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.
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
Cowen, M.H., Reddy, K.C., Chalasani, S.H., Hart, M.P. Conserved autism-associated genes tune social feeding behavior in . (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.05.570116
Pribadi, A., Rieger, M.A., Rosales, K., Reddy, K.C., Chalasani, S.H. Dopamine signaling regulates predator-driven changes in egg laying behavior. (2023) Elife. 12. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.83957
Procko, C., Wong, W.M., Patel, J., Mousavi, S.A.R., Dabi, T., Duque, M., Baird, L., Chalasani, S.H., Chory, J. Mutational analysis of mechanosensitive ion channels in the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant. (2023) Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.048