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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2022
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Arianna N. Tamvacakis

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Bioinformatics investigations of sensory dynamics in non-traditional model organisms

Also affiliated: Georgia State University (2011–2018)

Faculty Researcher

7 h-index 14 pubs 174 cited

  • Animals
  • Neurons
  • Brain
  • Swimming
  • Tritonia Sea Slug
  • Transcriptome
  • Action Potentials
  • Axons
  • Interneurons
  • Synapses
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Ganglia, Invertebrate
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Hermissenda
  • Serotonin

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Arianna N. Tamvacakis investigates the bioinformatics of sensory dynamics, focusing on non-traditional model organisms. Her research explores the neural circuits and molecular mechanisms underlying behavior and sensory perception, with a particular interest in evolutionary aspects of neuronal systems. Tamvacakis has published on topics such as POU transcription factors in cnidarian hair cell development, contributing to the understanding of mechanoreceptor identity. She also studies the consistency of gastropod neurons to distinguish intra-individual plasticity from inter-individual variability in neural circuits. Further work examines serotonin receptor expression in homologous neurons across species to understand independently evolved behaviors. Tamvacakis collaborates with Ethan Ozment and Nagayasu Nakanishi, both from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her work is supported by scholarship metrics including an h-index of 7 and 176 total citations across 14 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 174

Selected Publications

  • The Consistency of Gastropod Identified Neurons Distinguishes Intra-Individual Plasticity From Inter-Individual Variability in Neural Circuits (2022)
    Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity (2021)
    eLife 24 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity (2021)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity (2021)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

9 Collaborators 6 Institutions 3 Countries

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