Vengamanaidu Modepalli

The paper compares larval single-cell transcriptomes of sponges and cnidarians to explore the evolutionary origins of neural and sensory cell types.

This study shows that the photosymbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis exhibits plant-like heliotropism by tracking the sun's position, driven by photosynthetic activity in its endosymbionts.

The paper reports the de-novo genome of Edwardsia elegans, highlighting genomic conservation and variation within cnidarians.

The paper investigates the evolutionary origin of the larval apical sensory organ in cnidarians by comparing transcriptomes across species, finding that the ciliary apical tuft evolved independently in different clades.

This study shows that sponge regeneration mimics postlarval development by using transcriptomic analysis to compare regeneration with embryonic stages.