atlas in zebrafish embryos.

Science · Mar 12, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Rewarding capacity of optogenetically activating a giant GABAergic central-brain interneuron in larval Drosophila

Nino Mancini, Juliane Thoener, Esmeralda Tafani, Dennis Pauls, Oded Mayseless, Martin Strauch, Katharina Eichler, Andrew S Champion, Oliver Kobler, Denise Weber, Edanur Sen, Aliće Weiglein, Volker Hartenstein, Charalampos‐Chrysovalantis Chytoudis‐Peroudis, Tihana Jovanic, , Bertram Gerber

The paper investigates the role of the APL neuron in larval Drosophila, finding that optogenetic activation can induce a rewarding effect through dopaminergic pathways.

Journal of Neuroscience · Sep 21, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Silencing neuronal activity is required for developmental circuit remodeling

Oded Mayseless, El Yazid Rachad, Gal Shapira, André Fiala, Oren Schuldiner

The paper shows that silencing neuronal activity is required for developmental axon pruning in Drosophila mushroom bodies through a combination of cell autonomous and inhibitory mechanisms.

bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience