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  1. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to investigate the role of candidate human disease gene orthologs in Ciona

    Article • August 2026, openRxiv

    Alberto Stolfi

  2. A protocadherin mediates oral placode morphogenesis in the tunicate Ciona

    Article • Biology Open, January 2026, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  3. An NKX2-5 homolog is required downstream of BMP signaling to pattern the sensory-adhesive organ of a tunicate larva

    Article • December 2025, openRxiv

    Alberto Stolfi

  4. Regulation of motor neuron differentiation in the Ciona larva

    Article • December 2025, openRxiv

    Alberto Stolfi

  5. Neuron-specific Agrin splicing by Nova RNA-binding proteins regulates conserved neuromuscular junction development in chordates

    Article • PLoS Biology, September 2025, PLOS

    Alberto Stolfi

  6. A protocadherin mediates cell-cell adhesion and integrity of the oral placode in the tunicate Ciona

    Article • July 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  7. A gene regulatory network for specification and morphogenesis of a Mauthner Cell homolog in non-vertebrate chordates

    Article • Developmental Biology, June 2025, Elsevier

    Alberto Stolfi

  8. A change in cis-regulatory logic underlying obligate versus facultative muscle multinucleation in chordates

    Article • Development, September 2024, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  9. A conserved RNA switch for acetylcholine receptor clustering at neuromuscular junctions in chordates

    Article • July 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  10. Specification and survival of post-metamorphic branchiomeric neurons in a non-vertebrate chordate

    Article • Development, June 2024, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  11. Specification of distinct cell types in a sensory-adhesive organ important for metamorphosis in tunicate larvae

    Article • PLoS Biology, March 2024, PLOS

    Alberto Stolfi

  12. A change incis-regulatory logic underlying obligate versus facultative muscle multinucleation in chordates

    Article • March 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  13. Specification of distinct cell types in a sensory-adhesive organ for metamorphosis in theCionalarva

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  14. A cis ‐regulatory change underlying the motor neuron‐specific loss of Ebf expression in immotile tunicate larvae

    Article • Evolution & Development, December 2020, Wiley

    Alberto Stolfi, Professor Billie J. Swalla

  15. Expression of smooth muscle-like effectors and core cardiomyocyte regulators in the contractile papillae of Ciona

    Article • EvoDevo, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alberto Stolfi

  16. Regulation and evolution of muscle development in tunicates

    Article • EvoDevo, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alberto Stolfi

  17. Neuron subtype-specific effector gene expression in the Motor Ganglion of Ciona

    Article • May 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  18. A cis-regulatory change underlying the motor neuron-specific loss of terminal selector gene expression in immotile tunicate larvae

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi, Professor Billie J. Swalla

  19. Developmental system drift in motor ganglion patterning between distantly related tunicates

    Article • EvoDevo, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alberto Stolfi

  20. Developmental system drift in motor ganglion patterning between distantly related tunicates

    Article • May 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  21. Single-cell transcriptome profiling of theCionalarval brain

    Article • May 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  22. Evaluation and rational design of guide RNAs for efficient CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in Ciona

    Article • February 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Alberto Stolfi

  23. Tissue-specific genome editing in Ciona embryos by CRISPR/Cas9

    Article • Development, October 2014, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  24. Guidelines for the nomenclature of genetic elements in tunicate genomes

    Article • genesis, October 2014, Wiley

    Alberto Stolfi, Professor Billie J. Swalla

  25. Divergent mechanisms regulate conserved cardiopharyngeal development and gene expression in distantly related ascidians

    Article • eLife, September 2014, eLife

    Professor Billie J. Swalla, Alberto Stolfi, Dr Filomena Ristoratore

  26. Islet is a key determinant of ascidian palp morphogenesis

    Article • Development, July 2014, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  27. Collier/OLF/EBF-Dependent Transcriptional Dynamics Control Pharyngeal Muscle Specification from Primed Cardiopharyngeal Progenitors

    Article • Developmental Cell, May 2014, Elsevier

    Alberto Stolfi

  28. p120RasGAP mediates ephrin/Eph-dependent attenuation of FGF/ERK signals during cell fate specification in ascidian embryos

    Article • Development, September 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  29. Genetic and Genomic Toolbox of the Chordate Ciona intestinalis

    Article • Genetics, September 2012, Genetics Society of America

    Alberto Stolfi

  30. Genetic Labeling of Neuronal Subsets through Enhancer Trapping in Mice

    Article • PLOS One, June 2012, PLOS

    Alberto Stolfi

  31. Coincident Generation of Pyramidal Neurons and Protoplasmic Astrocytes in Neocortical Columns

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, April 2012, Society for Neuroscience

    Alberto Stolfi

  32. An Unauthorized Biography of the Second Heart Field and a Pioneer/Scaffold Model for Cardiac Development

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Alberto Stolfi, Dr Michael Schubert

  33. Coordinated regulation of cholinergic motor neuron traits through a conserved terminal selector gene

    Article • Nature Neuroscience, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alberto Stolfi

  34. Neural tube patterning by Ephrin, FGF and Notch signaling relays

    Article • Development, November 2011, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  35. Neuronal subtype specification in the spinal cord of a protovertebrate

    Article • Development, February 2011, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi

  36. Early Chordate Origins of the Vertebrate Second Heart Field

    Article • Science, July 2010, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Alberto Stolfi

  37. BMP signaling coordinates gene expression and cell migration during precardiac mesoderm development

    Article • Developmental Biology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Alberto Stolfi

  38. High resolution cell lineage tracing reveals developmental variability in leech

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, December 2009, Wiley

    Alberto Stolfi

  39. Spatio-temporal intersection of Lhx3 and Tbx6 defines the cardiac field through synergistic activation of Mesp

    Article • Developmental Biology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Alberto Stolfi

  40. Gene regulatory networks underlying the compartmentalization of the Ciona central nervous system

    Article • Development, December 2008, The Company of Biologists

    Alberto Stolfi