Colquitt Lab at UCSC development and evolution of complex motor skills

Publications

2025

An interneuronal CRH and CRHBP circuit stabilizes birdsong performance
An interneuronal CRH and CRHBP circuit stabilizes birdsong performance
Bradley M. Colquitt, Michael S. Brainard
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  17 Aug 2025  ·  doi:10.1101/2025.08.16.670679
Self-Organizing Neural Networks in Organoids Reveal Principles of Forebrain Circuit Assembly
Self-Organizing Neural Networks in Organoids Reveal Principles of Forebrain Circuit Assembly
Sebastian Hernandez, Hunter E. Schweiger, Isabel Cline, Gregory A. Kaurala, Ash Robbins, …, Bradley M. Colquitt, Tal Sharf, David Haussler, Mircea Teodorescu, Mohammed A. Mostajo-Radji
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  02 May 2025  ·  doi:10.1101/2025.05.01.651773

2023

Protosequences in brain organoids model intrinsic brain states
Protosequences in brain organoids model intrinsic brain states
Tjitse van der Molen, Alex Spaeth, Mattia Chini, Sebastian Hernandez, Gregory A. Kaurala, …, Andreas Hierlemann, Keith B. Hengen, Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz, Kenneth S. Kosik, Tal Sharf
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  30 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1101/2023.12.29.573646
Neural circuit-wide analysis of changes to gene expression during deafening-induced birdsong destabilization
Neural circuit-wide analysis of changes to gene expression during deafening-induced birdsong destabilization
Bradley M Colquitt, Kelly Li, Foad Green, Robert Veline, Michael S Brainard
eLife  ·  07 Jun 2023  ·  doi:10.7554/eLife.85970

2022

Organizational Conservation and Flexibility in the Evolution of Birdsong and Avian Motor Control
Organizational Conservation and Flexibility in the Evolution of Birdsong and Avian Motor Control
Bradley M. Colquitt
Brain, Behavior and Evolution  ·  01 Jan 2022  ·  doi:10.1159/000525019

2021

Cellular transcriptomics reveals evolutionary identities of songbird vocal circuits
Cellular transcriptomics reveals evolutionary identities of songbird vocal circuits
Bradley M. Colquitt, Devin P. Merullo, Genevieve Konopka, Todd F. Roberts, Michael S. Brainard
Science  ·  12 Feb 2021  ·  doi:10.1126/science.abd9704

2018

Draft genome assembly of the Bengalese finch, i Lonchura striata domestica i , a model for motor skill variability and learning
Draft genome assembly of the Bengalese finch, Lonchura striata domestica, a model for motor skill variability and learning
Bradley M Colquitt, David G Mets, Michael S Brainard
GigaScience  ·  15 Feb 2018  ·  doi:10.1093/gigascience/giy008

2014

Enhancer Interaction Networks as a Means for Singular Olfactory Receptor Expression
Enhancer Interaction Networks as a Means for Singular Olfactory Receptor Expression
Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, William E. Allen, Bradley M. Colquitt, Tracie Goh, Karl K. Murphy, Kevin Monahan, Colleen P. Mosley, Nadav Ahituv, Stavros Lomvardas
Cell  ·  01 Oct 2014  ·  doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.033
Dnmt3a Regulates Global Gene Expression in Olfactory Sensory Neurons and Enables Odorant-Induced Transcription
Dnmt3a Regulates Global Gene Expression in Olfactory Sensory Neurons and Enables Odorant-Induced Transcription
Bradley M. Colquitt, Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, Rachel Duffié, Stavros Lomvardas
Neuron  ·  01 Aug 2014  ·  doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.07.013

2013

Alteration of genic 5-hydroxymethylcytosine patterning in olfactory neurons correlates with changes in gene expression and cell identity
Alteration of genic 5-hydroxymethylcytosine patterning in olfactory neurons correlates with changes in gene expression and cell identity
Bradley M. Colquitt, William E. Allen, Gilad Barnea, Stavros Lomvardas
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  22 Aug 2013  ·  doi:10.1073/pnas.1302759110

2011

An Epigenetic Signature for Monoallelic Olfactory Receptor Expression
An Epigenetic Signature for Monoallelic Olfactory Receptor Expression
Angeliki Magklara, Angela Yen, Bradley M. Colquitt, E. Josephine Clowney, William Allen, …, George Mountoufaris, Catriona Carey, Gilad Barnea, Manolis Kellis, Stavros Lomvardas
Cell  ·  01 May 2011  ·  doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.040

A complete publication list can be found on Google Scholar