Science Publications

 

A feedback-driven IoT microfluidic, electrophysiology, and imaging platform for brain organoid studies

Voitiuk K, Seiler ST, Pessoa de Melo M, Geng J, Hernandez S, Schweiger HE, Sevetson JL, Parks DF, Robbins A, Torres-Montoya S, Ehrlich D, Elliott MAT, Sharf T, Haussler D, Mostajo-Radji MA, Salama SR, Teodorescu M. (2024). Biorxiv: 585237. DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.15.585237.

Modulation of neuronal activity in cortical organoids with bioelectronic delivery of ions and neurotransmitters

Park Y, Hernandez S, Hernandez CO, Schweiger HE, Li H, Voitiuk K, Dechiraju H, Hawthorne N, Muzzy EM, Selberg JA, Sullivan FN, Urcuyo R, Salaman SR, Aslankoohi E, Teodorescu M^, Mostajo-Radji MA^, Rolandi M^. (2024). Cell Reports Methods 4 (1): 100686. DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100686.

Unraveling Neuronal Identities Using SIMS: A Deep Learning Label Transfer Tool for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis

Gonzalez-Ferrer J*, Lehrer J*, O’Farrell A, Paten B, Teodorescu M, Haussler D, Jonsson VD^, Mostajo-Radji MA^. (2023). Biorxiv: 529615. DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.28.529615

IoT cloud laboratory: Internet of Things architecture for cellular biology

Parks DE, Voitiuk K, Geng J, Elliott MAT, Keefe MG, Jung EA, Robbins A, Baudin PV, Ly VT, Hawthorne N, Yong D, Sanso SE, Rezaee N, Sevetson J, Seiler ST, Currie R, Pollen AP, Hengen KB, Nowakowski TJ, Mostajo-Radji MA, Salama SR, Teodorescu M, Haussler D. (2022). Internet of Things: 100618 DOI: 10.1016/j.iot.2022.100618.

Tropism of SARS-CoV-2 for human cortical astrocytes

Andrews MG, Mukhtar T, Eze UC, Simoneau CR, Ross J, Parikshak N, Wang S, Zhou L, Koontz M, Velmeshev D, Siebert CV, Gemenes KM, Tabata T, Perez Y, Wang L, Mostajo-Radji MA, de Majo M, Donohue KC, Shin D, Salma J, Pollen AA, Nowakowski TJ, Ullian E, Kumar GR, Winkler EA, Crouch EE, Ott M, Kriegstein AR. (2022). PNAS 119 (30): e21222361. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2122236119.

The development and evolution of inhibitory neurons in primate cerebrum

Schmitz MT, Sandoval K, Chen CP, Mostajo-Radji MA, Seeley WW, Nowakowski TJ, Ye CJ, Paredes MF, Pollen AA. (2022). Nature 603: 871–877. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04510-w.

Light-weight electrophysiology hardware and software platform for cloud-based neural recording experiments

Voitiuk K, Geng J, Keefe MG, Parks DF, Sanso SE, Hawthorne N, Freeman DB, Currie R, Mostajo-Radji MA, Pollen AA, Nowakowski TJ, Salama SR, Teodorescu M, & Haussler D. (2021). Journal of Neural Engineering 18: 066004. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac310a.

Picroscope: low-cost system for simultaneous longitudinal biological imaging

Ly VT, Baudin PV, Pansodtee P, Jung EA, Voitiuk K, Rosen YM, Willsey HR, Mantalas GL, Seiler ST, Selberg JA, Cordero SA, Ross JM, Rolandi M, Pollen AA, Nowakowski TJ, Haussler D, Mostajo-Radji MA, Salama SR, & Teodorescu M. (2021). Communications Biology 4: 1261. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02779-7.

Low cost cloud based remote microscopy for biological sciences

Baudin PV, Ly VT, Pansodtee P, Jung EA, Currie R, Hoffman R, Willsey HR, Pollen AA, Nowakowski TJ, Haussler D, Mostajo-Radji MA, Salama SR, & Teodorescu M. (2021). Internet of Things: 100454. DOI: 10.1016/j.iot.2021.100454.

Reverse engineering human brain evolution using organoid models

Mostajo-Radji MA, Schmitz MT, Montoya ST, & Pollen AA. (2020). Brain Research 1729: 146582. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146582.

Outer Radial Glia-like Cancer Stem Cells Contribute to Heterogeneity of Glioblastoma

Bhaduri A, Di Lullo E, Jung D, Müller S, Crouch EE, Espinosa CS, Ozawa T, Alvarado B, Spatazza J, Cadwell CR, Wilkins G, Velmeshev D, Liu SJ, Malatesta M, Andrews MG, Mostajo-Radji MA, Huang EJ, Nowakowski TJ, Lim DA, Diaz A, Raleigh DR, & Kriegstein AR. (2020). Cell Stem Cell (1): 48-63.e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.11.015.

Development and arealization of the cerebral cortex

Cadwell CR, Bhaduri A, Mostajo-Radji MA, Keefe MG, Nowakowski TJ. (2020). Neuron 103 (6): 980-1004. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.009.

Voltage imaging and optogenetics reveal behaviour-dependent changes in hippocampal dynamics

Adam Y, Kim JJ, Lou S, Zhao Y, Xie ME, Brinks D, Wu H, Mostajo-Radji MA, Kheifets S, Parot V, Chettih S, Williams KJ, Gmeiner B, Farhi SL, Madisen L, Buchanan EK, Kinsella I, Zhou D, Paninski L, Harvey CD, Zeng H, Arlotta P, Campbell RE, & Cohen AE. (2019). Nature 569 ( 7756): 413-417. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1166-7.

Establishing cerebral organoids as models of human-specific brain evolution

Pollen AA, Bhaduri A, Andrews MG, Nowakowski TJ, Meyerson OS, Mostajo-Radji MA, Di Lullo E, Alvarado B, Bedolli M, Dougherty ML, Fiddes IT, Kronenberg ZN, Shuga J, Leyrat AA, West JA, Bershteyn M, Lowe CB, Pavlovic BJ, Salama SR, Haussler D, Eichler EE, & Kriegstein AR. (2019). Cell 176 (4): 743-756. e17. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.017.

Physiological Models of Human Neuronal Development and Disease

Mostajo-Radji MA, & Pollen AA. (2018). Neuron 100 (5): 1025-1027. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.11.026.

Postmitotic fate refinement in the subplate

Mostajo-Radji MA, & Pollen AA. (2018). Cell Stem Cell 23 (1): 7-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.06.017.

Spatiotemporal gene expression trajectories reveal developmental hierarchies of the human cortex

Nowakowski TJ, Bhaduri A, Pollen AA, Alvarado B, Mostajo-Radji MA, Di Lullo E, Haeussler M, Sandoval-Espinosa C, Liu SJ, Velmeshev D, Ounadjela JR, Shuga J, Wang X, Lim DA, West JA, Leyrat AA, Kent WJ, & Kriegstein AR. (2017). Science 358 (6368): 1318-1323. DOI: 10.1126/science.aap8809.

Instructing perisomatic inhibition by direct lineage reprogramming of neocortical projection neurons

Ye Z*, Mostajo-Radji MA*, Brown JR, Rouaux C, Tomassy GS, Hensch TK, & Arlotta P. (2015) Neuron 88 (3): 475-483. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.006. (*Co-first author).

How induced pluripotent stem cells are redefining personalized medicine

Ferreira LMR, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2013). Gene 520 (1): 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.02.037.

Allele-specific gene silencing in two mouse models of autosomal dominant skeletal myopathy

Loy RE, Lueck JD, Mostajo-Radji MA, Carrell EM, & Dirksen RT. (2012). PLOS ONE 7 (11): e49757. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049757.

Science Diplomacy and Scientific Advice Publications

 

A Latin American perspective on neurodiplomacy

Mostajo-Radji MA. (2023). Frontiers in Medical Technology 4: 1005043. DOI: 10.3389/fmedt.2022.1005043

The emergence of neurodiplomacy

Mostajo-Radji MA. (2022). iScience 25 (6): 104370. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104370

Pseudoscience in the times of crisis: how and why chlorine dioxide consumption became popular in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mostajo-Radji MA. (2021). Frontiers in Political Science 3: 25. DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2021.621370.

Science advisers around the world on 2020

Awandare G, André E, Corrales-Aguilar E*, Chen CJ*, Mostajo-Radji MA*, Jancoriene L*, Nemer M*. (2021). Nature 588 (7839): 586-588. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-03557-x. (*Co-first author)

Balancing production and culture: Sustainable agriculture in the Amazon

Gandarilla O, Carosso GA, & Mostajo-Radji MA. Socarxiv. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/etz7j

Youth Networks' Advances Toward the Sustainable Development Goals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Barber K, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2020). Frontiers in Sociology: 589539. DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.589539,

Plasma-based COVID-19 treatments in low-and middle-income nations pose a high risk of an HIV epidemic

Ferreira LMR, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2020). NPJ Vaccines 5: 58. DOI: 10.1038/s41541-020-0209-2.

High-altitude populations need special considerations for COVID-19

Breevoort A, Carosso GA, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2020). Nature Communications 11: 3280. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17131-6.

Transnational youth networks: an evolving form of public diplomacy to accelerate the sustainable development goals

Acosta M, Szlamka Z, & Mostajo-Radji MA. Socarxiv. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/8247s.

Developing brains, developing nations: can scientists be effective non-state diplomats?

Carosso GA, Ferreira LMR, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2019). Frontiers in Education 4: 95. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2019.00095.

Scientists as non-state actors of public diplomacy

Carosso GA, Ferreira LMR, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2019). Nature Human Behaviour 3 (11): 1129-1130. DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0716-1.

STEM Education Publications

 

Open-loop lab-on-a-chip technology enables remote computer science training in Latinx life sciences students

Sano T, Sampad MJN, Gonzalez-Ferrer J, Hernandez S, Vera-Choqqueccota S, Vargas PA, Urcuyo R, Duran NM, Teodorescu M, Haussler D, Schmidt H, Mostajo-Radji MA. (2023). Biorxiv: 538776. DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.28.538776.

Internet-connected cortical organoids for project-based stem cell and neuroscience education

Elliott MAT, Schweiger HE, Robbins A, Vera-Choqqueccota S, Ehrlich D, Hernandez S, Voitiuk K, Geng J, Sevetson JL, Core C, Rosen YM, Teodorescu M, Wagner NO, Haussler D, Mostajo-Radji MA. (2023). eNeuro 10 (12): ENEURO.0308-23.2023. DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0308-23.2023.

Cloud-controlled microscopy enables remote project-based biology education in underserved Latinx communities

Baudin PV, Sacksteder R, Worthington AK, Voitiuk K, Ly VL, Hoffman RN, Elliott MAT, Parks D, Ward R, Torres-Montoya S, Amend F, Duran NM, Vargas PA, Martinez G, Ramirez SM, Alvarado-Arnez LE, Ehrlich D, Rosen YM, Breevoort A, Schouten T, Kurniawan S, Haussler D, Teodorescu M, Mostajo-Radji MA. (2022). Heliyon 8 (11): e11596. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11596.

Effective participatory science education in a diverse Latin American population

Ferreira LMR, Carosso GA, Duran NM, Bohorquez-Massud SV, Vaca-Diez G, Rivera-Betancourt LI, Rodriguez Y, Ordonez DG, Alatriste-Gonzalez DK, Vacaflores A, Auza LG, Schuetz C, Alvarado-Arnez LE, Alexander-Savino CV, Gandarilla O, & Mostajo-Radji MA. (2019). Palgrave Communications 5 (1): 63. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-019-0275-0.