Wayne Pereanu, Ph.D.
Tel: 703-288-4420 8280 Greensboro Drive Suite 150
Fax: 703-288-4430 McLean, VA 22102
wayne@mindspec.org
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Dr. Pereanu earned his B.S. in Biology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in Developmental Neuroscience from UCLA. His thesis work focused on describing the anatomy of the larval and pupal brains in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. He has since continued to extend his work into the adult fly. He has published eight peer-reviewed research articles, one review and one book chapter.
I am deeply interested in the application of bioinformatic approaches to complex three-dimensional datasets, such as those routinely generated in brain anatomy studies. I joined MindSpec in 2011 to investigate using this approach to better understand the etiology of autism spectrum disorders.
Publications:
Research Articles
Pereanu, W., Kumar, A., Jenett, A., Reichert, H., and Hartenstein, V. (2010) Development-based compartmentalization of the Drosophila central brain. J Comp Neurol 518(15), 2996-3023.
Cardona, A., Saalfeld, S., Arganda, I., Pereanu, W., Schindelin, J., and Hartenstein, V. (2010) Identifying neuronal lineages of Drosophila by sequence analysis of axon tracts. J Neurosci 30(22), 7538-7553.
Larsen, C., Shy, D., Spindler, S.R., Fung, S., Pereanu, W., Younossi-Hartenstein, A., and Hartenstein, V. (2009). Patterns of growth, axonal extension and axonal arborization of neuronal lineages in the developing Drosophila brain. Dev Biol 335(2), 289-304.
Hartenstein, V., Cardona, A., Pereanu, W., and Younossi-Hartenstein, A. (2008). Modeling the developing Drosophila brain: rationale, technique and application. BioScience 58(9), 823-836.
Pereanu, W., Spindler, S., Im, E., Buu, N., and Hartenstein, V. (2007). The emergence of patterned movement during late embryogenesis of Drosophila. Dev Neurobiol 67(12), 1669-1685.
Pereanu, W., Spindler, S., Cruz, L., and Hartenstein, V. (2007). Tracheal development in the Drosophila brain is constrained by glial cells. Dev Bio 302(1), 169-180.
Pereanu, W., and Hartenstein, V. (2006). Neural Lineages of the Drosophila Brain: A 3D Digital Atlas of the Pattern of Lineage Location and Projections at the Late Larval Stage. Jour Neurosci 26(20), 5534-5553.
Pereanu, W., Shy, D., and Hartenstein, V. (2005). Morphogenesis and Proliferation of the Larval Brain Glia in Drosophila. Dev Bio 283(1), 191-203.
Reviews
Pereanu, W., and Hartenstein, V. (2004). Digital three-dimensional models of Drosophila development. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 14(4), 382-391.
Book Chapters
Hartenstein, V., Spindler, S., Pereanu, W., and Fung, S. (2008). The development of the Drosophila brain. In Brain Development in Drosophila melanogaster. G.M. Technau, ed. (New York: Springer New York), pp. 1-31.