Publications

Thirty one peer-reviewed papers and chapters, two manuscripts in hand, and six preprints and software releases. Student authors are marked, because how often students appear on a lab's papers says more than any statement about mentoring.

Author key. ° graduate student  ·  * undergraduate  ·  ** high school student  ·  § equal contribution.

2026

• Akinosho A°, Armstrong N*, Benefield Z*, Dai X, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Behavioral deficits in Caenorhabditis elegans raised for six generations under Mars-analog gravity and hypomagnetic fields.” Scientific Reports. accepted Read
• Fazyl A°§, Anbu A§**, Kollbaum S*, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Activity-dependent remodeling of muscle architecture during distinct locomotor behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Biology Open. Read

2025

• Marchiafava D°, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Fibrillin-related proteins control calcium homeostasis in dystrophic muscle across species.” microPublication Biology. Read
• Akinosho A°, Alexander J°, Floyd K, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Independent validation of transgenerational inheritance of learned pathogen avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans.” eLife. Read

2024

• Fazyl A°, Jones M°, Marchiafava D°, Niha S°, Sawilchik*, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Muscular expression of pezo-1 differentially contributes to swimming and crawling production in the nematode C. elegans.” Biophysical Journal 124:1–15. Read

2023

• Komandur A**§, Fazyl A°§, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “The mechanoreceptor pezo-1 is required for normal crawling locomotion in the nematode C. elegans.” microPublication Biology. Read
• Stein W, Torres G, Giménez L, Espinosa-Novo, Geißel JP, Vidal-Gadea AG, Harzsch S. “Thermal acclimation and habitat-dependent differences in temperature robustness of a crustacean motor circuit.” Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 17. Read
• Mobile Z°, Follmann R, Vidal-Gadea AG, Rosa E. “Quantitative description of neuronal calcium dynamics in C. elegans thermoreception.” BioSystems.

2022

• Stein W, DeMaegd M°, Benson A°, Roy R°, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Combining old and new tricks: the study of genes, neurons, and behavior in crayfish.” Frontiers in Physiology. Read
• Hughes KJ°, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Methods for modulating and measuring neuromuscular exertion in C. elegans.” In Haspel G, Hart AC (eds), C. elegans: Methods and Applications, 3rd ed. Humana, New York. book chapter
• Stein W, DeMaegd ML°, Braun LY, Vidal-Gadea AG, Harris AL, Städele C°. “The dynamic range of voltage-dependent gap junction signaling is maintained by I_h-induced membrane potential depolarization.” Journal of Neurophysiology.

2021

• Fernández EM°, Cutraro YB, Adams J, Monteleone MC, Hughes K°, Frasch AC, Vidal-Gadea AG, Brocco MA. “Neuronal membrane glycoprotein (nmgp-1) gene deficiency affects chemosensation-related behaviors, dauer exit and egg-laying in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Journal of Neurochemistry.
• Hughes K°, Shah A*, Bai X, Adams J, Bauer R, Jackson J*, Harris E*, Ficca A**, Freebairn P°, Mohammed S*, Fernández EM°, Bainbridge C°, Brocco MA, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Distinct mechanoreceptor pezo-1 isoforms modulate food intake in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 12(3):jkab429. Read
• Leonard N**, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Affordable Caenorhabditis elegans tracking system for classroom use.” microPublication Biology.

2020

• Stein W, Talasu S°, Vidal-Gadea AG, DeMaegd M°. “Physiologists turned geneticists: identifying transcripts and genes for neuronal function in the marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis.” JUNE 19(1):A36–A51.

2019

• Bainbridge C°, Clites B, Caldart CS, Palacios B, Rollins K, Golombek DA, Pierce JT, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Factors that influence magnetic orientation in C. elegans.” Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
• Hughes K°, Rodriguez A°, Flatt K°, Sneha R, Schuler A*, Rodemoyer B*, Veerappan V°, Cuciarone K*, Kullman A**, Lim C**, Gutta N**, Vemuri S*, Andriulis V*, Niswonger D*, Barickman L*, Stein W, Singhvi A, Schroeder N, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Physical exertion exacerbates decline in the musculature of an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.” PNAS. Read

2018

• Gährs C°, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Locomotion.” In Vonk J, Shackelford T (eds), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer. entry Read
• Vidal-Gadea AG, Bainbridge C°, Clites B, Palacios B, Bakhtiari L, Gordon V, Pierce J. “Response to comment on “Magnetosensitive neurons mediate geomagnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans”.” eLife 7:e31414. Read

2016

• Bainbridge C°, Rodriguez AM°, Schuler A*, Cisneros M*, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Magnetic orientation in C. elegans relies on the integrity of the villi of the AFD magnetosensory neurons.” Journal of Physiology Paris. Read
• Bainbridge C°, Schuler A*, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Method for the assessment of neuromuscular integrity and burrowing choice in vermiform animals.” Journal of Neuroscience Methods 264:40–46. Read

2015

• Vidal-Gadea AG, Ward K*, Beron C*, Ghorashian N°, Gokce S°, Russell J°, Truong N**, Parikh A*, Gadea OE, Ben-Yakar A, Pierce-Shimomura JT. “Magnetosensitive neurons mediate geomagnetic orientation in Caenorhabditis elegans.” eLife. Read
• Beron C*§, Vidal-Gadea AG§, Cohen J°, Parikh A*, Hwang G*, Pierce-Shimomura JT. “The burrowing behaviour of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: a new assay for the study of neuromuscular disorders.” Genes, Brain and Behavior 14(4):357–368. Read

2014

• Russell J°, Vidal-Gadea AG, Makay A*, Laham R, Pierce-Shimomura JT. “Humidity sensation requires both mechanosensory and thermosensory pathways in C. elegans.” PNAS 111(22):8269–74. Read

2013

• Vidal-Gadea AG, Belanger JH. “The evolutionary transition to sideway-walking gaits in brachyurans was accompanied by a reduction in the number of motor neurons innervating proximal leg musculature.” Arthropod Structure and Development 42(6):443–454. Read

2012

• Vidal-Gadea AG, Pierce-Shimomura JT. “Conserved role of dopamine in the modulation of behavior.” Communicative and Integrative Biology 5(5):1–8. Read
• Vidal-Gadea AG, Davis S°, Becker L*, Pierce-Shimomura JT. “Coordination of behavioral hierarchies during environmental transitions in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Worm 1(1):5–11. Read

2011

• Vidal-Gadea AG, Topper S°, Young L, Crisp A°, Kressin L*, Elbel E*, Maples T*, Brauner M, Erbguth K, Axelrod A, Gottschalk A, Siegel D, Pierce-Shimomura JT. “Caenorhabditis elegans selects distinct crawling and swimming gaits via dopamine and serotonin.” PNAS 108(42):17504–9. Read

2010

• Vidal-Gadea AG, Xingjian J, Simpson D, Kondoh Y, Allen R, Newland PL. “Coding characteristics of spiking local interneurons during imposed limb movements in the locust.” Journal of Neurophysiology 103:603–15. Read

2009

• Vidal-Gadea AG°, Belanger JH. “Muscular anatomy of the legs of the forward walking crab Libinia emarginata (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea).” Arthropod Structure and Development 38(3):179–94. Read

2008

• Vidal-Gadea AG°, Rinehart MD°, Belanger JH. “Skeletal adaptations for sideways and forwards walking by three decapod species.” Arthropod Structure and Development 37(2):95–108. Read

In review and in preparation

• Awe T°, Akinosho A°, Niha S°, Kelly L**, Adams J, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “The AMsh glia of C. elegans modulates the duration of touch-induced escape responses.” Revising for PNAS. Read
• Marchiafava D°, Hughes-Wiles K°, Jazireian P°, Fazyl A°, Stein W, Engelke M, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Two independent mechanisms are responsible for increased cytosolic calcium in developing dystrophic muscles.” In preparation.

Preprints, data and software

• Hughes KJ°, Shah A*, Bai X, Adams J, Bauer R, Jackson J*, Bainbridge C°, Harris E*, Ficca A**, Freebairn P°, Mohammed S**, Fernández EM°, Brocco M, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Distinct mechanoreceptor pezo-1 isoforms modulate food intake.” bioRxiv, 2021. Read
• Bainbridge C°, McDonald J*, Benefield Z*, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea A. “Unbiased analysis of magnetic orientation by C. elegans reveals the use of distinct turning strategies.” bioRxiv, 2019. Read
• Bainbridge C°, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea A. “Vidalgadealab behavioral turn analysis, version 1.” Zenodo, 2019. Read
• Rodriguez AM°§, Hughes K°§, Schuler A*, Rodemoyer B*, Bainbridge C°, Barickman L*, Cuciarone K*, Kullman A**, Lim C**, Gutta N**, Giliana Y*, Sathyamurthy L**, Singaraju S**, Vemuri S*, Andriulis V*, Niswonger D*, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Intracellular calcium dysregulation precedes muscle decline in C. elegans modeling Duchenne muscular dystrophy.” bioRxiv, 2018. Read
• Vidal-Gadea AG, Caldart C°, Bainbridge C°, Clites B, Palacios B, Bakhtiari L, Gordon V, Golombek D, Pierce J. “Temporal and spatial factors that influence magnetotaxis in C. elegans.” bioRxiv, 2018. Read
• Bainbridge C°, Stein W, Vidal-Gadea AG. “Animal heading calculator.” GitHub and Zenodo, 2017. Read

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