Publications at FLI

2025

• Ecology in Africa: historical perspectives, present state and prospects
  Awuor Owuor M, Seehausen O, Borokini I, Abila R, Githiora YW, Speranza CI, Njau MG, Ngila P, Chiawo D, Valenzano DR, Alawa GN, Akite P, Gross RB, Alila DO, Agonvonon GA, Mahulu A
  EcoEvoRxiv 2025, https://doi.org/10.32942/X24S7F
  
• Analysis of microRNA expression reveals convergent evolution of the molecular control of diapause in annual killifishes.
  Barth* E, Baumgart* M, Dolfi* L, Cui R, Groth M, Ripa R, Savino A, Valenzano DR, Platzer M, Marz** M, Cellerino** A
  Front Genet 2025, 16, 1583989 * equal contribution, ** co-corresponding authors
  
• Early-life reproduction predicts male lifespan in turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri)
  Cattelan S, Riccardo Valenzano D
  bioRxiv 2025, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.
  
• Age-dependent decline in sperm quality and function in a naturally short-lived vertebrate.
  Cattelan** S, Valenzano** DR
  BMC Ecol Evol 2025, 25(1), 2 ** co-corresponding authors
  
• Analysis of different strains of the turquoise killifish identify transcriptomic signatures associated with heritable lifespan differences.
  Mazzetto M, Reichwald K, Koch P, Groth M, Cellerino A
  J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2025, 80(7), glae255
  
• Mechanistic causes of immune-senescence in the immune niche of killifish aging model
  Morabito G
  Dissertation 2025, Jena, Germany
  

2024

• AEGIS: individual-based modeling of life history evolution
  Bagic M, Šajina A, John Bradshaw W, Riccardo Valenzano D
  bioRxiv 2024, https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.
  
• Amyloid beta precursor protein contributes to brain aging and learning decline in short-lived turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri)
  E.M.de Bakker D, Mihaljević M, Gharat K, Richter Y, Bagnoli S, van Bebber F, Adam L, Shamim-Schulze F, Ohlenschläger O, Bens M, Cirri E, Antebi A, Matić I, Schneider A, Schmid B, Cellerino A, Kirstein J, Riccardo Valenzano D
  bioRxiv 2024, https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.
  
• Tetrapod sperm length evolution in relation to body mass is shaped by multiple trade-offs.
  Koçillari* L, Cattelan*/* S, Rasotto MB, Seno F, Maritan A, Pilastro A
  Nat Commun 2024, 15(1), 6160 * equal contribution, * corresponding author
  
• Longevity biotechnology: bridging AI, biomarkers, geroscience and clinical applications for healthy longevity.
  Lyu YX, Fu Q, Wilczok D, Ying K, King A, Antebi A, Vojta A, Stolzing A, Moskalev A, Georgievskaya A, Maier AB, Olsen A, Groth A, Simon AK, Brunet A, Jamil A, Kulaga A, Bhatti A, Yaden B, Pedersen BK, Schumacher B, Djordjevic B, Kennedy B, Chen C, Huang CY, Correll CU, Murphy CT, Ewald CY, Chen D, Valenzano DR, Sołdacki D, Erritzoe D, Meyer D, Sinclair DA, Chini EN, Teeling EC, Morgen E, Verdin E, Vernet E, Pinilla E, Fang EF, Bischof E, Mercken EM, Finger F, Kuipers F, Pun FW, Gyülveszi G, Civiletto G, Zmudze G, Blander G, Pincus HA, McClure J, Kirkland JL, Peyer J, Justice JN, Vijg J, Gruhn JR, McLaughlin J, Mannick J, Passos J, Baur JA, Betts-LaCroix J, Sedivy JM, Speakman JR, Shlain J, von Maltzahn J, Andreasson KI, Moody K, Palikaras K, Fortney K, Niedernhofer LJ, Rasmussen LJ, Veenhoff LM, Melton L, Ferrucci L, Quarta M, Koval M, Marinova M, Hamalainen M, Unfried M, Ringel MS, Filipovic M, Topors M, Mitin N, Roy N, Pintar N, Barzilai N, Binetti P, Singh P, Kohlhaas P, Robbins PD, Rubin P, Fedichev PO, Kamya P, Muñoz-Canoves P, de Cabo R, Faragher RGA, Konrad R, Ripa R, Mansukhani R, Büttner S, Wickström SA, Brunemeier S, Jakimov S, Luo S, Rosenzweig-Lipson S, Tsai SY, Dimmeler S, Rando TA, Peterson TR, Woods T, Wyss-Coray T, Finkel T, Strauss T, Gladyshev VN, Longo VD, Dwaraka VB, Gorbunova V, Acosta-Rodríguez VA, Sorrentino V, Sebastiano V, Li W, Suh Y, Zhavoronkov A, Scheibye-Knudsen M, Bakula D
  Aging (Albany NY) 2024, 16(20), 12955-76