In it, we review our current knowledge of mechanisms that underlie circuit evolution. We tried to do it comprehensively going from the evolution of developmental mechanisms to the resulting circuit structural changes into the adaptive significance that these may confer. pdf
Today we celebrated Isabel and Felix's fellowships in a "Jeux Olympiques"-appropriate way!
Marin Alric joined the lab for a 5 weeks internship and will be working with Marianne. He is a biology student at the Paris-Saclay University in the Bioplus academic path.
Congratulations Félix!
Isabel Holguera joins the lab as a Marie-Curie fellow. Isabel did her post-doc in the lab of Claude Desplan at NYU studying how temporal patterning regulates connectivity.
In it, we discuss recent advances in understanding the mechanism of temporal patterning and its role in the development and evolution of neuronal diversity. pdf
Marianne's paper from her previous lab shows that JAK-STAT signaling defines a certain number of posterior anchoring cells in the Drosophila follicular epithelium that are required to establish proper anterior-posterior polarity and are necessary for the development of the future germline. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45963-z
Félix Simon joins the lab as a post-doc following his PhD in the lab of Claude Desplan where he studied how neurons acquire their terminar features.
