Manuscripts in Preparation
Venuto, A., Hill, B., Lipsteuer, K., Darp, A., Grodeon, J., Pathak, A., Stern, D., and Baker, C.A. The neural basis of divergent acoustic communication strategies in Drosophila. (Research Article)
Venuto, A. and Erickson, T. The multisensory basis for initial swim bladder inflation in teleost fish. (Review Article)
Venuto, A. and Erickson, T. Surfacing in larval zebrafish is a multisensory behavior involving photosensory and chemosensory cues in addition to mechanosensation. (Research Article)
Published Articles
Venuto, A. and Baker, C.A. Developmental neuroscience: Building sex-specific adult circuitry from common larval origins. Current Biology Dispatch 34,7 (2024). Read here!
Erickson, T., Biggers, W.P., Williams, K., Butland, S.E., and Venuto, A. Regionalized protein localization domains in the hair cell kinocilium. Journal of Developmental Biology 11, 28 (2023). Read here!
Venuto, A., Thibodeau-Beganny, S., Trapani, J.G., and Erickson, T. A sensation for inflation: Initial swim bladder inflation in larval zebrafish is mediated by the mechanosensory lateral line. Journal of Experimental Biology 226, 11 (2023). Read here!
Shortlisted as one of the most outstanding contributions to the journal in 2023. Read here!
Venuto, A., Smith, C., Cameron-Pack, M., and Erickson, T. Alone in a crowd: Effect of a nonfunctional lateral line on expression of the social hormone parathyroid hormone 2. Biology Open (2022). Read here!
Venuto, A. selected for First Person interview to accompany published article. Read here!
Venuto, A. & Erickson, T. Evaluating the death and recovery of lateral line hair cells following repeated neomycin treatments. Life (2021). Read here!
Branigan, G., Olsen, K., Burda, B., Haemmerle, M., Ho, J., Venuto, A., D’Antonio, N., Briggs, I.E., & DiBenedetto, A.J. Zebrafish paralogs brd2a and brd2b are needed for proper circulatory, excretory and central nervous system formation and may act as genetic antagonists during development. Journal of Developmental Biology 9, 46 (2021). Read here!
Erickson, T., Pacentine, I.V., Venuto, A., Clemens, R., & Nicolson, T. The lhfpl5 ohnologs lhfpl5a and lhfpl5b are required for mechanotransduction in distinct populations of sensory hair cells in zebrafish. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 12: 320 (2020). Read here!
Featured in Methods and Model Organisms Editor’s Pick 2021. Homanics, G. E., Neuhauss, S. C. F., eds. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. Read here!
*Mentored undergraduate co-authors indicated by color*
Selected Conference Abstracts
A. Venuto, B. Hill, K. Lipsteuer, A. Darp, J. Grodeon, D. Stern, and C.A. Baker. Neural basis of divergent acoustic communication strategies in Drosophila. Triangle Chapter Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Finalist for best poster. (poster)
A. Venuto, K. Lipsteuer, A. Darp, J. Grodeon, D. Stern, and C.A. Baker. Understanding the neural control of acoustic communication across Drosophila species. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (poster)
B. Hill, A. Venuto, and C.A. Baker. Revealing neural responses to divergent acoustic signals across Drosophila species. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (poster)
B. Hill, A. Venuto, and C.A. Baker. Revealing neural responses to divergent acoustic signals across Drosophila species. Envisioning Research Symposium. (invited talk)
A. Venuto, B. Hill, K. Lipsteuer, A. Darp, J. Grodeon, D. Stern, and C.A. Baker. Neural basis of divergent acoustic communication strategies in Drosophila. Cold Spring Harbor's Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting. (poster)
A. Venuto, K. Lipsteuer, A. Darp, J. Grodeon, and C.A. Baker. Understanding the neural control of acoustic communication across Drosophila species. Southeastern Conference of Animal Behavior. (poster)
B. Hill, A. Venuto, and C.A. Baker. Revealing neural responses to divergent acoustic signals across Drosophila species. Southeastern Conference of Animal Behavior. (poster)
A. Venuto, B. Hill, C. Baker. (2025) Understanding how acoustic cues influence P1 activity across Drosophila species. Neuroethology Gordon Research Conference. (poster)
K. Lipsteuer, A. Venuto, C. Baker. (2025) Analysis of acoustic communication across Drosophila. NCSU Comparative Medicine Institute Summit. (invited talk)
K. Lipsteuer, J. Grodeon, A. Venuto, C. Baker. (2025) Cross-species analysis of acoustic communication in Drosophila. NCSU Comparative Medicine Institute Summit. 1st place award. (poster)
E. Payne, A. Venuto, C. Baker. (2025) Utilizing CRISPR to study sex-specific neurons in Drosophila. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. (poster)
B. Hill, A. Venuto, C. Baker. (2025) Measuring courtship song preference of Drosophila P1 neurons. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. (poster)
B. Hill, A. Venuto, C. Baker. (2024) Understanding the courtship song preference of Drosophila P1 neurons. NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. (poster)
A. Venuto and T. Erickson. (2023) An inflation sensation: Initial swim bladder inflation in larval zebrafish is mediated by the mechanosensory lateral line. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Honorable mention award. (talk)
A. Venuto, C. Smith, M. Cameron-Pack, and T. Erickson. (2022) Alone in a crowd: Effect of a nonfunctional lateral line on expression of the social hormone parathyroid hormone 2. Triangle Chapter Society for Neuroscience Meeting. (poster)
A. Venuto and T. Erickson. An inflation sensation: Initial swim bladder inflation in larval zebrafish is mediated by the mechanosensory lateral line. (2022) Eastern Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Symposium. (talk)
A. Venuto and T. Erickson. An inflation sensation: Initial swim bladder inflation in larval zebrafish is mediated by the mechanosensory lateral line. (2022) International Zebrafish Conference. (flash talk and poster)
A. Venuto, C. Smith, M. Cameron-Pack, and T. Erickson. (2022) Alone in a crowd: Effect of a nonfunctional lateral line on expression of the social hormone parathyroid hormone 2. International Zebrafish Conference. (poster)
T. Erickson and A. Venuto. (2022) Regionalization of the hair cell kinocilium as revealed by distinct distribution patterns of cilium-associated proteins. International Zebrafish Conference. (poster)
M. Cameron-Pack, A. Venuto, and T. Erickson. (2022) Sensory perception and the social brain: How ablation of the lateral line modulates expression of pth2, a social hormone in zebrafish. Science Atlantic Conference. (virtual poster)
A. Venuto, C. Smith, and T. Erickson. (2022) Alone in a crowd: Effect of a nonfunctional lateral line on expression of the social hormone parathyroid hormone 2. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (virtual poster)
A. Venuto, C. Smith, and T. Erickson. (2021) Alone in a crowd: Effect of a nonfunctional lateral line on expression of the social hormone parathyroid hormone 2. Eastern Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Symposium. 2nd place award. (flash talk and poster)
C. Smith, A. Venuto, and T. Erickson. (2021) Effects of a lateral line loss-of-function mutation on expression of parathyroid hormone 2 in zebrafish. ECU Research and Creative Activities Week. (poster)
A. Venuto, S. Crowe, and T. Erickson. (2020) Initial swim bladder inflation in larval zebrafish is mediated by the mechanosensory lateral line. The Allied Genetics Conference. (virtual poster)
A. Venuto, S. Crowe, and T. Erickson. (2020) “Surfacing” behaviors of larval zebrafish are mediated by the lateral line. ECU Research and Creative Activities Week. 2nd place award. (virtual talk)
A. Venuto, S. Crowe, T. Nicolson, and T. Erickson. (2020) Life without a lateral line: A new genetic model to study lateral line-mediated behaviors in zebrafish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (poster)
T. Erickson, I.V. Pacentine, A. Venuto#, R. Clemens, and T. Nicolson. (2019) The lhfpl5 ohnologs lhfpl5a and lhfpl5b are required for mechanotransduction in distinct populations of sensory hair cells in zebrafish. Eastern Carolina Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Symposium. #Presenting author (poster)
A. Venuto, I.V. Pacentine, T. Nicolson, and T. Erickson. (2019) Novel genetic mutant renders lateral line non-functional, causing survivability and behavioral deficiencies in zebrafish. Triangle Zebrafish Symposium. (poster)
A. Venuto, I.V. Pacentine, T. Nicolson, and T. Erickson. (2019) Novel genetic mutant renders lateral line non-functional, causing survivability and behavioral deficiencies in zebrafish. ECU Research and Creative Activities Week. (poster)
T. Erickson, I.V. Pacentine, A. Venuto#, R. Clemens, and T. Nicolson. (2019) Cis-regulatory divergence of lipoma HMGIC fusion partner-like (lhfpl5) paralogs in zebrafish. Association for Research in Otolaryngology. #Presenting author (poster)