EJ Clowney Google Scholar Profile
Thornton-Kolbe EM*, Ahmed M*, Gordon FR, Sieriebriennikov B, Williams DL, Kurmangaliyev YZ, Clowney EJ. Spatial constraints and cell surface molecule depletion structure a randomly connected learning circuit. BioRxiv, 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.17.603956. (pdf)
Ganguly I*, Heckman EL*, Litwin-Kumar A, Clowney EJ†, Behnia R†. “Diversity of visual inputs to Kenyon cells of the Drosophila mushroom body.” Nature Communications, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49616-z. (pdf) (* equal contribution, author order determined by coin flip; † equal contribution, co-corresponding authors)
Yuan Y, Chen Q, Brovkina MV, Clowney EJ, Yadlapalli S. “Clock-dependent chromatin accessibility rhythms regulate circadian transcription.” PLOS Genetics, 2024. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011278. (pdf)
Roggenbuck EC*, Hall EA*, Hanson IB*, Roby AA*, Zhang KK*, Alkatib KA, Carter JA, Clewner JE, Gelfius AL, Gong S, Gordon FR, Iseler JN, Kotapati S, Li M, Maysun A, McCormick EO, Rastogi G, Sengupta S, Uzoma CU, Wolkov MA, Clowney EJ. Let’s talk about sex: Mechanisms of neural sexual differentiation in Bilateria. WIREs Mech Dis. 2024. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.1636. (pdf) This review was written in the Fall 2022 semester by students enrolled in MCDB464: Cellular Diversity in the Immune and Nervous Systems. (*, equal contributions)
Brovkina MV*, Chapman MA*, Holding ML, Clowney EJ. “Emergence and influence of sequence bias in evolutionarily malleable, mammalian tandem arrays.” BMC Biology, 2023. doi: 10.1186/s12915-023-01673-4. (pdf) (*, equal contributions)
Ahmed M, Rajagopalan AE, Pan Y, Li Y, Williams DL, Pedersen EA, Thakral M, Previero A, Close KC, Christoforou CP, Cai D, Turner GC, Clowney EJ. “Input density tunes Kenyon cell sensory responses in the Drosophila mushroom body.” Current Biology, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.064. (pdf) (preprint) (preview of paper by A. Lin & L. Prieto-Godino)
Williams DL*, Sikora VM*, Hammer MA*, Amin S, Brinjikji T, Brumley EK, Burrows CJ, Carrillo PM, Cromer K, Edwards SJ, Emri O, Fergle D, Jenkins MJ, Kaushik K, Maydan DD, Woodard W, Clowney EJ. [Review] “May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor: Non-deterministic Mechanisms Diversifying Cell Surface Molecule Expression.” Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.720798. (pdf) This review was written in the Fall 2020 semester by students enrolled in MCDB464: Cellular Diversity in the Immune and Nervous Systems. (*, equal contributions)
Brovkina M, Duffié R, Burtis AEC, Clowney EJ. “Fruitless Decommissions Regulatory Elements to Implement Cell-Type-Specific Neuronal Masculinization.” PLOS Genetics, 2021. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009338. (pdf)
Ryba AR, McKenzie SK, Olivos-Cisneros L, Clowney EJ, Pires PM, Kronauer DJC. “Comparative Development of the Ant Chemosensory System.” Current Biology, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.072. (pdf)
Puñal VM, Ahmed M, Thornton-Kolbe EM, Clowney EJ. “Untangling the wires: development of sparse, distributed connectivity in the mushroom body calyx” [Review]. Cell and Tissue Research, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03386-4. (pdf)
Elkahlah NA*, Rogow JA*, Ahmed M, Clowney EJ. “Presynaptic Developmental Plasticity Allows Robust Sparse Wiring of the Drosophila Mushroom Body.” eLife, vol. 9, 2020. doi: 10.7554/elife.52278. (pdf)
Le Gros MA, Clowney EJ, Magklara A, Yen A, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Colquitt B, Smith EA, Myllys M, Kellis M, Lomvardas S, and Larabell CA. “Gradual chromatin compaction and reorganization during neurogenesis in vivo.” Cell Reports. Nov 15 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.060.(pdf)
Clowney EJ, Iguchi S, Bussell JJ, Scheer E, Ruta V. “Multimodal chemosensory circuits controlling male courtship in Drosophila.” Neuron. 2015 Sep 2; 87(5): 1036-49. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.07.025. (pdf)
Clowney EJ, LeGros MA, Mosley CP, Clowney FG, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou EC, Myllys M, Larabell CA, and Lomvardas S. “Nuclear aggregation of olfactory receptor genes governs their monogenic expression.” Cell. 2012 Nov 9; 151(4): 724-37. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.09.043. (pdf)
Birnbaum RY, Clowney EJ, Agamy O, Kim MJ, Zhao J, Yamanaka T, Pappalardo Z, Clarke SL, Wenger AM, Nguyen L, Gurrieri F, Everman DB, Schwartz CE, Birk OS, Bejerano G, Lomvardas S, Ahituv N. “Coding exons function as tissue-specific enhancers of nearby genes.” Genome Research. 2012 Jun; 22(6): 1056-68. doi: 10.1101/gr.133546.111. (pdf)
Clowney EJ, Magklara A, Colquitt BM, Pathak N, Lane RP, Lomvardas S. “High-throughput mapping of the promoters of the mouse olfactory receptor genes reveals a new type of mammalian promoter and provides insight into olfactory receptor gene regulation.” Genome Research 2011 Aug; 21(8): 1249-59. doi: 10.1101/gr.120162.110. (pdf)
Magklara A, Yen A*, Colquitt BM*, Clowney EJ*, Allen W, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Evans ZA, Kheradpour P, Mountoufaris G, Carey C, Barnea G, Kellis M, Lomvardas, S. “An epigenetic signature for monoallelic olfactory receptor expression.” Cell. 2011 May 13; 145(4): 555-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.040. (pdf)