2026
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Matthew Capek, Richard Suhendra, Zhenzhen Yang, Arina D. Omer, David Weisz, Olga Dudchenko, John C. Tuthill, Erez Lieberman Aiden, William L. Kath, Alessia Para, Marcus Stensmyr, and Marco Gallio. Coordinated molecular and physiological adaptations enable activity at sub-freezing temperatures in the snow fly Chionea alexandriana. Current Biology, 2026. 36(7): 1-17.

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2025
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Matthew Capek,Oscar M. Arenas, Michael H. Alpert, Emanuela E. Zaharieva, Iván D. Méndez-González, José Miguel Simões, Hamin Gil, Aldair Acosta, Yuqing Su, Alessia Para, Marco Gallio. Evolution of temperature preference in flies of the genus Drosophila. Nature, 2025. 641(8062): 447–455.

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2021
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Nadia Melo, Matthew Capek, Oscar M. Arenas, Ali Afify, Ayse Yilmaz-Heusinger, Chris Potter, Peter J. Laminette, Alessia Para, Marco Gallio, and Marcus C. Stensmyr. The irritant receptor TRPA1 mediates the mosquito repellent effect of catnip. Current Biology, 2021. 31(9): 1988–1994.e5.

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2020
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Adam Ponedal, Shengshuang Zhu, Anthony J Sprangers, Xiao-Qi Wang, David C Yeo, Daniel CS Lio, Mengjia Zheng, Matthew Capek, Suguna P Narayan, Brian Meckes, Amy S Paller, Chenjie Xu, and Chad A Mirkin Attenuation of abnormal scarring using spherical nucleic acids targeting transforming growth factor beta 1. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2020. 3(12): 8603–8610.

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