Recent Publications


  1. V. Chandra†, S. Tseng∗, A. Kann†, D.M. Bolan ̃os Rodriguez†, and M. Srivastava. Reproductive life history of an acoel worm. BioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.07.09.602770, 2024.
  2. K. Loubet-Senear‡ and M. Srivastava. Regeneration recapitulates many embryonic processes, including reuse of developmental regulatory regions. BioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.07.04.601589, 2024.
  3. R.E. Hulett‡, C. Rivera-Lope ́z‡, A.R. Gehrke†, A. Gompers∗, and M. Srivastava. A wounding-induced differentiation trajectory for neurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 121:e2322864121, 2024.
  4. K. Loubet-Senear‡ and M. Srivastava. Brittle star genome provides information on the evolution of regeneration. Nat. Eco. Evo., 8:1385–1386, 2024. 
  5. R.E. Hulett‡, J.O. Kimura‡, D.M. Bolan ̃os Rodriguez†, Y-J. Luo†, C. Rivera-Lope ́z‡, and M. Srivastava. Acoel single cell atlas reveals expression dynamics and heterogeneity of a pluripotent stem cell population. Nature Communications, 14:2612, 2023.
  6. P. Bump†, K. Loubet-Senear‡, and M. Srivastava. Chromatin profiling data indicate regulatory mechanisms for differentiation during development in the acoel Hofstenia miamia. BioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.12.05.570175, 2023.
  7. D.M. Bolanos Rodriguez†, N. Ros i Rocher†, J. Sikes†, and M. Srivastava. Pcp components control anterior and posterior regeneration, with a prickle homolog impacting muscle organization, in the acoel Hofstenia miamia. BioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.10.03.560791, 2023.
  8. B. Goldstein and M. Srivastava. Emerging model systems in developmental biology. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol., Special Issue Book, 2022.
  9. M. Srivastava. Studying development, regeneration, stem cells, and more in the acoel Hofstenia miamia. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol., 147:153–172, 2022.
  10. J.O. Kimura, D.M. Bolanos Rodriguez, L. Ricci, and M. Srivastava. Embryonic origins of adult pluripotent stem cells. Cell, 185:4756-4769, 2022. | PDF
  11. R.E. Hulett, J. O. Kimura, D.M. Bolanos Rodriguez, Y-J. Luo, C. Rivera-Lopez, L. Ricci, and M. Srivastava. Acoel single cell atlas reveals expression dynamics and heterogeneity of a pluripotent stem cell population. Nature Communications (in revision), available on BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.10.479464, 2022.
  12. L. Ricci and M. Srivastava. Transgenesis in the acoel worm Hofstenia miamia. Dev. Cell, 56:3160–3170, doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.10.012, 2021.
  13. A.R. Gehrke† and M. Srivastava. Assessing chromatin accessibility during WBR in acoels. In: Blanchoud, S., Galliot, B. (eds) Whole-Body Regeneration. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2450. Humana, New York, NY. 2022.
  14. M. Srivastava. Beyond casual resemblance: Rigorous frameworks for comparing regeneration across species.Ann. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol., 37:415–440, doi.org/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-120319-114716, 2021.
  15. J. O. Kimura, L. Ricci, and M. Srivastava. Embryonic development in the acoel Hofstenia miamia. Development, 48:dev188656, 2021.
  16. A.N. Ramirez, K. Loubet-Senear, and M. Srivastava. A regulatory program for initiation of wnt signaling during posterior regeneration. Cell Reports, 32:108098, 2020. | PDF
  17. R.E. Hulett, D. Potter, and M. Srivastava. Neural architecture and regeneration in the acoel Hofstenia miamia. Proc. R. Soc. B, 287:20201198, 2020. | PDF
  18. A.R. Gehrke, E. Neverett, Y-J. Luo, A. Brandt, L. Ricci, R.E. Hulett, A. Gompers, J.G. Ruby, D.S. Rokhsar, P. W. Reddien, and M. Srivastava. Acoel genome reveals the regulatory landscape of whole-body regeneration. Science, eaau6173:10.1126/science.aau6173, 2019. | PDF
  19. M. Srivastava. Killing two birds with one cell. Dev. Cell, 47:529-531, 2018. | PDF
  20. L. Ricci and M. Srivastava. Wound-induced cell proliferation during animal regeneration. 10.1002/wdev.321. WIREs Dev. Biol., 2018. | PDF
  21. Raz, A., M. Srivastava, R. Salvenmoser, and P. W. Reddien. Acoel regeneration mechanisms indicate an ancient role for muscle in regenerative patterning. 10.1038/s41467-017-01148-5. Nat. Comm., 2017 | PDF
  22. A.R. Gehrke and M. Srivastava. Neoblasts and the evolution of whole-body regeneration. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev., 40:131–37, 2016.
  23. D.C. Lyons, M. Srivastava, and D.Q. Matus. Evolution of developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate. In K.Sears and R. Kliman (Eds.), Encylcopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Oxford: Academic Press. 1:409–19, 2016.
  24. M. Srivastava. A comparative genomics perspective on the origin of multicellularity and early animal evolution. In I. Ruiz-Trillo and A. Nedelcu (Eds.), Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life . Springer. pages 269–99, 2015.
  25. D.C. Lyons, M.Q. Martindale and M. Srivastava (2014). The cell's view of animal body-plan evolution. Integr. Comp. Biol. 54(4): 658-66. | PDF
  26. M. Srivastava, K. Mazza-Curll, J.C. van Wolfswinkel, and P.W. Reddien (2014). Whole-body acoel regeneration is controlled by Wnt and Bmp-Admp signaling. Curr. Biol. 24(10): 1107-13. | PDF
  27. A. Ikmi, B. Gaertner, C. Seidel, M. Srivastava, J. Zeitlinger, and M.C. Gibson. (2014) Molecular evolution of the Yap/Yorkie proto-oncogene and elucidation of its core transcriptional program. Mol. Biol. Evol. 31(6): 1375-90. | PDF
  28. M.L. Scimone, M. Srivastava, G. Bell, and P.W. Reddien (2011). A regulatory program for excretory system regeneration in planarians. Development, 138(20): 4387–98. | PDF
  29. M. Srivastava, O. Simakov, J. Chapman, B. Fahey, M.E. Gauthier, T. Mitros, G.S. Richards, C. Conaco, M. Dacre,U. Hellsten, C. Larroux, N.H. Putnam, M. Stanke, M. Adamska, A. Darling, S.M. Degnan, T.H. Oakley, D.C. Plachetzki, Y. Zhai, M. Adamski, A. Calcino, S.F. Cummins, D.M. Goodstein, C. Harris, D.J. Jackson, S.P. Leys, S. Shu, B.J.Woodcroft, M. Vervoort, K.S. Kosik, G. Manning, B.M. Degnan, and D.S. Rokhsar (2010). The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity. Nature, 466(7307): 720–726. | PDF
  30. M. Srivastava, C. Larroux, D. Lu, K. Mohanty, J. Chapman, B. Degnan, and D. Rokhsar (2010). Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family. BMC Biology, 8(4). | PDF
  31. M. Srivastava and D.S. Rokhsar. Placozoan genome. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2010.
  32. H.Q. Marlow, M. Srivastava, D.Q. Matus, D. Rokhsar, and M. Q. Martindale (2009). Anatomy and development of the nervous system of Nematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian. Dev. Neurobiol., 69(4): 235–54. | PDF
  33. M. Srivastava, E. Begovic, J. Chapman, N. H. Putnam, U. Hellsten, T. Kawashima, A. Kuo, T. Mitros, M.L. Carpenter, A.Y. Signorovitch, M.A. Moreno, K. Kamm, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, H. Shapiro, I. V. Grigoriev, L.W. Buss, B. Schierwater, S. Dellaporta, and D. Rokhsar (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature, 454(7207): 955–960. | PDF
  34. A. Grimson, M. Srivastava, B. Fahey, B.J. Woodcroft, H.R. Chiang, N. King, B.M. Degnan, D. Rokhsar, and D.P. Bartel (2008). Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals. Nature, 455(7217): 1193–7. | PDF
  35. B. Schierwater, K. Kamm, M. Srivastava, D. Rokhsar, R. Rosengarten, and S. Dellaporta (2008). The early ANTP gene repertoire: Insights from the placozoan genome. PLoS ONE, 3(8): e2457. | PDF
  36. N. H. Putnam, M. Srivastava, U. Hellsten, B. Dirks, J. Chapman, A. Salamov, A. Terry, H. Shapiro, E. Lindquist, V. V. Kapitonov, J. Jurka, G. Genikhovich, I. V. Grigoriev, S. M. Lucas, R. E. Steele, J. R. Finnerty, U. Technau, M. Q. Martindale, and D. S. Rokhsar (2007). Sea anemone genome reveals ancestral eumetazoan gene repertoire and genomic organization. Science, 317(5834): 86–94. | PDF