the shirangi laboratory at Villanova University | est. 2016
Publications
"Establish a point and publish it." AH Sturtevant
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postbac trainee | undergraduate student | * MS student
Hierarchical diversification of instinctual behavior neurons by lineage, birth order, and sex
Elkahlah N, Lin Y, Shirangi TR, Clowney EJ
bioRxiv 2025. 10.1101/2025.06.03.657692
An α-1,3-fucosyltransferase influences thermal nocifensive escape behaviors in Drosophila larvae
Ballard S, Holt L, Stant E, Arthur Moore A, Zavala L*, & Shirangi T.
microPubl Biol. 2025. 10.17912/micropub.biology.001671.
Neural Circuits Underlying Sexually Dimorphic Innate Behaviors
Oren-Suissa M. & Shirangi TR.
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2025. 48:191–210.
Developmental remodeling repurposes larval neurons for sexual behaviors in adult Drosophila
Diamandi JA, Duckhorn JC, Miller KE, Weinstock M, Leone S, Murphy MR, Shirangi TR
Curr Biol 2024 Mar 25;34(6):1183-1193.
Neuromuscular embodiment of feedback control elements in Drosophila flight
Whitehead SC, Leone S, Lindsay T, Meiselman MR, Cowan NJ, Dickinson MH, Yapici N,
Stern DL, Shirangi T, Cohen I.
Sci Adv. 2022 Dec 14;8(50):eabo7461.
Regulation of Drosophila courtship behavior by the Tlx/tailless-like nuclear receptor, dissatisfaction
Duckhorn JC, Cande J, Metkus MC, Song H, Altamirano S*, Stern DL, Shirangi TR.
Curr Biol. 2022 Apr 25;32, 1–12.
Combined in situ hybridization chain reaction and immunostaining to visualize gene expression in whole-mount Drosophila central nervous systems.
Duckhorn JC, Junker I, Ding Y, Shirangi TR.
bioRxiv. 2021. doi: 2021.08.02.454831.
The development of sex differences in the nervous system and behavior of flies, worms, and rodents
Meeh KL, Rickel CT, Sansano AJ, Shirangi TR.
Dev Biol. 2021. Jan 20:S0012-1606(21)00022-1.
A systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system
Court RC, Namiki S, Armstrong JD, Borner J, Card G, Costa M, Dickinson MH, Duch C, Korff W, Mann R, Merritt D, Murphey R, , Seeds A, Shepherd D, Shirangi T, Simpson J, Truman J, Tuthill JC, Williams D.
Neuron. 2020 Sept 23;107:1–9.
Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the wing musculature of Drosophila
Tracy CB*, Nguyen J, Abraham R, Shirangi TR.
PeerJ. 2020. 8:e8360.
Motor Control: Winging it with a few good muscles
Curr Biol. 2017 Feb 6;27(3):R115-R116
Doublesex Regulates the Connectivity of a Neural Circuit Controlling Drosophila Male Courtship Song
Shirangi TR, Wong AM, Truman JW, Stern DL.
Dev Cell. 2016 Jun 20;37(6):533-44.
Genetic and Environmental Control of Neurodevelopmental Robustness in Drosophila
Mellert DJ, Williamson WR, Shirangi TR, Card GM, Truman JW.
PLoS One. 2016 May 5;11(5):e0155957.
Motor control of Drosophila courtship song
Shirangi TR, Stern DL, Truman JW.
Rapid evolution of sex pheromone-producing enzyme expression in Drosophila
Shirangi TR*, Dufour HD*, Williams TM, Carroll SB. *Equal contribution
PLoS Biol. 2009 Aug;7(8):e1000168.
Sex in flies: what 'body--mind' dichotomy?
Shirangi TR, McKeown M.
Dev Biol. 2007 Jun 1;306(1):10-9. Review.
A double-switch system regulates male courtship behavior in male and female Drosophila melanogaster
Shirangi TR, Taylor BJ, McKeown M.
Nat Genet. 2006 Dec; 38(12): 1435-9.
Ditch LM, Shirangi T, Pitman J, Latham K, Finley K, Edeen PT, Taylor BJ, McKeown M.
Development. 2005 Jan; 132(1): 155-64.
Nuclear degradation of p53 occurs during down-regulation of the p53 response after DNA damage
Shirangi TR, Zaika A, Moll UM.
FASEB J. 2002 Mar; 16(3): 420-2.