Selected publications (pre‑project)
A light-off response characterised by body contraction and ciliary arrest in Acropora coral larvae
Emelie A. Brodrick, Kei Jokura, Jamie Craggs, Rebecca Poon, Hannah Laeverenz-Schlogelhofer, Kirsty Y. Wan, Gáspár Jékely
J Exp Biol
RESEARCH ARTICLE – April 2026
Dynamics and emergence of metachronal waves in the ciliary band of a metazoan larva
Co-authors: Poon RN, Jékely G, Wan KY
Science Advances
JOURNAL ARTICLE – 17 Oct 2025
Ciliary beating and metachronal coordination in coral larvae
Co-authors: R.N. Poon, T.A. Westwood, H. Laeverenz-Schlogelhofer, E. Broderick, J. Craggs, E.E.Keaveny, G. Jékely, K.Y. Wan
Physical Review Research 5
JOURNAL ARTICLE – 11 December 2023
Robust ciliary flows protect early Xenopus embryos from pathogens independent of multiciliated cell patterning [Preprint]
Baby, A. Briole, A., Yadav, A., Cheylan, I., Thomé, V., Boutin, C., D’Ortona, U., Viallat, A., Favier, J., Loiseau, E. and Kodjabachian, L
PREPRINT – March 2026
An inducible multiciliated cell line resolves proteome dynamics and identifies CDK7 as a conserved regulator
Boutin, C., Rosnet, O., Touret, M., Audebert, S., Camoin, L., Dussert, S., Brouilly, N., Thomé, V., Fortun, D., Borg, J-P, and Kodjabachian, L
J. Cell Biol
JOURNAL ARTICLE – April 2026
Protocol for tissue expansion microscopy for ultrastructure expansion of Xenopus embryos
Dussert, S., Thomé, V., Kodjabachian L. and Boutin C.
STAR Protocols
PROTOCOL – April 2026
Dual role of Xenopus Odf2 in multiciliated cell patterning and differentiation
Nommick, A., Chuyen, A., Clément, R.,Thomé, V., Daian, F., Rosnet, 0., Richard, F., Brouilly, N.,Loiseau, E., Boutin, C. and Kodjabachian, L
Dev. Biol
PROTOCOL – April 2025
Whole-body connectome database of a Platynereis dumerilii larva
Verasztó C, Jasek S, Shahidi R, Jékely G
Entire connectome, including EM images, traces and annotations.
PUBLIC DATABASE
Accelerating the force-coupling method for hydrodynamic interactions in periodic domains
H Su and EE Keaveny
J. Comput. Phys. vol. 510
RESEARCH ARTICLE – August 2024
Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva
Verasztó C, Jasek S, Gühmann M, Bezares-Calderón LS, Williams E, Shahidi R, Jékely G
eLife
RESEARCH ARTICLE – July 2024
Bifurcations and nonlinear dynamics of the follower force model for active filaments
B Clarke, Y Hwang, and EE Keaveny
Phys. Rev. Fluids vol 9
RESEARCH ARTICLE – July 2024
Desmosomal connectomics of all somatic muscles in an annelid larva
Jasek S, Verasztó C, Brodrick E, Shahidi R, Kazimiers T, Kerbl A, Jékely G
eLife
RESEARCH ARTICLE – December 2022
Synchronized states of hydrodynamically coupled filaments and their stability
S Maretvadakethope, Y Hwang and EE Keaveny
Phys. Rev. Fluids vol. 7
RESEARCH ARTICLE – May 2022
Evolutionary conservation of centriole rotational asymmetry in the human centrosome
Gaudin, N., Gil, P. M., Boumendjel, M., Ershov, D., Pioche-Durieu, C., Bouix, M., Delobelle, Q., Maniscalco, L., Phan, T. B. N., Heyer, V., Reina-San-martin, B., & Azimzadeh, J.
eLife – RESEARCH ARTICLE – Mars 2022
Lrrcc1 and Ccdc61 are conserved effectors of multiciliated cell function
Nommick, A., Boutin, C., Rosnet, O., Schirmer, C., Bazellieres, E., Thomé, V., Loiseau, E., Viallat, A. and Kodjabachian, L
Journal of Cell Science
RESEARCH ARTICLE – February 2022
Coordinated motion of active filaments on spherical surfaces
TA Westwood, and EE Keaveny
Phys. Rev. Fluids 6
RESEARCH ARTICLE – December 2021
The Scf/Kit pathway implements self-organized epithelial patterning
Chuyen, A., Rulquin, C., Daian, F., Thome, V., Clement, R., Kodjabachian, L. and Pasini, A
Developmental Cell
PROTOCOLE – March 2021
Evolution of the centrosome, from the periphery to the center
Azimzadeh, J.
Current Opinion in Structural Biology
RESEARCH ARTICLE – February 2021
Methods for suspensions of passive and active filaments
SF Schoeller, AK Townsend, TA Westwood, and EE Keaveny
J. Comput. Phys. vol. 424
RESEARCH ARTICLE – September 2020
Active mucus-cilia hydrodynamic coupling drives self-organization of human bronchial epithelium
Loiseau, E., Gsell, S., Nommick, A., Jomard, C., Gras, D., Chanez, P., D’Ortona, U., Kodjabachian, L., Favier, J. Viallat, A.
Nature Physics
RESEARCH ARTICLE – August 2020
Neuronal coordination of motile cilia in locomotion and feeding
Marinković M, Berger J, Jékely G
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
JOURNAL ARTICLE – February 2020
hVFL3/CCDC61 is a component of mother centriole subdistal appendages required for centrosome cohesion and positioning
Pizon, V., Gaudin, N., Poteau, M., Cifuentes-Diaz, C., Demdou, R., Heyer, V., Reina San Martin, B., & Azimzadeh, J.
Biol Cell, 112
RESEARCH ARTICLE – December 2019
Emergence of a Bilaterally Symmetric Pattern from Chiral Components in the Planarian Epidermis
Basquin, C., Ershov, D., Gaudin, N., Vu, H. T., Louis, B., Papon, J. F., Orfila, A. M., Mansour, S., Rink, J. C., & Azimzadeh, J.
Dev Cell, 51
RESEARCH ARTICLE – November 2019
Neural circuitry of a polycystin-mediated hydrodynamic startle response for predator avoidance
Bezares-Calderón LA, Berger J, Jasek S, Verasztó C, Mendes S, Gühmann M,Almeda R, Shahidi R, Jékely G
eLife
RESEARCH ARTICLE – December 2018
Ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptor-cell circuits form a spectral depth gauge in marine zooplankton
Verasztó, Gühmann M, Jia H, Rajan VBV, Bezares-Calderón LA, Lopez CP, Randel N, Shahidi R, Michiels NK, Yokoyama S, Tessmar-Raible K, Jékely G
eLife
RESEARCH ARTICLE – May 2018
Synaptic and peptidergic connectome of a neurosecretory centre in the annelid brain
Williams EA, Verasztó C, Jasek S, Conzelmann M, Shahidi R, Bauknecht P, Jékely G
eLife
RESEARCH ARTICLE – December 2017
Ciliomotor circuitry underlying whole-body coordination of ciliary activity in the Platynereis larva
Verasztó C, Ueda N, Bezares-Calderón LA, Panzera A, Williams EA, Shahidi R, Jékely G
eLife
RESEARCH ARTICLE – May 2017
The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea as a model for studying motile cilia and multiciliated cells
Basquin, C., Orfla, A. M., & Azimzadeh, J.
Methods Cell Biol, 127
RESEARCH ARTICLE – 2015
Analysis of Ciliary Assembly and Function in Planaria
Rompolas, P., Azimzadeh, J., Marshall, W. F., & King, S. M.
Methods in Enzymology, 525
RESEARCH ARTICLE – 2013
Centrosome Loss in the Evolution of Planarians
Azimzadeh, J., Wong, M. L., Downhour, D. M., Sanchez Alvarado, A., & Marshall, W. F.
Science, 335
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE – January 2012