postbac trainee  |  undergraduate student  |  * MS student

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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

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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.

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Neural Circuits Underlying Sexually Dimorphic Innate Behaviors

Oren-Suissa M. & Shirangi TR.

Annu Rev Neurosci. 2025. 48:191–210.

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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.  

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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Evolution of sexual size dimorphism in the wing musculature of Drosophila

Tracy CB*, Nguyen J, Abraham R, Shirangi TR.

PeerJ. 2020. 8:e8360.  

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Motor Control: Winging it with a few good muscles

Shirangi TR.

Curr Biol. 2017 Feb 6;27(3):R115-R116 

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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. 

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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.

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Motor control of Drosophila courtship song

Shirangi TR, Stern DL, Truman JW.

Cell Rep. 2013 5(3):678-86.

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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.

           

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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.

           

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Drosophila retained/dead ringer is necessary for neuronal pathfinding, female receptivity and repression of fruitless independent male courtship behaviors

Ditch LM, Shirangi T, Pitman J, Latham K, Finley K, Edeen PT, Taylor BJ, McKeown M. 

Development. 2005 Jan; 132(1): 155-64.

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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.