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Breadcrumb Research A-Z researchers Laura Blackie Postdoctoral Project Research Scientist Miguel-Aliaga lab Organ Development and Physiology Laboratory Year published 2026 (3) 2024 (4) 2021 (1) 2020 (2) Facet Year published Research topics Cell Biology (3) Computational & Systems Biology (1) Developmental Biology (3) Gene Expression (2) Genetics & Genomics (1) Genome Integrity & Repair (1) Imaging (4) Metabolism (2) Model Organisms (4) Stem Cells (1) Tumour Biology (1) Facet Research topics Crick Pre-Crick Crick publications (7) Pre-Crick publications (3) Facet Crick Pre-Crick Publication type Dataset (1) Journal article (7) Method (1) Preprint (1) Primary research (5) Review (1) Software (1) Facet Publication type Journal Cell (1) Current Opinion in Neurobiology (1) Developmental Cell (1) Nature (4) Nature Protocols (1) Science advances (1) SSRN (1) Facet Journal Displaying 1 - 10 of 10Last updated : 20 August 2026 02:02 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 Intestinal obstruction impairs feeding and promotes sleep in Drosophila melanogaster Authors (12) Cindy Reinger Laura Blackie Alexandra M Medeiros Hugo Gillet Carolin Kring Pedro Gaspar [...] Michèle Sickmann Markus Affolter Irene Miguel-Aliaga Martin Müller Anissa Kempf Science advances Published 22 May 2026 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 Zenodo deposit: Lblackie1/OrganGeometry: BlackieEtAL Authors (1) Laura Blackie Zenodo Published 1 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilities Lucia Prieto-Godino Irene Miguel-Aliaga Electron Microscopy Full details Antigen retrieval and clearing for whole-organ immunofluorescence by FLASH Authors (10) Hendrik Messal Jorge Almagro May Zaw Thin Antonio Tedeschi Alessandro Ciccarelli Laura Blackie Kurt Anderson Irene Miguel-Aliaga Jacco van Rheenen Axel Behrens Nature Protocols Published 1 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilities Irene Miguel-Aliaga Axel Behrens Light Microscopy Experimental Histopathology Biological Research Facility Full details Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction Authors (14) Dafni Hadjieconomou George King Pedro Gaspar Alessandro Mineo Laura Blackie Tomotsune Ameku [...] Benjamin H White André EX Brown Pierre-Yves Plaçais Thomas Préat Irene Miguel-Aliaga Nature Published 19 November 2020 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details Food, microbes, sex and old age: on the plasticity of gastrointestinal innervation Authors (4) Tomotsune Ameku Hannah Beckwith Laura Blackie Irene Miguel-Aliaga Current Opinion in Neurobiology Published 1 June 2020 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga 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
Intestinal obstruction impairs feeding and promotes sleep in Drosophila melanogaster Authors (12) Cindy Reinger Laura Blackie Alexandra M Medeiros Hugo Gillet Carolin Kring Pedro Gaspar [...] Michèle Sickmann Markus Affolter Irene Miguel-Aliaga Martin Müller Anissa Kempf Science advances Published 22 May 2026 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
Zenodo deposit: Lblackie1/OrganGeometry: BlackieEtAL Authors (1) Laura Blackie Zenodo Published 1 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilities Lucia Prieto-Godino Irene Miguel-Aliaga Electron Microscopy Full details
Antigen retrieval and clearing for whole-organ immunofluorescence by FLASH Authors (10) Hendrik Messal Jorge Almagro May Zaw Thin Antonio Tedeschi Alessandro Ciccarelli Laura Blackie Kurt Anderson Irene Miguel-Aliaga Jacco van Rheenen Axel Behrens Nature Protocols Published 1 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilities Irene Miguel-Aliaga Axel Behrens Light Microscopy Experimental Histopathology Biological Research Facility Full details
Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction Authors (14) Dafni Hadjieconomou George King Pedro Gaspar Alessandro Mineo Laura Blackie Tomotsune Ameku [...] Benjamin H White André EX Brown Pierre-Yves Plaçais Thomas Préat Irene Miguel-Aliaga Nature Published 19 November 2020 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details
Food, microbes, sex and old age: on the plasticity of gastrointestinal innervation Authors (4) Tomotsune Ameku Hannah Beckwith Laura Blackie Irene Miguel-Aliaga Current Opinion in Neurobiology Published 1 June 2020 Crick labs Irene Miguel-Aliaga Full details
