Layla Al‐Shaer

The paper uses single-cell RNA sequencing to show that distinct neuronal subtypes in cnidarians emerge at different developmental stages, revealing temporal patterning in neurogenesis.

This study shows that in Nematostella vectensis, nervous system ablation leads to ectopic head regeneration in head fragments, suggesting the nervous system provides positional information to suppress head regeneration in foot fragments.

The paper identifies conserved and lineage-specific gene regulatory programs involved in cnidocyte specification in Nematostella vectensis, revealing how novel transcription factors contribute to cnidocyte diversification.

The paper tracks neuronal subtype responses in Nematostella during growth, degrowth, and regeneration, finding that neuronal numbers scale with body size and regenerates show subtype-specific changes.