![]() | Menacho, C., OKAWA, S., Álvarez-Merz, I., Wittich, A., Muñoz-Oreja, M., Lisowski, P., Martín, M. L., Pentimalli, T. M., Zakin, S., Thevandavakkam, M., Jerred, C., Lickfett, S., Petersilie, L., Rybak-Wolf, A., Seibt, A., Herebian, D., Inak, G., Brodesser, S., Zaliani, A., ... Prigione, A. (20 April 2026). Accelerating Leigh syndrome drug discovery through deep learning screening in brain organoids. Nature Communications, 17 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71391-2 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | Touahri, Y., Pak, A., David, L. A., Hanna, J., Liu, H., Xiao, Y., Belfiore, L., Ilnytskyy, Y., van Oosten, E., Tachibana, N., Adnani, L., Zhao, J., Hoffman, M., Dixit, R., Zinyk, D., Guidos, C. J., Enzmann, V., Bi, P., Aubert, I., ... Schuurmans, C. (March 2026). Plagl1 regulates the retinal progenitor cell to Müller glial cell transition. PLoS Genetics, 22 (3), 1012020. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1012020 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | Mommaerts, K., OKAWA, S., Schmitt, M., Kofanova, O., Turner, T. R., Ben, R. N., DEL SOL MESA, A., Mathieson, W., SCHWAMBORN, J. C., Acker, J. P., & Betsou, F. (18 October 2024). Ice recrystallization inhibitors enable efficient cryopreservation of induced pluripotent stem cells: A functional and transcriptomic analysis. Stem Cell Research, 81, 103583. doi:10.1016/j.scr.2024.103583 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | Touahri, Y.* , Hanna, J., Tachibana, N., OKAWA, S., Liu, H., David, L. A., Olender, T., Vasan, L., Pak, A., Mehta, D. N., Chinchalongporn, V., Balakrishnan, A., Cantrup, R., Dixit, R., Mattar, P., Saleh, F., Ilnytskyy, Y., Murshed, M., Mains, P. E., ... Schuurmans, C.*. (27 March 2024). Pten regulates endocytic trafficking of cell adhesion and Wnt signaling molecules to pattern the retina. Cell Reports, 43 (4), 114005. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114005 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | BARVAUX, S.* , OKAWA, S., & DEL SOL MESA, A.*. (2024). SinCMat: A single-cell-based method for predicting functional maturation transcription factors. Stem Cell Reports. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.12.006 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | RIBEIRO, M., OKAWA, S., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2020). TransSynW: A single‐cell RNA‐sequencing based web application to guide cell conversion experiments. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. doi:10.1002/sctm.20-0227 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | OKAWA, S., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2019). A general computational approach to predicting synergistic transcriptional cores that determine cell subpopulation identities. Nucleic Acids Research. doi:10.1093/nar/gkz147 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | DEL SOL MESA, A., OKAWA, S., & RAVICHANDRAN, S. (2019). Computational Strategies for Niche-Dependent Cell Conversion to Assist Stem Cell Therapy. Trends in Biotechnology. Peer reviewed |
![]() | ZAFFARONI, G., OKAWA, S., Morales-Ruiz, M., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2019). An integrative method to predict signallingperturbations for cellular transitions. Nucleic Acids Research. doi:10.1093/nar/gkz232 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | HARTMANN, A., OKAWA, S., ZAFFARONI, G., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2018). SeesawPred: A Web Application for Predicting Cell-fate Determinants in Cell Differentiation. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31688-9 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | OKAWA, S., Saltó, C., RAVICHANDRAN, S., Yang, S., Toledo, E. M., Arenas, E., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2018). Transcriptional synergy as an emergent property defining cell subpopulation identity enables population shift. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05016-8 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | Medelnik, J.-P., Roensch, K., OKAWA, S., DEL SOL MESA, A., Chara, O., Mchedlishvili, L., & Tanaka, E. M. (2018). Signaling-Dependent Control of Apical Membrane Size and Self-Renewal in Rosette-Stage Human Neuroepithelial Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.04.018 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | Nicklas, S., Hillje, A.-L., OKAWA, S., Rudolph, I.-M., Collmann, F. M., VAN WÜLLEN, T. M., DEL SOL MESA, A., & SCHWAMBORN, J. C. (2018). A complex of the ubiquitin ligase TRIM32 and the deubiquitinase USP7 balances the level of c-Myc ubiquitination and thereby determines neural stem cell fate specification. Cell Death and Differentiation. doi:10.1038/s41418-018-0144-1 Peer reviewed |
![]() | Frejo, L., Requena, T., OKAWA, S., Gallego-Martinez, A., Martinez-Bueno, M., Aran, I., Batuecas-Caletrio, A., Benitez-Rosario, J., Espinosa-Sanchez, J. M., Fraile-Rodrigo, J. J., García-Arumi, A. M., González-Aguado, R., Marques, P., Martin-Sanz, E., Perez-Fernandez, N., Pérez-Vázquez, P., Perez-Garrigues, H., Santos-Perez, S., Soto-Varela, A., ... Lopez-Escamez, J. A. (2017). Regulation of Fn14 Receptor and NF-κB Underlies Inflammation in Meniere’s Disease. Frontiers in Immunology. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2017.01739 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | RAVICHANDRAN, S., OKAWA, S., MARTINEZ ARBAS, S., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2016). A systems biology approach to identify niche determinants of cellular phenotypes. Stem Cell Research. doi:10.1016/j.scr.2016.09.006 Peer reviewed |
![]() | OKAWA, S., NICKLAS, S., ZICKENROTT, S., SCHWAMBORN, J. C., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2016). A generalized gene regulatory network model of stem cell differentiation for predicting lineage specifiers. Stem Cell Reports. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.07.014 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | OKAWA, S., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2015). A computational strategy for predicting lineage specifiers in stem cell subpopulations. Stem Cell Research. doi:10.1016/j.scr.2015.08.006 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | W. van den Berg, C., OKAWA, S., M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, S., van Iperen, L., Passier, R., R. Braam, S., G. Tertoolen, L., del Sol, A., P. Davis, R., & L. Mummery, C. (2015). Transcriptome of human foetal heart compared with cardiomyocytes from pluripotent stem cells. Development. doi:10.1242/dev.123810 Peer reviewed |
![]() | OKAWA, S., ESPINOSA ANGARICA, V., Lemischka, I., Moore, K., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2015). A differential network analysis approach for lineage specifier prediction in stem cell subpopulations. NPJ Systems Biology and Applications. doi:10.1038/npjsba.2015.12 Peer reviewed |
![]() | NICKLAS, S., OKAWA, S., HILLJE, A.-L., GONZALEZ CANO, L., DEL SOL MESA, A., & SCHWAMBORN, J. C. (2015). The RNA helicase DDX6 regulates cell-fate specification in neural stem cells via miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. doi:10.1093/nar/gkv138 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
![]() | ERTAYLAN, G., OKAWA, S., SCHWAMBORN, J. C., & DEL SOL MESA, A. (2014). Gene regulatory network analysis reveals differences in site-specific cell fate determination in mammalian brain. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fncel.2014.00437 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |