@DesplanLab

Welcome to the Desplan Lab located in the Department of Biology at New York University! Account managed by lab members.

 New York City
wp.nyu.edu/desplanlab/
Joined February 2023
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Congratulations to our postdoc Sromana!
Sromana Mukherjee@SromanaMukherj1Jun 23
Very excited (and relieved 😅) to share that I’ve been awarded an @NIH #NEI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award! 🎉 This award will support my research on the molecular mechanisms that guide visual map formation during development and kickstart the next phase of my career.
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Last month, undergrad Hannah Marr successfully defended her honors thesis and received the Wiley and Borgman Awards, which recognize the best undergraduate thesis in Biology and STEM at NYU. We wish her congratulations and best wishes for her future! #NYUCAS #NYUBiology
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This week at the CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila conference🧬🪰 our Grad Student Raghu shares his work on stochasticity and determinism in the developing visual system! Plus don’t miss posters by Asif Bakshi (#77), Ben Choi (#101), and Sromana Mukherjee (#216) #CSHLdros
Raghuvanshi Rajesh@raghuvanshi_986 Oct 2025
Conference week at CSHL on the Neurobiology of Drosophila. Come hear my talk on how a deterministic visual system is generated from stochastic processes. #cshldros
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Incredibly proud of our undergrad researchers at #CURB2025! Congratulations to Hannah for winning Best Academic Poster and Sophia for Best Poster Aesthetic Design! Huge thank you to the department for organizing this opportunity to showcase undergraduate research excellence.
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Another great student seminar! Thanks to one of our PhD scholars Raghu for a great talk on stochastic neurogenesis. 🪰🧬
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Great seminar by 3rd year PhD student Yuwei Zhong on the mechanism of neural diversification in the mushroom body 👏🏼🐜🧠
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Neset Ozel@Ozel_MN17 Feb 2025
Commentary on transcriptomes and cell types, by myself and @DesplanLab rdcu.be/d9BL6
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We are excited to share our preprint, identifying the spatial origin of medulla neurons and correlating spatial/temporal/Notch patterning of progenitors with terminal selector expression in neurons: doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.05.5…
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We are pleased to announce the publication of our manuscript “Morphological and functional convergence of visual projection neurons from diverse neurogenic origins in Drosophila” in @NatureComms! #FlyLab #NYUAD rdcu.be/d6QRC
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Neset Ozel@Ozel_MN6 Nov 2024
It was great hosting my mentor @DesplanLab at Stowers last week!
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Today we decontaminated our Ethidium Bromide gel station using the Lunn and Sansone method and have made the switch to Midori Green! #gelelectrophoresis #PPE
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Thrilled to see my advisor’s @DesplanLab opening keynote at #SCDB24. Having both his postdoc advisor (Pat O’Ferrell) and myself in the audience is a truly incredible experience—showing the power of mentorship and inspiration across generations. Grateful to be part of this legacy!
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The inaugural chapter of @SoapboxScience in NYC is upon us! Join the top female and nonbinary scientists as they take science to the streets. Show your support tomorrow from 4-7 in Central Park @SoapboxSciNYC 👩‍🔬🥼
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Neset Ozel@Ozel_MN29 Jul 2024
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@DesplanLab and alumni reunion at @NeuralDevGRC in Tuscany!
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Former and current lab members Bogdan, Olena, Jakub, and Shadi collaborated with the Yan Lab at UF to show how a protein essential for the insect sense of smell appears important for the survival of smell-sensing neurons in ants. (1/3)
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science.org/doi/10.1126/scia… (2/3)

Orco-dependent survival of odorant receptor neurons in ants

Developing olfactory neurons in ants die after the onset of odorant receptor expression without the obligate co-receptor Orco.

science.org
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Press release: eurekalert.org/news-releases… (3/3)

A protein that enables smell—and stops cell death

While smell plays a considerable role in the social interactions of humans—for instance, signaling fear or generating closeness—for ants, it is vitally important. Researchers from New York University...

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Wow, what an exciting way to end the semester! Postdoc @YCDavidChen received the NYU 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award! Congratulations on this outstanding recognition🌟#NYUCAS #TeachingExcellence
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Recent work from our postdoc Jennifer tackling how making the right number of different neuronal types is baked into development is now in press in Developmental Cell! Congrats! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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