College of Medicine
Moroz Lab
Led by Leonid L. Moroz · Neuroscience
What we study
The Moroz Lab studies how neurons evolve and function across different species, focusing on comb jellies and sea slugs. They analyze genomes and neural activity to understand memory and brain complexity.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Marine organisms
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Signal Molecules in Ctenophores
The lab studies the earliest neural transmitters and architecture in comb jellies.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- The complete genome sequence of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Bolinopsidae, Lobata)
2026 · Biodiversity Genomes
- The ancestral architecture of the immune system in simplest animals
2025 · Frontiers in Immunology
Explores immune system origins in the simplest animals, like placozoans.
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- Long-term dynamics of placozoan culture: emerging models for population and space biology
2025 · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Tracks placozoan population changes over 11 years in lab cultures.
- Expansion microscopy in Placozoa: improving resolution and preservation of fragile samples during marine expedition
2025 · Frontiers in Marine Science
Develops a method to preserve and study tiny placozoans using expansion microscopy.
- Dopaminergic Central Neurons and Peripheral Sensory Systems in Pteropod and Nudibranch Molluscs
2025 · The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Compares dopamine neurons in pelagic pteropods and plankton-eating nudibranchs.
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How to reach out
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