Victor Luria, PhD
Research Scientist in NeuroscienceCards
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2026
Adaptive evolution of gene regulatory networks in mammalian neocortex
Li Z, Kaur N, Santpere G, Muchnik S, Sindhu S, Qi C, Shibata M, Clément O, Klarić T, de Martin X, Luria V, Cho H, Li M, Shibata A, Choi S, Kim H, Tebbenkamp A, Ma S, Han W, Kim S, Pochareddy S, Duy P, Xing X, Bao Y, Xu X, Gladwyn-Ng I, Cullen H, Paolino A, Fenlon L, Kozulin P, Suárez R, Risgaard R, Gulden F, Karger A, Suzuki I, Hirata T, Gobeske K, Richards L, Sousa A, Heng J, Sestan N. Adaptive evolution of gene regulatory networks in mammalian neocortex. Nature 2026, 653: 156-166. PMID: 41851468, PMCID: PMC13149332, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10226-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development
Kim S, Cherskov A, Choi S, Kim H, Li M, Zhang M, Mato-Blanco X, Liu Y, Micali N, Young D, Estacion M, Zhang Y, Ruiz-Jiménez J, Nadkarni A, Luria V, Chatterjee I, Shibata A, Liang D, Cho H, Park S, Spajic A, Kovner R, Glavan M, Chen R, Risgaard R, Li X, Pochareddy S, Karger A, Huttner A, Morozov Y, Daadi E, Colantuoni C, Ely J, Hof P, Daadi M, Sherwood C, Duque A, Ma S, Sousa A, Waxman S, Rakic P, Santpere G, Sanders S, Sestan N. Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development. Cell 2026, 189: 1802-1819.e28. PMID: 41819103, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.02.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
De Novo Genes: Current Status and Future Goals
Casola C, Luria V, Vakirlis N, Zhao L. De Novo Genes: Current Status and Future Goals. Genome Biology And Evolution 2025, 17: evaf230. PMID: 41313722, PMCID: PMC12708343, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDe Novo Gene Emergence: Summary, Classification, and Challenges of Current Methods
Grandchamp A, Aubel M, Eicholt L, Roginski P, Luria V, Karger A, Dohmen E. De Novo Gene Emergence: Summary, Classification, and Challenges of Current Methods. Genome Biology And Evolution 2025, 17: evaf197. PMID: 41126639, PMCID: PMC12605812, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf197.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsDeNoFo: a file format and toolkit for standardized, comparable de novo gene annotation
Dohmen E, Aubel M, Eicholt L, Roginski P, Luria V, Karger A, Grandchamp A. DeNoFo: a file format and toolkit for standardized, comparable de novo gene annotation. Bioinformatics 2025, 41: btaf539. PMID: 41051215, PMCID: PMC12516307, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf539.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Expression of Random Sequences and de novo Evolved Genes From the Mouse in Human Cells Reveals Functional Diversity and Specificity
Aldrovandi S, Castro J, Ullrich K, Karger A, Luria V, Tautz D. Expression of Random Sequences and de novo Evolved Genes From the Mouse in Human Cells Reveals Functional Diversity and Specificity. Genome Biology And Evolution 2024, 16: evae175. PMID: 39663928, PMCID: PMC11635099, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividual variation in the emergence of anterior-to-posterior neural fates from human pluripotent stem cells
Kim S, Seo S, Stein-O’Brien G, Jaishankar A, Ogawa K, Micali N, Luria V, Karger A, Wang Y, Kim H, Hyde T, Kleinman J, Voss T, Fertig E, Shin J, Bürli R, Cross A, Brandon N, Weinberger D, Chenoweth J, Hoeppner D, Sestan N, Colantuoni C, McKay R. Individual variation in the emergence of anterior-to-posterior neural fates from human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports 2024, 19: 1336-1350. PMID: 39151428, PMCID: PMC11411333, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome
Klarić T, Gudelj I, Santpere G, Novokmet M, Vučković F, Ma S, Doll H, Risgaard R, Bathla S, Karger A, Nairn A, Luria V, Bečeheli I, Sherwood C, Ely J, Hof P, Sousa A, Josić D, Lauc G, Sestan N. Human-specific features and developmental dynamics of the brain N-glycome. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadg2615. PMID: 38055821, PMCID: PMC10699788, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg2615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMolecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity
Luria V, Ma S, Shibata M, Pattabiraman K, Sestan N. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of human cortical connectivity. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2023, 80: 102699. PMID: 36921362, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102699.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2021
Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation
Li F, Rane R, Luria V, Xiong Z, Chen J, Li Z, Catullo R, Griffin P, Schiffer M, Pearce S, Lee S, McElroy K, Stocker A, Shirriffs J, Cockerell F, Coppin C, Sgrò C, Karger A, Cain J, Weber J, Santpere G, Kirschner M, Hoffmann A, Oakeshott J, Zhang G. Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation. Molecular Ecology Resources 2021, 22: 1559-1581. PMID: 34839580, PMCID: PMC9299920, DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13561.Peer-Reviewed Original Research