Roberto Feuda

This paper identifies Weckle as a molecular switch that redirects Toll signalling from innate immunity to growth by interacting with Yki, revealing a mechanism for brain plasticity and potential implications for regeneration and cancer.

The paper presents a single-nucleus RNA sequencing atlas of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, identifying novel cell types and sexual dimorphism in gene expression across tissues.

The paper compares zebrafish Sox32 and Sox17 with human SOX17 to identify molecular differences in their functions during endoderm development and left-right patterning.

The paper identifies conserved transcriptional regulators in monoaminergic neuron development across species using single-cell genomics and spatial transcriptomics.

The paper identifies a conserved transcriptional signature in monoaminergic neurons across Bilaterian species using single-cell transcriptomics and a novel integration method.

This study analyzes opsin diversity and evolution using meta-omic data from marine expeditions, identifying known subfamilies and highlighting novel sequences from understudied taxa.

The paper identifies 39 gene families consistently expressed in neurons across eight animal species and finds one unique family linked to nervous systems.

This study identifies convergent genomic expansions in gene families related to blood-feeding in mosquitoes and sandflies using phylogenomics.

This study investigates the origin of phototransduction genes and photoreceptor cells by analyzing gene duplication patterns and expression across 80+ species, including non-bilaterians.

This study identifies gene expression changes in Aedes aegypti males during swarming using whole-head RNA-seq, finding reduced housekeeping functions and increased cytoskeleton and neuronal connectivity remodeling.

Chromosome-scale inshore hagfish genome places 1R before the cyclostome-gnathostome split and 2R in the gnathostome stem, and reveals two cyclostome-specific duplications (CR1, CR2).

This study uses Nanostring N-counter to analyze mRNA expression of regulatory genes in sea urchin larvae over 34 time points, identifies developmental landmarks through clustering, and provides an online visualization tool.

The paper identifies ciliary photoreceptors in sea urchin larvae and shows they share transcription factor expression with vertebrate photoreceptors, suggesting evolutionary conservation within deuterostomes.

The paper identifies 18 cell types in sponges, including neuroid cells with synaptic gene expression, suggesting early neuro-immune system evolution.

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of opsin genes in Dipteran species, revealing lineage-specific expansions and duplications, and contrasting evolutionary dynamics between Anopheles and Drosophila.