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  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Piali Sengupta is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience. They focus on several subfields including Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work span Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Spaceflight Effects on Biology, and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

Their recent papers include:

  • A neurotransmitter produced by gut bacteria modulates host sensory behaviour, 2020, Nature
  • Chemosensory signal transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans, 2021, Genetics
  • Context-dependent reversal of odorant preference is driven by inversion of the response in a single sensory neuron type, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Ciliary neuropeptidergic signaling dynamically regulates excitatory synapses in postnatal neocortical pyramidal neurons, 2021, eLife
  • Feeding state functionally reconfigures a sensory circuit to drive thermosensory behavioral plasticity, 2020, eLife

Frequent coauthors with multiple collaborations include:

  • Nathan Harris
  • Michael P. O'Donnell
  • Alison Philbrook
  • Jihye Yeon
  • Tyler Hill

Publications are commonly found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PubMed, Genetics, eLife, and PLoS Biology.

Sengupta was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • odr-10 Encodes a Seven Transmembrane Domain Olfactory Receptor Required for Responses to the Odorant Diacetyl

    Piali Sengupta;Joseph H Chou;Cornelia I Bargmann

  • Regulation of body size and behavioral state of C. elegans by sensory perception and the EGL-4 cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

    Manabi Fujiwara;Piali Sengupta;Steven L. McIntire

  • Odorant receptor localization to olfactory cilia is mediated by ODR-4, a novel membrane-associated protein.

    Noelle D Dwyer;Emily R Troemel;Piali Sengupta;Cornelia I Bargmann

  • The C. elegans gene odr-7 encodes an olfactory-specific member of the nuclear receptor superfamily

    Piali Sengupta;Heather A. Colbert;Cornelia I. Bargmann

  • The AFD Sensory Neurons Encode Multiple Functions Underlying Thermotactic Behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Damon A. Clark;David Biron;Piali Sengupta;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  • A neurotransmitter produced by gut bacteria modulates host sensory behaviour

    Michael P. O’Donnell;Bennett W. Fox;Pin-Hao Chao;Frank C. Schroeder

  • An ARL3–UNC119–RP2 GTPase cycle targets myristoylated NPHP3 to the primary cilium

    Kevin J. Wright;Lisa M. Baye;Anique Olivier-Mason;Saikat Mukhopadhyay

  • elipsa is an early determinant of ciliogenesis that links the IFT particle to membrane-associated small GTPase Rab8

    Yoshihiro Omori;Chengtian Zhao;Arunesh Saras;Saikat Mukhopadhyay

  • Running hot and cold: behavioral strategies, neural circuits, and the molecular machinery for thermotaxis in C. elegans and Drosophila.

    Paul A. Garrity;Miriam B. Goodman;Aravinthan D. Samuel;Piali Sengupta

  • Two chemoreceptors mediate developmental effects of dauer pheromone in C. elegans

    Kyuhyung Kim;Koji Sato;Mayumi Shibuya;Danna M. Zeiger

  • Otx/otd homeobox genes specify distinct sensory neuron identities in C. elegans.

    Anne Lanjuin;Miri K. VanHoven;Cornelia I. Bargmann;Julia K. Thompson

  • Degeneracy and Neuromodulation among Thermosensory Neurons Contribute to Robust Thermosensory Behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Matthew Beverly;Sriram Anbil;Piali Sengupta

  • Identification of Guanylyl Cyclases That Function in Thermosensory Neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Hitoshi Inada;Hiroko Ito;John Satterlee;Piali Sengupta

  • A high-resolution morphological and ultrastructural map of anterior sensory cilia and glia in Caenorhabditis elegans

    David B Doroquez;Cristina Berciu;James R Anderson;Piali Sengupta

  • Specification of Thermosensory Neuron Fate in C. elegans Requires ttx-1, a Homolog of otd/Otx

    John S. Satterlee;Hiroyuki Sasakura;Atsushi Kuhara;Maura Berkeley

  • Expression and function of members of a divergent nuclear receptor family in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Tomoyuki Miyabayashi;Mark T Palfreyman;Ann E Sluder;Frank Slack

  • An olfactory neuron responds stochastically to temperature and modulates Caenorhabditis elegans thermotactic behavior

    David Biron;Sara Wasserman;James H. Thomas;Aravinthan D. T. Samuel

  • The Caenorhabditis elegans odr-2 gene encodes a novel Ly-6-related protein required for olfaction.

    Joseph H. Chou;Cornelia I. Bargmann;Piali Sengupta

  • Identification of Thermosensory and Olfactory Neuron-Specific Genes via Expression Profiling of Single Neuron Types

    Marc E. Colosimo;Adam Brown;Saikat Mukhopadhyay;Christopher Gabel

  • Neuromodulatory state and sex specify alternative behaviors through antagonistic synaptic pathways in C. elegans.

    Heeun Jang;Kyuhyung Kim;Kyuhyung Kim;Scott J. Neal;Evan Macosko

  • egl-4 Acts Through a Transforming Growth Factor-β/SMAD Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans to Regulate Multiple Neuronal Circuits in Response to Sensory Cues

    Susan A. Daniels;Michael Ailion;James H. Thomas;James H. Thomas;Piali Sengupta

Frequent Co-Authors

Aravinthan D. T. Samuel
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel Harvard University
Miriam B. Goodman
Miriam B. Goodman Stanford University
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Cornelia I. Bargmann Rockefeller University
James H. Thomas
James H. Thomas University of Washington
Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori Nagoya University
Gina G. Turrigiano
Gina G. Turrigiano Brandeis University
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Harmit S. Malik
Harmit S. Malik Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Frank J. Slack
Frank J. Slack Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Val C. Sheffield
Val C. Sheffield University of Iowa

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