Lora B. Sweeney
15 Publications
2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15016 |

Jaeger ECB, Vijatovic D, Deryckere A, Zorin N, Nguyen AL, Ivanian G, Woych J, Arnold RC, Ortega Gurrola A, Shvartsman A, Barbieri F, Toma F-A, Gorbsky GJ, Horb ME, Cline HT, Shay TF, Kelley DB, Yamaguchi A, Shein-Idelson M, Tosches MA, Sweeney LB. 2025. Adeno-associated viral tools to trace neural development and connectivity across amphibians. Developmental Cell. 60(5), 794–812.e6.
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2024 | Submitted | Preprint | IST-REx-ID: 19520 |

Vijatovic, David, Florina Alexandra Toma, Zoe P Harrington, Christoph M Sommer, Robert Hauschild, Alexandra J. Trevisan, Phillip Chapman, et al. “Spinal Neuron Diversity Scales Exponentially with Swim-to-Limb Transformation during Frog Metamorphosis.” BioRxiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.20.614050.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15335 |

Godavarthi, Swetha K., Masaki Hiramoto, Yuri Ignatyev, Jacqueline B. Levin, Hui Quan Li, Marta Pratelli, Jennifer Borchardt, et al. “Postsynaptic Receptors Regulate Presynaptic Transmitter Stability through Transsynaptic Bridges.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. National Academy of Sciences, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318041121.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18305 |

Kratsios, Paschalis, Niccolò Zampieri, Robert Carrillo, Kota Mizumoto, Lora B. Sweeney, and Polyxeni Philippidou. “Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Motor Circuit Development.” The Journal of Neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1238-24.2024.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13097 |

Wilson, Alexia C, and Lora B. Sweeney. “Spinal Cords: Symphonies of Interneurons across Species.” Frontiers in Neural Circuits. Frontiers, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2023.1146449.
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2020 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 8914 |

Salamatina, Alina, Jerry H Yang, Susan Brenner-Morton, Jay B Bikoff, Linjing Fang, Christopher R Kintner, Thomas M Jessell, and Lora B. Sweeney. “Differential Loss of Spinal Interneurons in a Mouse Model of ALS.” Neuroscience. Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.08.011.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7698
Sweeney, Lora B., Jay B. Bikoff, Mariano I. Gabitto, Susan Brenner-Morton, Myungin Baek, Jerry H. Yang, Esteban G. Tabak, Jeremy S. Dasen, Christopher R. Kintner, and Thomas M. Jessell. “Origin and Segmental Diversity of Spinal Inhibitory Interneurons.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.029.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7699
Sweeney, Lora B., and Darcy B Kelley. “Harnessing Vocal Patterns for Social Communication.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Elsevier, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.006.
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2013 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7785
Joo, William J., Lora B. Sweeney, Liang Liang, and Liqun Luo. “Linking Cell Fate, Trajectory Choice, and Target Selection: Genetic Analysis of Sema-2b in Olfactory Axon Targeting.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.022.
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2011 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7701
Sweeney, Lora B., Ya-Hui Chou, Zhuhao Wu, William Joo, Takaki Komiyama, Christopher J. Potter, Alex L. Kolodkin, K. Christopher Garcia, and Liqun Luo. “Secreted Semaphorins from Degenerating Larval ORN Axons Direct Adult Projection Neuron Dendrite Targeting.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.09.026.
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2011 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7702
Wu, Zhuhao, Lora B. Sweeney, Joseph C. Ayoob, Kayam Chak, Benjamin J. Andreone, Tomoko Ohyama, Rex Kerr, Liqun Luo, Marta Zlatic, and Alex L. Kolodkin. “A Combinatorial Semaphorin Code Instructs the Initial Steps of Sensory Circuit Assembly in the Drosophila CNS.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.050.
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2010 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7703
Sweeney, Lora B., and Liqun Luo. “‘Fore Brain: A Hint of the Ancestral Cortex.” Cell. Elsevier, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2010.08.024.
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2007 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7704
Komiyama, Takaki, Lora B. Sweeney, Oren Schuldiner, K. Christopher Garcia, and Liqun Luo. “Graded Expression of Semaphorin-1a Cell-Autonomously Directs Dendritic Targeting of Olfactory Projection Neurons.” Cell. Elsevier, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.028.
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2007 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7705
Sweeney, Lora B., Africa Couto, Ya-Hui Chou, Daniela Berdnik, Barry J. Dickson, Liqun Luo, and Takaki Komiyama. “Temporal Target Restriction of Olfactory Receptor Neurons by Semaphorin-1a/PlexinA-Mediated Axon-Axon Interactions.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2006.12.022.
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2004 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7706
Brunet, Anne, Lora B. Sweeney, J Fitzhugh Sturgill, Katrin Chua, Paul Greer, Yingxi Lin, Hien Tran, et al. “Stress-Dependent Regulation of FOXO Transcription Factors by the SIRT1 Deacetylase.” Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1094637.
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3 Grants
Stem Cell Modulation in Neural Development and Regeneration/ P14-Swim-to-limb transition: cell type to connection diversity (NeuroStem)
2024-03-01 – 2028-02-29
Austrian Science Fund
2022-02-01 – 2025-08-31
National Science Foundation
2022-09-01 – 2027-08-31
European Research Council
15 Publications
2025 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15016 |

Jaeger ECB, Vijatovic D, Deryckere A, Zorin N, Nguyen AL, Ivanian G, Woych J, Arnold RC, Ortega Gurrola A, Shvartsman A, Barbieri F, Toma F-A, Gorbsky GJ, Horb ME, Cline HT, Shay TF, Kelley DB, Yamaguchi A, Shein-Idelson M, Tosches MA, Sweeney LB. 2025. Adeno-associated viral tools to trace neural development and connectivity across amphibians. Developmental Cell. 60(5), 794–812.e6.
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2024 | Submitted | Preprint | IST-REx-ID: 19520 |

Vijatovic, David, Florina Alexandra Toma, Zoe P Harrington, Christoph M Sommer, Robert Hauschild, Alexandra J. Trevisan, Phillip Chapman, et al. “Spinal Neuron Diversity Scales Exponentially with Swim-to-Limb Transformation during Frog Metamorphosis.” BioRxiv, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.20.614050.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 15335 |

Godavarthi, Swetha K., Masaki Hiramoto, Yuri Ignatyev, Jacqueline B. Levin, Hui Quan Li, Marta Pratelli, Jennifer Borchardt, et al. “Postsynaptic Receptors Regulate Presynaptic Transmitter Stability through Transsynaptic Bridges.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. National Academy of Sciences, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318041121.
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2024 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 18305 |

Kratsios, Paschalis, Niccolò Zampieri, Robert Carrillo, Kota Mizumoto, Lora B. Sweeney, and Polyxeni Philippidou. “Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Motor Circuit Development.” The Journal of Neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1238-24.2024.
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2023 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 13097 |

Wilson, Alexia C, and Lora B. Sweeney. “Spinal Cords: Symphonies of Interneurons across Species.” Frontiers in Neural Circuits. Frontiers, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2023.1146449.
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2020 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 8914 |

Salamatina, Alina, Jerry H Yang, Susan Brenner-Morton, Jay B Bikoff, Linjing Fang, Christopher R Kintner, Thomas M Jessell, and Lora B. Sweeney. “Differential Loss of Spinal Interneurons in a Mouse Model of ALS.” Neuroscience. Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.08.011.
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2018 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7698
Sweeney, Lora B., Jay B. Bikoff, Mariano I. Gabitto, Susan Brenner-Morton, Myungin Baek, Jerry H. Yang, Esteban G. Tabak, Jeremy S. Dasen, Christopher R. Kintner, and Thomas M. Jessell. “Origin and Segmental Diversity of Spinal Inhibitory Interneurons.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.029.
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2014 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7699
Sweeney, Lora B., and Darcy B Kelley. “Harnessing Vocal Patterns for Social Communication.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Elsevier, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2014.06.006.
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2013 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7785
Joo, William J., Lora B. Sweeney, Liang Liang, and Liqun Luo. “Linking Cell Fate, Trajectory Choice, and Target Selection: Genetic Analysis of Sema-2b in Olfactory Axon Targeting.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2013.03.022.
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2011 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7701
Sweeney, Lora B., Ya-Hui Chou, Zhuhao Wu, William Joo, Takaki Komiyama, Christopher J. Potter, Alex L. Kolodkin, K. Christopher Garcia, and Liqun Luo. “Secreted Semaphorins from Degenerating Larval ORN Axons Direct Adult Projection Neuron Dendrite Targeting.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.09.026.
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2011 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7702
Wu, Zhuhao, Lora B. Sweeney, Joseph C. Ayoob, Kayam Chak, Benjamin J. Andreone, Tomoko Ohyama, Rex Kerr, Liqun Luo, Marta Zlatic, and Alex L. Kolodkin. “A Combinatorial Semaphorin Code Instructs the Initial Steps of Sensory Circuit Assembly in the Drosophila CNS.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.050.
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2010 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7703
Sweeney, Lora B., and Liqun Luo. “‘Fore Brain: A Hint of the Ancestral Cortex.” Cell. Elsevier, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2010.08.024.
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| DOI
2007 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7704
Komiyama, Takaki, Lora B. Sweeney, Oren Schuldiner, K. Christopher Garcia, and Liqun Luo. “Graded Expression of Semaphorin-1a Cell-Autonomously Directs Dendritic Targeting of Olfactory Projection Neurons.” Cell. Elsevier, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.028.
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| DOI
2007 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7705
Sweeney, Lora B., Africa Couto, Ya-Hui Chou, Daniela Berdnik, Barry J. Dickson, Liqun Luo, and Takaki Komiyama. “Temporal Target Restriction of Olfactory Receptor Neurons by Semaphorin-1a/PlexinA-Mediated Axon-Axon Interactions.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2006.12.022.
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2004 | Published | Journal Article | IST-REx-ID: 7706
Brunet, Anne, Lora B. Sweeney, J Fitzhugh Sturgill, Katrin Chua, Paul Greer, Yingxi Lin, Hien Tran, et al. “Stress-Dependent Regulation of FOXO Transcription Factors by the SIRT1 Deacetylase.” Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1094637.
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