G. Robert Aguilar

Genetics & evo-devo

Publications


A conserved C. elegans zinc finger-homeodomain protein, ZFH-2, continuously required for structural integrity and function of alimentary tract and gonad


Antoine Sussfeld, Berta Vidal, Surojit Sural, Daniel M. Merritt, G. Robert Aguilar, Yasmin Ramadan, Oliver Hobert

bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2026


A gene expression atlas of a juvenile nervous system


Seth R. Taylor, Claire Olson, Lidia Ripoll-Sánchez, Giulio Valperga, Rebecca M. McWhirter, S. T. Barney, Alexander Atkinson, Sidharth Goel, Alexis Weinreb, Andrew Hardin, Alexis Rolfson, Jacob Pattee, G. R. Aguilar, Daniel M Merritt, Matthew Eroglu, Maryam Majeed, Ethan Grundvig, Ethan Child, Isabel Beets, P. Vértes, WR Schafer, E. Varol, Marc Hammarlund, Oliver Hobert, David M. Miller

bioRxiv, 2025


Functional analysis of conserved C. elegans bHLH family members uncovers lifespan control by a peptidergic hub neuron


G. Robert Aguilar, Berta Vidal, Hongzhu Ji, Joke Evenblij, Chien-Po Liao, Hongfei Ji, Giulio Valperga, C. Fang-Yen, Oliver Hobert

PLoS Biology, 2025


Pervasive homeobox gene function in the male-specific nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans.


Robert W. Fernandez, Angelo J. Digirolamo, Giulio Valperga, G. Robert Aguilar, Laura Molina-García, Rinn M. Kersh, Chen Wang, Karinna Pe, Yasmin H. Ramadan, Curtis M. Loer, A. Barrios, Oliver Hobert

Development, 2025


A neurotransmitter atlas of C. elegans males and hermaphrodites


Chen Wang, Berta Vidal, Surojit Sural, Curtis Loer, G Robert Aguilar, Daniel M Merritt, Itai Antoine Toker, Merly C Vogt, Cyril C Cros, Oliver Hobert

eLife, vol. 13, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2024 Oct, RP95402


Widespread employment of conserved C. elegans homeobox genes in neuronal identity specification


Molly B. Reilly, Tessa Tekieli, Cyril Cros, G. Robert Aguilar, James Lao, Itai Antoine Toker, Berta Vidal, Eduardo Leyva-Díaz, Abhishek Bhattacharya, Steven J. Cook, Jayson J. Smith, Ismar Kovacevic, Burcu Gulez, Robert W. Fernandez, Elisabeth F. Bradford, Yasmin H. Ramadan, Paschalis Kratsios, Zhirong Bao, Oliver Hobert

PLOS Genetics, vol. 18, Public Library of Science, 2022 Sep, pp. 1-41