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Breadcrumb Research A-Z researchers Alessandro Mineo Postdoctoral Project Research Scientist Miguel-Aliaga lab Organ Development and Physiology Laboratory Year published 2026 (3) 2025 (1) 2024 (3) Facet Year published Research topics Cell Biology (4) Computational & Systems Biology (2) Developmental Biology (4) Gene Expression (1) Genetics & Genomics (1) Human Biology & Physiology (1) Imaging (4) Metabolism (3) Model Organisms (4) Neurosciences (1) Stem Cells (1) Facet Research topics Crick Pre-Crick Crick publications (7) Facet Crick Pre-Crick Publication type Dataset (1) Journal article (4) Preprint (2) Primary research (4) Facet Publication type Journal BioRxiv (1) Cell (1) Development (1) Developmental Cell (1) Nature (2) SSRN (1) Facet Journal Displaying 1 - 7 of 7Last updated : 19 August 2026 02:38 The sex and reproductive plasticity of intestinal muscles instruct gut size Authors (19) Alessandro Mineo Laura Blackie Alexandra Milona Emily Strachan Pedro Gaspar Nuno Miguel Luis [...] Sanjay Khadayate George Young Filipe Cabreiro Frank Schnorrer Irene Miguel-Aliaga Cell Published 11 August 2026 Crick labs/ facilities Nic Tapon Irene Miguel-Aliaga Light Microscopy Experimental Histopathology Biological Research Facility Full details Myc sustains sex-biased organ zonation in the Drosophila intestine Authors (22) Christopher Amourda Laura Blackie Pedro Gaspar Laura Martin-Coll Anadika Prasad Andrew H House [...] Cyrille Alexandre Ville Hietakangas Reijo Käkelä Santiago Vernia Irene Miguel-Aliaga Developmental Cell Published 8 July 2026 Crick labs Jean-Paul Vincent Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details Sex-dependent plasticity of adult neural tissue in response to damage Authors (7) Marina Recatalà-Martinez Manel Bosch Pedro Gaspar Alessandro Mineo Santiago Rios Irene Miguel-Aliaga Marta Morey Development Published 15 February 2026 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details Mesodermal-specific MECP2 expression in Drosophila induces visceral and skeletal muscle defects rescued by butyrate supplementation Preprint Authors (10) Gaia Consonni Mustafa Kaan Kozluca Maria Cristina Gagliani Alessandro Mineo Katia Cortese Irene Miguel-Aliaga Aglaia Vignoli Elisa Borghi Antonio Galeone Thomas Vaccari bioRxiv Published 18 December 2025 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details The sex and reproductive plasticity of intestinal muscles Preprint Authors (15) Alessandro Mineo Pedro Gaspar Nuno Miguel Luis Álvaro Castano Tomotsune Ameku Alexandra Milona [...] Sanjay Khadayate George Young Filipe Cabreiro Frank Schnorrer Irene Miguel-Aliaga SSRN Published 11 October 2024 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details The sex of organ geometry Authors (18) Laura Blackie Pedro Gaspar Salem Mosleh Oleh Lushchak Lingjin Kong Yuhong Jin [...] Lucia Prieto Godino Todd Schoborg Marta Varela L Mahadevan Irene Miguel-Aliaga Nature Published 13 June 2024 Crick labs/ facilities Lucia Prieto-Godino Irene Miguel-Aliaga Electron Microscopy Full details Source data for 'The sex of organ geometry' Blackie, Gaspar et al, 2024, Nature Authors (10) Laura Blackie Pedro Gaspar Irene Miguel-Aliaga Oleh Lushchak Yuhong Jin Agata Zielinska Alessandro Mineo Bryon Silva Tomotsune Ameku Lucia Prieto Godino Figshare Published 17 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilities Lucia Prieto-Godino Irene Miguel-Aliaga Electron Microscopy Full details
The sex and reproductive plasticity of intestinal muscles instruct gut size Authors (19) Alessandro Mineo Laura Blackie Alexandra Milona Emily Strachan Pedro Gaspar Nuno Miguel Luis [...] Sanjay Khadayate George Young Filipe Cabreiro Frank Schnorrer Irene Miguel-Aliaga Cell Published 11 August 2026 Crick labs/ facilities Nic Tapon Irene Miguel-Aliaga Light Microscopy Experimental Histopathology Biological Research Facility Full details
Myc sustains sex-biased organ zonation in the Drosophila intestine Authors (22) Christopher Amourda Laura Blackie Pedro Gaspar Laura Martin-Coll Anadika Prasad Andrew H House [...] Cyrille Alexandre Ville Hietakangas Reijo Käkelä Santiago Vernia Irene Miguel-Aliaga Developmental Cell Published 8 July 2026 Crick labs Jean-Paul Vincent Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details
Sex-dependent plasticity of adult neural tissue in response to damage Authors (7) Marina Recatalà-Martinez Manel Bosch Pedro Gaspar Alessandro Mineo Santiago Rios Irene Miguel-Aliaga Marta Morey Development Published 15 February 2026 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details
Mesodermal-specific MECP2 expression in Drosophila induces visceral and skeletal muscle defects rescued by butyrate supplementation Preprint Authors (10) Gaia Consonni Mustafa Kaan Kozluca Maria Cristina Gagliani Alessandro Mineo Katia Cortese Irene Miguel-Aliaga Aglaia Vignoli Elisa Borghi Antonio Galeone Thomas Vaccari bioRxiv Published 18 December 2025 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details
The sex and reproductive plasticity of intestinal muscles Preprint Authors (15) Alessandro Mineo Pedro Gaspar Nuno Miguel Luis Álvaro Castano Tomotsune Ameku Alexandra Milona [...] Sanjay Khadayate George Young Filipe Cabreiro Frank Schnorrer Irene Miguel-Aliaga SSRN Published 11 October 2024 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details
The sex of organ geometry Authors (18) Laura Blackie Pedro Gaspar Salem Mosleh Oleh Lushchak Lingjin Kong Yuhong Jin [...] Lucia Prieto Godino Todd Schoborg Marta Varela L Mahadevan Irene Miguel-Aliaga Nature Published 13 June 2024 Crick labs/ facilities Lucia Prieto-Godino Irene Miguel-Aliaga Electron Microscopy Full details
Source data for 'The sex of organ geometry' Blackie, Gaspar et al, 2024, Nature Authors (10) Laura Blackie Pedro Gaspar Irene Miguel-Aliaga Oleh Lushchak Yuhong Jin Agata Zielinska Alessandro Mineo Bryon Silva Tomotsune Ameku Lucia Prieto Godino Figshare Published 17 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilities Lucia Prieto-Godino Irene Miguel-Aliaga Electron Microscopy Full details
