Luisa Cochella

The paper identifies core microRNAs involved in neural crest delamination and condensation during trigeminal ganglion formation in chick embryos and shows their role in promoting MET and neuronal differentiation.

The paper develops a system to reversibly control UFA biosynthesis in C. elegans by targeting fat-7 while deleting fat-5 and fat-6, revealing its essential role in early development and lipid metabolism.

The paper identifies TRIM52 as a primate-specific DNA repair factor under tight proteolytic control by BIRC6, HUWE1, and UBR4/KCMF1.

The paper introduces mime-seq 2.0, a method to sequence microRNAs from specific mouse cell types using a chimeric RNA methyltransferase tethered to Argonaute.

The paper shows that two microRNAs from the miR-35 and miR-51 families are sufficient for normal embryogenesis in C. elegans, rescuing developmental defects caused by Microprocessor depletion.

The paper compares the neuroanatomy and connectivity of the chemosensory system in two nematode species, finding conservation in neuronal number and position but divergence in ciliary morphology and synaptic wiring.