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Lin Yang, Mikihito Shibata, Saejeong Park, Yuting Liu, Iva Salamon, Jia Liu, Suel–Kee Kim, Akemi Shibata, Ashley Deveau-French, Xoel Mato-Blanco, Suxia Bai, Timothy Nottoli, Xiaojun Xing, Narjes Rohani, Stephan Sanders, , Nenad Šestan
The paper identifies an RA-autoregulatory loop in the developing PFC that maintains RA signaling and defines cortical areal identities.
Nature · Sep 16, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Xoel Mato-Blanco, Silvia Beltramone, Marta Barrera-Conde, Emma Veza-Estévez, Zenaida Piñeiro Agüín, Ares Ramos, Anna Mané, Arnau Cendón, María José Algora, Mayte Gomariz, Claudia Sanchez-Aldabo, Amira Trabsa, Vanessa Sánchez‐Gistau, Pilar Alvarez, Rafael de la Torre, , Gabriel Santpere
This study shows that human olfactory epithelium cultures are mostly mesenchymal cells, not neurogenic, limiting their use for modeling neurodevelopmental disorders.
bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience
Shreyash Sonthalia, Brian R. Herb, Ricky S. Adkins, Joshua Orvis, Jinrui Liu, Xiangyu Liao, Qingjie Yu, Xoel Mato-Blanco, Alex M. Casella, Genevieve Stein-O’Brien, Brian Caffo, Ronna P. Hertzano, Anup Mahurkar, Jin-Chong Xu, Jesse A Gillis, , Carlo Colantuoni
The paper compiles a large transcriptomic dataset of neocortical development and uses joint matrix decomposition to identify conserved transcriptome dynamics across mammals and developmental stages.
Nature Neuroscience · Mar 25, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Suel–Kee Kim, Adriana Cherskov, Aastha Sindhwani, Sang-Hun Choi, Hyojin Kim, Mingli Li, Menglei Zhang, Xoel Mato-Blanco, Yuting Liu, Nicola Micali, David Matthew Young, Mark Estación, Yueqi Zhang, Jose Manuel Ruiz-Jiménez, Anandita Nadkarni, , Nenad Šestan
The paper identifies human-specific transcriptomic and regulatory features in the cerebellum, including ZP2's role in synapse development and regulation.
Cell · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Xoel Mato-Blanco, Suel–Kee Kim, Alexandre Jourdon, Shaojie Ma, Sang-Hun Choi, Alice Maria Giani, Miguel I. Paredes, Andrew T.N. Tebbenkamp, Fuchen Liu, Alvaro Duque, Flora Maria Vaccarino, Nenad Šestan, Carlo Colantuoni, PASKO T. RAKIC, Gabriel Santpere, Nicola Micali
The temporal analysis of gene regulatory networks in human neural stem cells reveals multiple early critical phases associated with cortical disorders and neuropsychiatric traits.
Nature Communications · Jul 9, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience
Nicola Micali, Shaojie Ma, Mingfeng Li, Suel–Kee Kim, Xoel Mato-Blanco, Suvimal Kumar Sindhu, Jon I. Arellano, Tianliuyun Gao, Mikihito Shibata, Kevin T. Gobeske, Alvaro Duque, Gabriel Santpere, Nenad Šestan, PASKO T. RAKIC
The paper uses single-cell transcriptomics to identify molecular programs in developing macaque telencephalon, revealing primate-specific signaling and gene roles in regional specification and neural stem cell fate.
Science · Oct 12, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience