Publications
Danladi B., Al-Shaer L., Havrilak J. A., Faltine Gonzalez D. Z., Jia K., Forwood W., Dubuc T., Musser J. M., Layden M. J. (2025). Conserved and lineage-restricted gene regulatory programs modulate developmental cnidocyte specification in Nematostella vectensis. bioRxiv 2025.05.08.652877. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.08.652877
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Picciani N., Berger C. A., Nielsen S., Musser J., Oel A. P., Stoilova M. I., Arendt D., Garm A., Oakley T. H. (2025). Comparative analysis of convergent jellyfish eyes reveals extensive differences in expression of vision-related genes. bioRxiv 2025.03.14.642713. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.14.642713
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Dehghannasiri R., Kokot M., Starr A. L., Maziarz J., Gordon T., Tan Serena Y., Wang Peter L., Voskoboynik A., Musser J. M., Deorowicz S., Salzman J. (2024). sc-SPLASH provides ultra-efficient reference-free discovery in barcoded single-cell sequencing. bioRxiv 2024.12.24.630263. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.24.630263
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Musser, JM. (2024). Tripartite origin of the chordate brain. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(10), 1782-1783.
Chicago. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02528-z
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Ruperti, F., Becher, I., Stokkermans, A., Wang, L., Marschlich, N., Potel, C., Maus, E., Stein, F., Drotleff, B., Schippers, K. J., Nickel, M., Prevedel, R., Musser, J. M., Savitski, M. M., & Arendt, D. (2024). Molecular profiling of sponge deflation reveals an ancient relaxant-inflammatory response. Current biology : CB, 34(2), 361–375.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.021
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Piovani, L., Leite, D. J., Yañez Guerra, L. A., Simpson, F., Musser, J. M., Salvador-Martínez, I., Marlétaz, F., Jékely, G., & Telford, M. J. (2023). Single-cell atlases of two lophotrochozoan larvae highlight their complex evolutionary histories. Science advances, 9(31), eadg6034. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg6034
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Ruperti, F., Papadopoulos, N., Musser, J. M., Mirdita, M., Steinegger, M., & Arendt, D. (2023). Cross-phyla protein annotation by structural prediction and alignment. Genome biology, 24(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-023-02942-9
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Almazán, A., Çevrim, Ç., Musser, J. M., Averof, M., & Paris, M. (2022). Crustacean leg regeneration restores complex microanatomy and cell diversity. Science advances, 8(34), eabn9823. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn9823
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Tarashansky, A. J., Musser, J. M., Khariton, M., Li, P., Arendt, D., Quake, S. R., & Wang, B. (2021). Mapping single-cell atlases throughout Metazoa unravels cell type evolution. eLife, 10, e66747. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66747
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Paganos, P., Voronov, D., Musser, J. M., Arendt, D., & Arnone, M. I. (2021). Single-cell RNA sequencing of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus larva reveals the blueprint of major cell types and nervous system of a non-chordate deuterostome. eLife, 10, e70416. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.70416
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Musser, J. M., Schippers, K. J., Nickel, M., Mizzon, G., Kohn, A. B., Pape, C., Ronchi, P., Papadopoulos, N., Tarashansky, A. J., Hammel, J. U., Wolf, F., Liang, C., Hernández-Plaza, A., Cantalapiedra, C. P., Achim, K., Schieber, N. L., Pan, L., Ruperti, F., Francis, W. R., Vargas, S., … Arendt, D. (2021). Profiling cellular diversity in sponges informs animal cell type and nervous system evolution. Science, 374(6568), 717–723. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj2949
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Arendt, D., Bertucci, P. Y., Achim, K., & Musser, J. M. (2019). Evolution of neuronal types and families. Current opinion in neurobiology, 56, 144–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2019.01.022
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Liang, C., Musser, J. M., Cloutier, A., Prum, R. O., & Wagner, G. P. (2018). Pervasive Correlated Evolution in Gene Expression Shapes Cell and Tissue Type Transcriptomes. Genome biology and evolution, 10(2), 538–552. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy016
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Arendt, D., Musser, J. M., Baker, C. V. H., Bergman, A., Cepko, C., Erwin, D. H., Pavlicev, M., Schlosser, G., Widder, S., Laubichler, M. D., & Wagner, G. P. (2016). The origin and evolution of cell types. Nature reviews. Genetics, 17(12), 744–757. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg.2016.127