Publications

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First author

Cook, S.J., Kalinski, C.A., Loer, C.M., Memar, N., Majeed, M., Stephen, S.R., Bumbarger, D.J., Riebesell, M., Conradt, B., Schnabel, R., Sommer, R.J., Hobert, O (2024). Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution. Under review. bioRxiv 2024.06.13.598904; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.13.59890
Cook, S.J., Kalinski, C.A., Hobert, O (2023). Neuronal contact predicts connectivity in the C. elegans brain. Current Biology. 33(11), 2315-2320.
Cook, S.J., Vidal, B., Hobert, O (2021). The bHLH-PAS gene hlh-34 is expressed in the AVH, not AVJ interneurons. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.000467.
Cook, S.J., Crouse, C.M., Yemini, E.I., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W., Hobert, O. (2020). The connectome of the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx. Journal of Comparative Neurology 528(16), 2767-2784.
Cook, S.J.*, Jarrell, T.A.*, Brittin, C.A., Wang Y., Bloniarz, A.E., Yakovlev, M., Nguyen, K.C., Tang, T.-H., Bayer, E.A., Hobert, O., Duerr, J.S., Buelow, H.E., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2019). Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes. Nature 571(7763), 63-71.

Other

Tang, L.T.H., Lee, G.A., Cook, S.J., Ho, J., Potter, C.C., Bülow, H.E. (2023). Anatomical restructuring of a lateralized neural circuit during associative learning by asymmetric insulin signaling. Current Biology 33(18), 3835-3850.
Reilly MB, Tekieli T, Cros C, ... Cook S.J., ... Hobert, O. (2022) Widespread employment of conserved C. elegans homeobox genes in neuronal identity specification. PLOS Genetics 18(9): e1010372. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010372
Taylor, S.R., Santpere, G., Weinreb, A., Barrett, A., Reilly, M.B., Xu, C., Varol, E., Oikonomou, P., Glenwinkel, L., McWhirter, R., Poff, A., Basavaraju, M., Rafi, I., Yemini, E., Cook, S.J., Abrams, A., Vidal, B., Cros, C., Tavazoie, S., Sestan, N., Hammarlund, M., Hobert, O., Miller III, D.M. (2021). Molecular topology of an entire nervous system. Cell 184(16), 4329-4347.
Berghoff, E.G., Glenwinkel, L., Bhattacharya, A., Sun, H., Varol, E., Mohammadi, N., Antone, A., Feng, Y., Nguyen, K., Cook, S.J., Wood, J.F., Masoudi, N., Cros, C., Ramadan, Y.H., Ferkey, D.M., Hall, D.H., Hobert, O. (2021). The Prop1-like homeobox gene unc-42 specifies the identity of synaptically connected neurons. eLife 10:e64903.
Brittin, C.A., Cook, S.J., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W., Cohen, N. (2021). A multi-scale brain map derived from whole-brain volumetric reconstructions. Nature 591(7848), 105-110.
Molina-Garcia, L.*, Lloret-Fernandez, C.*, Cook, S.J., Kim, B., Bonnington, R.C., Sammut, M., O’Shea, J., Gilbert, S.P.R., Elliott, D.J., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W., Barrios, A., Poole, R.J. (2020). A direct glia-to-neuron transdifferentiation gives rise to a pair of male-specific neurons that ensure nimble male mating. eLife 9:e48361.
Hong, R.L., Riebesell, M., Bumbarger, D.J., Cook, S.J., Carstensen, H.R., Sarpolaki, T., Cochella, L., Castrejon, J., Moreno, E., Sieriebriennikov, B., Hobert, O., Sommer, R.J. (2019). Evolution of neuronal anatomy and circuitry in two highly divergent nematode species. eLife 8:e47155.
Dimitriadi, M., Derdowski, A., Kalloo, G., Maginnis, M.S., O’Hern, P., Bliska, B., Sorkac¸, A., Nguyen, K.C., Cook, S.J., Poulogiannis, G., Atwood, W.J., Hall, D.H., Hart, A. (2016). Decreased function of survival motor neuron protein impairs endocytic pathways. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113(30), e4377-e4386.
Sammut M., Cook S.J., Nguyen K.C., Felton T., Hall, D.H., Emmons S.W., Poole, R.J., Barrios, A. (2015). Glia-derived neurons are required for sex-specific learning in C. elegans. Nature 526(7573), 385-90.
Desbois M., Cook S.J., Emmons S.W., Buelow H.E. (2015). Directional trans-synaptic labeling of specific neuronal connections in live animals. Genetics 200(3), 697-705.
Meng L., Mulcahy B., Cook S.J., Neubauer M., Wan A., Jin Y., Yan D. (2015). The cell death pathway regulates synapse elimination through cleavage of gelsolin in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons. Cell Reports 11(11), 1737-48.
Xu, M., Jarrell, T.A., Wang, Y., Cook, S.J., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. (2013). Computer assisted assembly of connectomes from electron micrographs: application to Caenorhabditis elegans. PloS ONE 8(1).
Kumfer, K.T., Cook, S.J., Squirrell, J.M., Eliceiri, K.W., Peel, N., O’Connell, K.F., White, J.G. (2010). CGEF-1 and CHIN-1 regulate CDC-42 activity during asymmetric division in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo. Mol. Biol. Cell 21(2), 266-277.

*Denotes equal contribution