Jékely lab In the media

Secrets of the Brain - BBC Documentary
Featuring our work and interview with Gaspar Jekely (filmed in Ischia in 2024) by Jim Al-Khalili. The series unravels the mystery of how the most complex structure known in the universe - the human brain - came to exist.

Press release of our collaborative paper with Rebecca Poon and Kirsty Wan on how Platynereis larvae coordinate their cilia

Press release on ERC Advanced Grant

Press release of our Platynereis larval connectome paper
"A study has detailed the entire nervous system circuitry of the three-day-old larva of a marine worm, which may help scientists learn more about how the nervous system evolved and drives behaviour."

Press release of our paper on how Platynereis larvae sense water pressure.
"A study suggests that marine plankton sense external water pressure through the same cells they use to detect light, triggering them to swim upwards to an optimal water depth."

Dispatch by Maria Sachkova and Vengamanaidu Modepalli about our paper on how Platynereis larvae sense UV light and what is the role of nitric oxide signalling in avoiding it.
"The larvae of an annelid worm use nitric oxide signalling to activate the neural pathways needed to swim away from the harmful ultraviolet light of the sun."

Presentation by Gáspár Jékely on “Embodied cognition in miniature brains and bodies of marine zooplankton” at the UCLA Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology Luskin Endowment for Leadership Symposium in 2023.