Kerem Uzel, PhD

Kerem Uzel, PhD

Computational Neuroscientist & Molecular Biologist

Publications

A set of hub neurons and non-local connectivity features support global brain dynamics in C. elegans

Published in Current Biology, 2022

In this paper, we report that in C. elegans functional interactions between neurons are best understood by connectome context, like triplet motifs and input similarities, rather than by direct connectivity. We show that the hub architecture is crucial for establishing this context. Consistently, inhibiting sets of hub neurons disrupts brain dynamics.

Uzel K, Kato S, Zimmer M. A set of hub neurons and non-local connectivity features support global brain dynamics in C. elegans (2022). Current Biology.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.039

Imaging the Emergence of Behavior

Published in Cell, 2019

This is a preview about Wan et al., 2019 where they track comprehensively the development of individual neurons, along with their activity, during zebrafish spinal cord development.

Uzel K, Zimmer M. Imaging the Emergence of Behavior (2019). Cell.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.09.006