MUW researcher of the month

Romanov RA, Tretiakov EO, Kastriti ME, Zupancic M, Häring M, Korchynska S, et al. Molecular design of hypothalamus development. Nature. 2020;582:246–52. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2266-0. Alpár A, Zahola P, Hanics J, Hevesi Z, Korchynska S, Benevento M, et al. Hypothalamic CNTF volume transmission shapes cortical noradrenergic excitability upon acute stress. Embo J. 2018;37:e100087. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2018100087. Orthofer M, Valsesia A, Mägi R, Wang Q-P, Kaczanowska J, Kozieradzki I, et al. Identification of ALK in Thinness. Cell. 2020;181:1246–1262.e22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.034. Romanov RA, Zeisel A, Bakker J, Girach F, Hellysaz A, Tomer R, et al. Molecular interrogation of hypothalamic organization reveals distinct dopamine neuronal subtypes. Nat Neurosci. 2017;20:176–88. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4462. Romanov RA, Alpár A, Hökfelt T, Harkany T. Unified Classification of Molecular, Network, and Endocrine Features of Hypothalamic Neurons. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2019;42:1–26. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-070918-050414. Korchynska S, Krassnitzer M, Malenczyk K, Prasad RB, Tretiakov EO, Rehman S, et al. Life-long impairment of glucose homeostasis upon prenatal exposure to psychostimulants. Embo J. 2020;39:e100882. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2018100882.