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§ Corresponding/ co-corresponding author
​* Equal contribution


Primary Research Articles
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2022
Lago-Baldaia I, Cooper M*, Seroka, A*, Trivedi C, Powell GT, Wilson S, Ackerman S§ and ​Fernandes VM§. A Drosophila glial cell atlas reveals that transcriptionally defined cell types can be morphologically diverse. BioRxiv 2022.08.01.502305. 


​​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.

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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.

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​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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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​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.
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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.
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Smith CR et al., Draft genome of the red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (14), 5667-5672.
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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
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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.
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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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