Publications
§ Corresponding/ co-corresponding author
* Equal contribution
Primary Research Articles
§ Corresponding/ co-corresponding author
* Equal contribution
Primary Research Articles
2023
Lago-Baldaia I, Cooper M*, Seroka, A*, Trivedi C, Powell GT, Wilson S, Ackerman S§ and Fernandes VM§. A Drosophila glial cell atlas reveals a mismatch between detectable transcriptional and morphological diversity. PLoS Biol 21(10): e3002328. |
2022 Prasad AP, Lago-Baldaia I, Bostock MP, Housseini Z and Fernandes VM§. Differentiation signals from glia are fine-tuned to set neuronal numbers during development. eLife 11: e78092. Bostock MP, Prasad AP, Donoghue A and Fernandes VM§. Photoreceptors generate neuronal diversity in their target field through a Hedgehog morphogen gradient in Drosophila. eLife 11:e78093. |
2020
Bostock MP*, Prasad AP*, Chaouni R, Yuen AC, Sousa-Nunes R, Amoyel A and Fernandes VM§. An immobilization technique for long-term time-lapse imaging of explanted Drosophila tissues. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. |
2017
Fernandes VM§*, Chen Z*, Rossi AM, Zipfel J and Desplan C. Glia relay differentiation cues to coordinate neuronal development in Drosophila. Science 357: 886-891. 2016 Chen Z, Rodriguez ADV, Li X, Erclik T, Fernandes VM§ and Desplan C§. A Unique Class of Neural Progenitors in the Drosophila Optic Lobe Generates Both Migrating Neurons and Glia. Cell reports 15: 1–13. |
2015
Fernandes VM, Pradhan-Sundd T, Blaquiere JA and Verheyen EM. Ras/MEK/MAPK-mediated regulation of heparin sulphate proteoglycans promotes retinal fate in the Drosophila eye–antennal disc. Developmental biology 402 (1), 109-118. |
2014
Fernandes VM, McCormack K, Lewellyn L and Verheyen E. Integrins regulate apical constriction via microtubule stabilization in the Drosophila eye disc epithelium. Cell reports 9 (6), 2043-2055. Fernandes VM, Panchapakesan SSS, Braid LR and Verheyen EM. Nemo promotes Notch-mediated lateral inhibition downstream of proneural factors. Developmental biology 392 (2), 334-343. |
2011
Smith CD et al., Draft genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (14), 5673-5678. Smith CR et al., Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (14), 5667-5672. |
2009
Kim KJ and Fernandes VM. Effects of ploidy and recombination on evolution of robustness in a model of the segment polarity network. PLOS computational biology 5 (2), e1000296. |
Invited Reviews and Commentaries
2020
Lago-Baldaia I, Fernandes VM§ and Ackerman SD§. More Than Mortar: Glia as Architects of Nervous System Development and Disease. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. |
2018
Rossi AM and Fernandes VM§ Wrapping Glial Morphogenesis and Signaling Control the Timing and Pattern of Neuronal Differentiation in the Drosophila Lamina. Journal of Experimental Neuroscience 12: 1–6. 2016 Rossi AM*, Fernandes VM* and Claude Desplan. Timing temporal transitions during brain development. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 42:84-92. |
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