Publications
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2024
Two C. elegans DM domain proteins, DMD-3 and MAB-3, function in late stages of male somatic gonad development
Smith M, Lesperance M, Herrmann A, Vernooy S, Cherian A, Kivlehan E, Whipple L, Portman DS, Mason DA
Dev Biol. 2024 Jun 15:514:50-65 doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.06.008
Behavioral evolution: No sex, please—we're hermaphrodites
Portman DS
Curr Biol. 2024 May 20;34(10):R501-R504 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.012
C. elegans males optimize mate-preference decisions via sex-specific responses to multimodal sensory cues
Luo J, Bainbridge C, Miller RM, Barrios A, Portman DS.
Curr Biol. 2024 Mar 25;34(6):1309-1323.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.036. Epub 2024 Mar 11.
2023
Developmental biology: A hole in the matrix
Portman DS, Díaz-Balzac CA.
Curr Biol. 2023 Oct 9;33(19):R1016-R1018. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.082.
Sex-specificity of the C. elegans metabolome
Burkhardt RN, Artyukhin AB, Aprison EZ, Curtis BJ, Fox BW, Ludewig AH, Palomino DF, Luo J, Chaturbedi A, Panda O, Wrobel CJJ, Baumann V, Portman DS, Lee SS, Ruvinsky I, Schroeder FC.
Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 19;14(1):320. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36040-y.
2022
Reprogramming the topology of the nociceptive circuit in C. elegans reshapes sexual behavior
Pechuk V, Goldman G, Salzberg Y, Chaubey AH, Bola RA, Hoffman JR, Endreson ML, Miller RM, Reger NJ, Portman DS, Ferkey DM, Schneidman E, Oren-Suissa M.
Curr Biol. 2022 Oct 24;32(20):4372-4385.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.038. Epub 2022 Sep 7.
Mating strategies in Caenorhabditis elegans populations are determined by male developmental history
Al-Saadi RS, Luo J, Nichitean AM, Wagner NR, Portman DS, Hall SE.
bioRxiv 2022.09.23.509199
2021
Sex-specific, pdfr-1-dependent modulation of pheromone avoidance by food abundance enables flexibility in C. elegans foraging behavior
Luo J, Portman DS.
Curr Biol. 2021 Oct 25;31(20):4449-4461.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.069. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
2020
Nature's gift to neuroscience
Alcedo J, Jin Y, Portman DS, Prahlad V, Raizen D, Rapti G, Xu XZS, Zhang Y, Wu CF.
J Neurogenet. 2020 Sep-Dec;34(3-4):223-224. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1841760.
Social and sexual behaviors in C. elegans: the first fifty years
Portman DS.
J Neurogenet. 2020 Sep-Dec;34(3-4):389-394. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2020.1838512. Epub 2020 Nov 4.
Dynamic, Non-binary Specification of Sexual State in the C. elegans Nervous System
Lawson HN, Wexler LR, Wnuk HK, Portman DS.
Curr Biol. 2020 Sep 21;30(18):3617-3623.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.007. Epub 2020 Jul 23.
C. elegans Males Integrate Food Signals and Biological Sex to Modulate State-Dependent Chemosensation and Behavioral Prioritization
Wexler LR, Miller RM, Portman DS.
Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):2695-2706.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.006. Epub 2020 Jun 11.