Publications

Integration of cooperative and opposing molecular programs drives learning-associated behavioral plasticity. PLOS Genetics 2023.

Nelson JC, Shoenhard H, Granato M. 

Zebrafish behavior as a gateway to nervous system assembly and plasticity. Development 2022.

Nelson JC, Granato M.

cacna2d3, a voltage-gated calcium channel subunit, functions in vertebrate habituation learning and the startle sensitivity threshold. PLoS One 2022.

Santistevan NJ,  Nelson JC,  Ortiz EA, Miller AH, Halabi DK,  Sippl ZA, Granato M, Grinblat Y.

A forward genetic screen identifies Dolk as a regulator of startle magnitude through the potassium channel subunit Kv1.1. PLoS Genetics 2021.

Meserve JH, Nelson JC, Marsden KC, Hsu J, Echeverry FA, Jain RA, Wolman MA, Pereda AE, Granato M. 

Acute Regulation of Habituation Learning via Posttranslational Palmitoylation. Current Biology 2020.

Nelson JC, Witze E, Ma Z, Ciocco F, Frerotte A, Randlett O, Foskett JK, Granato M. 

ASICs Mediate Food Responses in an Enteric Serotonergic Neuron that Controls Foraging Behaviors. Cell 2019.

Rhoades JL, Nelson JC, Nwabudike I, Yu SK, McLachlan IG, Madan GK, Abebe E, Powers JR, Colón-Ramos DA, Flavell SW. 

A Forward Genetic Screen in Zebrafish Identifies the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor CaSR as a Modulator of Sensorimotor Decision Making. Current Biology 2018.

Jain RA, Wolman MA, Marsden KC, Nelson JC, Shoenhard H, Echeverry FA, Szi C, Bell H, Skinner J, Cobbs EN, Sawada K, Zamora AD, Pereda AE, Granato M. 

A Cyfip2-Dependent Excitatory Interneuron Pathway Establishes the Innate Startle Threshold.  Cell Reports 2018.

Marsden KC, Jain RA, Wolman MA, Echeverry FA, Nelson JC, Hayer KE, Miltenberg B, Pereda AE, Granato M. 

Clarinet (CLA-1), a novel active zone protein required for synaptic vesicle clustering and release. Elife 2017.

Xuan Z, Manning L, Nelson J, Richmond J, Colón-Ramos DA, Shen K, Kurshan P. 

Glycolytic enzymes localize to synapses under energy stress to support synaptic function. Neuron 2016. 

Jang S*, Nelson JC*, Bend E, Rodríguez-Laureano L, Tueros F, Cartagenova L, Underwood K, Jorgensen E, Colón-Ramos DA.

The LIM and POU homeobox genes ttx-3 and unc-86 act as terminal selectors in distinct cholinergic and serotonergic neuron types. Development 2014.

Zhang, F., A. Bhattacharya, Nelson JC, N. Abe, P. Gordon, C. Lloret-Fernandez, M. Maicas, N. Flames, R.S. Mann, D.A. Colon-Ramos, and O. Hobert.

The actin cytoskeleton in presynaptic assembly. Cell Adhesion and Migration 2013.

Nelson JC*, Stavoe AKH* and Colón-Ramos DA. 

Serotonergic neurosecretory synapse targeting is controlled by Netrin-releasing guidepost neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Neuroscience 2013.

Nelson JC and Colón-Ramos DA. 

Synaptic vesicle clustering requires a distinct MIG-10/Lamellipodin isoform and ABI-1 downstream from Netrin. Genes and Development 2012 

Stavoe AKH, Nelson JC, Martínez-Velázquez LA, Klein M, Samuel AD, Colón-Ramos DA. 

Gene profiling reveals a role for stress hormones in the molecular and behavioral response to food restriction. Biological Psychiatry 2011.

Guarnieri DJ, Brayton CE, Richards SM, Maldonado-Aviles J, Trinko JR, Nelson J, Taylor JR, Gourley SL, Dileone RJ. 

Nanoscopy in a living multicellular organism expressing GFP. Biophysical Journal 2011.

Rankin BR, Moneron G, Wurm CA, Nelson JC, Walter A, Schwarzer D, Schroeder J, Colón-Ramos DA, Hell SW. 

Expression of the Helicobacter pylori adhesin SabA is controlled via phase variation and the ArsRS signal transduction system. Microbiology 2008.

Goodwin AC, Weinberger DM, Ford CB, Nelson JC, Snider JD, Hall JD, Paules CI, Peek RM Jr, Forsyth MH. 

* Authors contributed equally.