Dr Nayeli Escudero-Castelan

Nayeli Escudero-Castelan

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Member of Prof Maurice Elphick's Research Group
Funder: BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project: Discovering missing links in neuropeptide evolution and function

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics

2025

Relevant PublicationReceptor deorphanization in starfish reveals the evolution of relaxin signaling as a regulator of reproduction
Feng Y, Escudero Castelan N, Hossain MA, Wu H, Katayama H, Smith S, Cummins S, Mita M, Bathgate R and Elphick M
Bmc Biology, Biomed Central 
25-02-2025

2022

Relevant PublicationReceptor deorphanization in an echinoderm reveals kisspeptin evolution and relationship with SALMFamide neuropeptides
Escudero Castelán N, Semmens DC, Guerra LAY, Zandawala M, dos Reis M, Slade SE, Scrivens JH, Zampronio CG, Jones AM, Mirabeau O and Elphick MR
Bmc Biology, Biomed Central vol. 20 (1) 
24-08-2022
Relevant PublicationSomatostatin-type and allatostatin-C–type neuropeptides are paralogous and have opposing myoregulatory roles in an echinoderm
Zhang Y, Yanez-Guerra LA, Tinoco AB, Escudero Castelán N, Egertová M and Elphick M
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of Usa, National Academy of Sciences vol. 119 (7, e2113589119), 1-12.  
10-02-2022