Derek C. Liberti

This study shows that BRD4 in endodermal cells is crucial for lung development by facilitating epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk, proper lineage allocation, and branching morphogenesis.

The paper identifies neurons in canary HVC that encode past song transitions over multiple phrases and seconds, revealing neural mechanisms for syntactic song structure.

The paper develops an in vitro model using zebra finch brain slices to study sparse neuronal activity networks.