Hybrid Monday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller community)
Monday, November 16, 2026
Shai Shaham, Ph.D.
Richard E. Salomon Family Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, The Rockefeller University
How C. elegans Nose Glia Smell Trouble
Recommended Readings:
Liu, Simin, et al. “C. elegans CEH-43/DLX drives convergent astrocyte differentiation by sequential control of axon guidance and synaptic gene expression programs.” Genes & Development (2026).
Varandas, Katherine C., et al. “Glia detect and transiently protect against dendrite substructure disruption in C. elegans.” Nature Communications 16.1 (2025): 79.
Barbelanne, Marine, et al. “C. elegans PPEF-type phosphatase (Retinal degeneration C ortholog) functions in diverse classes of cilia to regulate nematode behaviors.” Scientific Reports 14.1 (2024): 28347.
Singhvi, Aakanksha, and Shai Shaham. “Glia-neuron interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Annual review of neuroscience 42.1 (2019): 149-168.
Wallace, Sean W., et al. “PROS-1/Prospero is a major regulator of the glia-specific secretome controlling sensory-neuron shape and function in C. elegans.” Cell Reports 15.3 (2016): 550-562.
