Biología Celular y del Desarrollo
Dr. Juan Ignacio Romero
Licenciado en Biotecnología. Expedido por la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (2004-2009). Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (2010-2015). Área: Ciencias Bioestructurales. Laboratorio de Citoarquitectura y Plasticidad Neuronal, UBA, Facultad de Medicina. Post-Doctorado en Reguladores del metabolismo celular en Drosophila (2015-2018). Laboratorio de Genética del Comportamiento, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires (IIBBACONICET) – Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL). Miembro de la Carrera del Investigador Científico del CONICET desde 2018. Categoría actual: Investigador Asistente. Docente de Embriología en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (2010- actual)
Ispizua JI, Rodríguez-Carón M, Tassara FJ, Kim KY, Carpio-Romero CM, Perkins CI, Barzi M, Vásquez MF, Hansen CN, Gargiulo J, Rosato E, de la Iglesia HO, Ellisman MH, Ceriani MF. Daily ultrastructural remodeling of clock neurons. Current Biology. 2025;35(23):5808-5819.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.046 Research article
Neitz AF, Carter BM, Ceriani MF, Ellisman MH, de la Iglesia HO. Suprachiasmatic nucleus VIPergic fibers show a circadian rhythm of expansion and retraction. Current Biology. 2024;34(17):4056-4061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.051 Report PubMed
Duhart JM, Ceriani MF. Dorsal clock neurons claw their way out to control sleep in Drosophila. Neuron. 2022;110(13):2044-2046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.05.026 Preview PubMed
Fernández-Acosta M, Romero JI, Bernabó G, Velázquez-Campos GM, González N, Mares ML, Werbajh S, Avendaño-Vázquez LA, Rechberger GN, Kühnlein RP, Marino-Buslje C, Cantera R, Rezaval C, Ceriani MF. Orsai, the Drosophila homolog of human ETFRF1, links lipid catabolism to growth control. BMC Biology. 2022;20(1):233. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01417-w Research article PubMed
Riva S, Ispizua JI, Breide MT, Polcowñuk S, Lobera JR, Ceriani MF, Risau-Gusman S, Franco DL. Mating disrupts morning anticipation in Drosophila melanogaster females. PLoS Genetics. 2022;18(12):e1010258. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010258 Research article PubMed
Fernández-Chiappe F, Frenkel L, Colque CC, Ricciuti A, Hahm B, Cerredo K, Muraro NI, Ceriani MF. High frequency neuronal bursting is essential for circadian and sleep behaviors in Drosophila. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2021;41(4):689-710. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2322-20.2020 Research article PubMed
Polcowñuk S, Yoshii T, Ceriani MF. Decapentaplegic acutely defines the connectivity of central pacemaker neurons in Drosophila. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2021;41(40):8338-8350. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0397-21.2021 Research article PubMed
Damulewicz M, Ispizua JI, Ceriani MF, Pyza EM. Communication among photoreceptors and the central clock affects sleep profile. Frontiers in Physiology. 2020;11:993. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00993 Research article PubMed
Duhart JM, Herrero A, de la Cruz G, Ispizua JI, Pírez N, Ceriani MF. Circadian structural plasticity drives remodeling of E cell output. Current Biology. 2020;30(24):5040-5048.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.057 Report PubMed
Herrero A, Yoshii T, Ispizua JI, Colque C, Veenstra JA, Muraro NI, Ceriani MF. Coupling neuropeptide levels to structural plasticity in Drosophila clock neurons. Current Biology. 2020:30(16):3154-3166.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.009 Research article PubMed
Pírez N, Bernabei-Cornejo SG, Fernández-Acosta M, Duhart JM, Ceriani MF. Contribution of non-circadian neurons to the temporal organization of locomotor activity. Biology Open. 2019;8:bio039628. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.039628 Research article PubMed
Franco DL, Frenkel L, Ceriani MF. The underlying genetics of Drosophila circadian behaviors. Physiology. 2018;33(1):50-62. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.00020.2017 Review PubMed
Beckwith EJ, Hernando CE, Polcowñuk S, Bertolin AP, Mancini E, Ceriani MF, Yanovsky MJ. Rhythmic behavior is controlled by the SRm160 splicing factor in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2017;207(2):593-607. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300139 Research article PubMed
Belfiori-Carrasco LF, Marcora MS, Bocai NI, Ceriani MF, Morelli L, Castaño EM. A novel genetic screen identifies modifiers of age-dependent amyloid β toxicity in the Drosophila brain. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2017;9:61. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00061 Research article PubMed
Frenkel L, Muraro NI, Beltrán-González AN, Marcora MS, Bernabó G, Hermann-Luibl C, Romero JI, Helfrich-Förster C, Castaño EM, Marino-Busjle C, Calvo DJ, Ceriani MF. Organization of circadian behavior Relies on glycinergic transmission. Cell Reports. 2017;19:72-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.034 Research article PubMed