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Drosophila genetics, developmental biology, neuroscience
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University of Birmingham: Birmingham, West Midlands, GB

2019-08-01 to present | Professor of Neurogenetics (School of Biosciences)
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University of Birmingham: Birmingham, Birmingham, GB

2012 to 2019-07-31 | Reader in Developmental Neurobiology (School of Biosciences)
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University of Birmingham: Birmingham, Birmingham, GB

2002 to 2012 | Senior Lecturer (School of Biosciences)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1997 to 2002 | Principal Investigator: Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow (Department of Genetics)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1993 to 1997 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Gurdon Wellcome Trust-CRUK Institute)
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

1991 to 1993 | Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Centro de Biologia Molecular)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

1986 to 1990 | Graduate Student (Department of Zoology and Magdalen College)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

1986 to 1990 | D.Phil. (PhD) (Department of Zoology and Madgalen College)
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid: Madrid, ES

1981 to 1986 | Licenciada en Ciencias Biologicas
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Funding (15)

The genetic mechanisms underlying the regenerative potential of ensheathing glial cells in Drosophila

2014-04-30 to 2017-04-29 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/L008343/1
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/L008343/1
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Functional analysis of Kek genes in the Drosophila central nervous system

2014 to 2018 | Award
Ministério da Educação e Ciência (Brazilia, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BEX 13380/13-3

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ALICIA HIDALGO

Kon-tiki Gene Network for CNS regeneration

2014 to 2016 | Award
Research Executive Agency (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

Kon-TikiGENET

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The molecular control of glial progenitor proliferation in Drosophila and mammals: investigation of Prox1 conditional knock-out mutant mice.

2013-03-01 to 2013-04-29 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/K02146X/1
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/K02146X/1
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Prox1 functions in mouse oligodendrocyte progenitors in development and repair

2013 to 2013 | Contract
Royal Society (London, GB)
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IE121357

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Neurotrophin, Toll and Trk-like functional relationships in the Drosophila central nervous system.

2011-10-01 to 2014-09-30 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

094175/Z/10/Z

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The molecular control of glial progenitor proliferation in Drosophila and mammals

2010-01-04 to 2013-06-29 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/H002278/1
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/H002278/1
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A Drosophila in vivo model of the glial repair response

2007 to 2009 | Award
European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

GRR

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Function of Prospero in glial proliferation in Drosophila

2006 to 2006 | Grant
Royal Society (London, GB)
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Confocal microscopy for time-lapse, FRET and calcium imaging analyses of cellular processes.

2004-02-01 to 2009-01-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

073228/Z/03/Z

GRANT_NUMBER: 073228/Z/03/Z
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Mutagenesis in Drosophila

2002 to 2002 | Grant
Royal Society (London, GB)
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Molecular genetics of neuron-glia interactions in the development of the central nervous system of Drosophila. (Extension and supplement to existing award).

2001-08-06 to 2002-08-05 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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048905/Z/96/D

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The roles of neuron-glia interactions in the organisation of the central nervous system of drosophilia. (Supplementary grant)

2001-04-01 to 2001-08-31 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

048905/Z/96/C

GRANT_NUMBER: 048905/Z/96/C
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Neuron-glia interactions in the central nervous system of Drosophila

2001 to 2004 | Award
EMBO (Heidelberg, DE)
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Neuron-glia interactions in the organisation of the central nervous system of Drosophila

1997 to 2002 | Award
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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048905/Z/96/Z/PMG/MJD

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Works (50 of 125)

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Circuit structural plasticity by a neurotrophin with a Toll modifies behaviour

2023-01-04 | Preprint | Author
Contributors: SUN J.; Suzana Benitez; Manuel G. Forero; Guiyi Li; Deepanshu ND Singh; Francisca Rojo-Cortés; Xiaocui Wang; Sebastian Cachero; Marta Moreira; Dean Kavanagh et al.
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ALICIA HIDALGO
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The Toll Route to Structural Brain Plasticity

Frontiers in Physiology
2021-07-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-042X
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Regenerative neurogenic response from glia requires insulin-driven neuron-glia communication

eLife
2021-02-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Neale J Harrison; Elizabeth Connolly; Alicia Gascón Gubieda; Zidan Yang; Benjamin Altenhein; Maria Losada Perez; Marta Moreira; Jun Sun; Alicia Hidalgo
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Adult Neurogenesis in the Drosophila Brain: The Evidence and the Void

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2020-09-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Guiyi Li; Alicia Hidalgo
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A Toll-receptor map underlies structural brain plasticity

eLife
2020-02-18 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Guiyi Li; Manuel G. Forero; Jill Wentzell; Ilgim Durmus; Reinhard Wolf; Niki Anthoney; Mieczyslaw Parker; Ruiying Jiang; Jacob Hasenauer; Nicholas James Strausfeld et al.
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University of Birmingham

Regenerative neurogenic response from glia requires insulin driven neuron-glia communication

2019-08-01 | Other
Contributors: Neale Harrison; Elizabeth Connolly; Alicia Gascón Gubieda; Zidan Yang; Benjamin Altenhein; Maria Losada-Perez; Marta Moreira; Alicia Hidalgo
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Toll and Toll-like receptor signalling in development

Development
2018-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Niki Anthoney; Istvan Foldi; Alicia Hidalgo
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Gene network underlying the glial regenerative response to central nervous system injury

Developmental Dynamics
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kentaro Kato; Maria Losada‐Perez; Alicia Hidalgo
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Kek-6: A truncated-Trk-like receptor for Drosophila neurotrophin 2 regulates structural synaptic plasticity.

PLoS genetics
2017-08 | Journal article
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

Three-tier regulation of cell number plasticity by neurotrophins and Tolls in Drosophila.

The Journal of cell biology
2017-05 | Journal article
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

Glial kon/NG2 gene network for central nervous system repair.

Neural regeneration research
2017-01 | Journal article
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

Molecular mechanism of central nervous system repair by the Drosophila NG2 homologue kon-tiki

Journal of Cell Biology
2016-08-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria Losada-Perez; Neale Harrison; Alicia Hidalgo
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Prox1 Inhibits Proliferation and Is Required for Differentiation of the Oligodendrocyte Cell Lineage in the Mouse.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Kato K; Konno D; Berry M; Matsuzaki F; Logan A; Hidalgo A
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An injury paradigm to investigate central nervous system repair in Drosophila.

2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Kato K; Hidalgo A
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Neuron-type specific functions of DNT1, DNT2 and Spz at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction.

2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Sutcliffe B; Forero MG; Zhu B; Robinson IM; Hidalgo A
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Toll-6 and Toll-7 function as neurotrophin receptors in the Drosophila melanogaster CNS.

2013-09 | Journal article
Contributors: McIlroy G; Foldi I; Aurikko J; Wentzell JS; Lim MA; Fenton JC; Gay NJ; Hidalgo A
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Genetic systems for functional cell ablation in Drosophila.

2012-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

TUNEL-antibody double-labeling method for Drosophila embryos.

2012-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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Embryonic cell ablation in Drosophila using lasers.

2012-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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Setup for functional cell ablation with lasers: coupling of a laser to a microscope.

2012-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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Automatic cell counting in vivo in the larval nervous system of Drosophila.

2012-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Forero MG; Kato K; Hidalgo A
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Antibody staining of the central nervous system in adult Drosophila.

2012-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

Hydroxyurea ablation of mushroom bodies in Drosophila.

2012-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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X-gal staining of the central nervous system in adult Drosophila.

2012-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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Image processing methods for automatic cell counting in vivo or in situ using 3D confocal microscopy

Advanced biomedical engineering
2011 | Book chapter
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Image processing methods for automatic cell counting in vivo or in situ using 3D confocal microscopy.

Intech Open Access Publisher
2011 | Book chapter
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Dissection of adult Drosophila brains.

2011-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Sweeney ST; Hidalgo A; de Belle JS; Keshishian H
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Trophic neuron-glia interactions and cell number adjustments in the fruit fly.

2011-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Hidalgo A; Kato K; Sutcliffe B; McIlroy G; Bishop S; Alahmed S
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The glial regenerative response to central nervous system injury is enabled by pros-notch and pros-NFκB feedback.

2011-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Kato K; Forero MG; Fenton JC; Hidalgo A
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

DeadEasy Mito-Glia: automatic counting of mitotic cells and glial cells in Drosophila.

2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Forero MG; Learte AR; Cartwright S; Hidalgo A
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

DeadEasy neurons: automatic counting of HB9 neuronal nuclei in Drosophila.

2010-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Forero MG; Pennack JA; Hidalgo A
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ALICIA HIDALGO via Europe PubMed Central

1st Joint Meeting of the British and Spanish Developmental Biology Societies.

2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Hidalgo A; Martin-Bermudo L
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DeadEasy caspase: automatic counting of apoptotic cells in Drosophila.

2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Forero MG; Pennack JA; Learte AR; Hidalgo A
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Drosophila neurotrophins reveal a common mechanism for nervous system formation.

2008-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhu B; Pennack JA; McQuilton P; Forero MG; Mizuguchi K; Sutcliffe B; Gu CJ; Fenton JC; Hidalgo A
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Gliatrophic and gliatropic roles of PVF/PVR signaling during axon guidance.

2008-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Learte AR; Forero MG; Hidalgo A
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DEADEASY: a computational quantification of mitotic and apoptotic cells in the Drosophila CNS

BSDB, 1/01/08
2008-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Manuel Forero-Vargas; A Learte; J Pennack; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

Drosophila neurotrophins reveal a common mechanism of nervous system formation

BSDB, 1/01/08
2008-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Bangfu Zhu; J Pennack; P McQuilton; Manuel Forero-Vargas; E Mizuguchi; B Sutcliffe; S Gu; Janine Fenton; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

The role of glial cells in axon guidance, fasciculation and targeting.

2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Learte AR; Hidalgo A
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Two distinct mechanisms segregate Prospero in the longitudinal glia underlying the timing of interactions with axons.

2007-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Griffiths RC; Benito-Sipos J; Fenton JC; Torroja L; Hidalgo A
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A Drosphila neurotrophin reveals an ancestral mechanism underlying vervous system architecture

Poster presentation at Gordon Conference on Neurotrophic factors
2007-01-01 | Other | Author
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Contributors: ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

DEADEASY: a computational quantification of mitotic and apoptotic cells in the Drosophila CNS

BSBD, 1/01/07
2007-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Manuel Forero-Vargas; A Learte; J Pennack; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

Neurotrophic and gliatrophic contexts in drosophila

Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
2006 | Journal article
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A Drosophila Neurotrophin homologue reveals an ancestral mechanism underlying nervous system architecture

Kolymbari Meeting, Crete, invited speaker 2006, Greece, 1/01/06
2006-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Contributors: Bangfu Zhu; J Pennack; P McQuilton; M Forero; E Mizuguchi; S Gu; Janine Fenton; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

A Drosophila Neurotrophin homologue reveals an ancestral mechanism underlying nervous system architecture

BSDB York 2006, United Kingdom, 21/05/07
2006-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Bangfu Zhu; J Pennack; P McQuilton; M Forero; E Mizuguchi; S Gu; Janine Fenton; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

A Drosophilia Neurotrophin homologue reveals an ancestral mechanism underlying nervous system architecture

NeuroFly, United Kingdom, 1/09/06
2006-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Bangfu Zhu; J Pennack; P McQuilton; M Forero; E Mizuguchi; S Gu; Janine Fenton; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

A Drosphilia Neurotrophin homologue reveals an ancestral mechanism underlying nervous system architecture

Nerotrophine, Sweden, 1/01/06
2006-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Bangfu Zhu; J Pennack; P McQuilton; M Forero; E Mizuguchi; S Gu; J Fenton; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

Correction of depth intensity attenuation in confoacl images of Drosphila embryos

International Workshop on Information Optics (WIO'06), 1/01/06
2006-01-01 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: M Forero; Jennifer Pennack; AR Learte; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

Correction of depth intensity attenuation in confocal images of Drosophila emboryos

AIP Conference Proceedings, Information optics, 1/01/06
2006-01-01 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: M Forero; J Pennack; AR Learte; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

DEADEASY: a computational quantification of mitotic and apoptotic cells in the Drosophila CNS

Cold Spring Harbor Symposium, 1/01/06
2006-01-01 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Manuel Forero-Vargas; A Learte; J Pennack; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham

DEADEASY: a computational quantifictaion of mitotic and apoptotic cells in the Drosophila CNS

2006-01-01 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: M Forero; A Learte; J Pennack; ALICIA HIDALGO
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University of Birmingham
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