A Caenorhabditis elegans first-stage larva expressing an insulin-like peptide from a sensory neuron, where it regulates physiological responses like developmental plasticity
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Sifoglu, D., Pereira, B., DeGregory, C., Shah, R., Maier, W., Guan, J., Clark, I, Patel, D., Ch'ng, Q, and Alcedo, J. (2026). The neuropeptide neuromedin U receptor NMUR-1 buffers insulin receptor signaling in bacteria-dependent C. elegans survival. PLoS Genet 22: e1012190. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012190.
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Congratulations, Dr. Bianca Pereira! Bianca was hooded on May 6, 2026, with her mom, Philu Pereira, in the audience (see photos).
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Mishra, S., Dabaja, M., Akhlaq, A., Pereira, B., Marbach, K. Rovcanin, M., Chandra, R., Caballero, A., Fernandes de Abreu, D., Ch'ng, Q, and Alcedo, J. (2023). Specific sensory neurons and insulin-like peptides modulate food type-dependent oogenesis and fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife 12, e83224. doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83224.
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Congratulations: Bianca Pereira and Mohamed Dabaja presented at the 2023 Wayne State University Graduate Research Symposium (Mar 6-8, 2023):
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Bianca gave an excellent talk at the 3MT Competition on Wed
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Mohamed won the first-place poster prize for the Tue poster presentations
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Sifoglu, D., and Alcedo, J. (2022). Homme fatal: how males cause demise. Nat Aging 2, 773-774. doi: 10.1038/s43587-022-00274-0.
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Congratulations to Dr. Deniz Sifoglu! Deniz successfully defended his PhD thesis on August 11, 2021.
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