Welcome to the Chalasani lab! We use Caenorhabditis elegans, Danio rerio, and Mus musculus to study how the nervous system integrates changes in external and internal environment to generate behavior. We expect to uncover principles of brain function and develop therapeutics for various human neurological conditions.
Mackie, M., Le, V.V., Carstensen, H.R., Kushnir, N.R., Castro, D.L., Dimov, I.M., Quach, K.T., Cook, S.J., Hobert, O., Chalasani, S.H., Hong, R.L. Evolution of lateralized gustation in nematodes. (2024) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.31.610597
Muirhead, C.S., Reddy, K.C., Guerra, S., Rieger, M., Hart, M.P., Srinivasan, J., Chalasani, S.H. Neurexin drives Caenorhabditis elegans avoidance behavior independently of its post-synaptic binding partner neuroligin. (2024) G3. 14(8). DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae111
Haghani, N.B., Lampe, R.H., Samuel, B.S., Chalasani, S.H., Matty, M.A. Identification and characterization of a skin microbiome on suggests environmental microbes confer cuticle protection. (2024) Microbiol Spectr.:e0016924 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00169-24
Haley, J.A., Chalasani, S.H. C. elegans foraging as a model for understanding the neuronal basis of decision-making. (2024) Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1):252. DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05223-1