Recent Publications
Sources of behavioral variability in C. elegans: Sex differences, individuality, and internal states
Consolidation of behavioral synchronization with the developmental clock is impaired by the degeneration of a mechanosensory circuit in C. elegans
Mapping the developmental structure of stereotyped and individual-unique behavioral spaces in C. elegans
Early-life experience reorganizes neuromodulatory regulation of stage-specific behavioral responses and individuality dimensions during development
Neuromodulatory Control of Long-Term Behavioral Patterns and Individualuty across Development
Stern S., Kirst C., and Bargmann CI.
Cell (2017), 171:1649-1662.
All publications
Elgart M., Stern S., Elgart M., Salton O., Gnainsky Y., Heifetz Y., Soen Y. (2016) Impact of gut microbiota on the fly’s germ line Nat. Commun. 7:11280.
*Fridmann-Sirkis Y., *Stern S., Elgart M., Galili M., Zeisel A., Shental N., Soen Y. (2014) Delayed development induced by toxicity to the host can be inherited by a bacterial-dependent, transgenerational effect. Front Genet. 5:27. *Equal contribution
*Stern S, *Snir O, Mizrachi E, Galili M, Zaltsman I, Soen Y. (2014) Reduction in maternal Polycomb levels contributes to transgenerational inheritance of a response to toxic stress in flies. J Physiol. 592(11):2343-55. *Equal contribution
Amir A., Zeisel A., Zuk O., Elgart M., Stern S., Shamir O., Turnbaugh PJ., Soen Y., Shental N. (2013) High-resolution microbial community reconstruction by integrating short reads from multiple 16S rRNA regions. Nucleic Acids Res 41(22):e205.
Stern S., Fridmann-Sirkis Y., Braun E., Soen Y. (2012) Epigenetically heritable alteration of fly development in response to toxic challenge. Cell Reports 1:528-542.
* Science Editor’s Choice: Purnell BA, Stressful for the Long Haul, Science 336, pp. 780 (2012).
Katzir Y., Stolovicki E., Stern S., Braun E. Cellular plasticity enables adaptation to unforeseen cell-cycle rewiring challenges (2012). PLoS One. 7(9): e45184.
Rosenzweig D., Smith D., Opperdoes F., Stern S., Olafson B. And Zilberstein D.. Retooling Leishmania metabolism: from sandfly gut to human macrophage (2008) FASEB J. 22(2):590-60.
Stern S., Dror T., Stolovicki E., Brenner N. and Braun E. Genome-wide transcriptional plasticity underlies cellular adaptation to novel challenge (2007) Molecular Systems Biology 3:106.
* News & Views accompanying this article by Koonin E. (Molecular Systems Biology 3:107, 2007)
* EMBO Editors pick (EMBO Encounters,issue 8, 2007).