Evelyn Avilés

@eveaviles.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at PUC, Santiago, Chile. Interested in neurodevelopment, retina development. Former: University of Zurich (PhD Stoeckli lab), Harvard Medical School (postdoc Goodrich lab) https://biologia.uc.cl/aviles-evelyn/

The 2026 GRS/GRC on Visual System Development begins tomorrow. It is going to be a great meeting. Jeremy Kay, Kristen Kwan, Robert Johnston and I are looking forward to seeing you in beautiful Maine. Safe travels to all attendees. See you in a day!

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The 2026 Visual System Development GRC and GRS are fast approaching. Jeremy Kay, Kristen Kwan, Robert Johnston, and I have built an exciting program that we hope you will enjoy. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting this summer in beautiful Maine. Register and RT!

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New on bioRxiv! 🧠🧬 Our work uncovers how modularity in the DCC-ECD shapes axon guidance and neuronal migration.Using mouse lines with mutations in Netrin-1 and Draxin binding sites, we show how distinct DCC modules drive precise circuit assembly #Neuroscience #AxonGuidance #DCC #Netrin1 #Draxin

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Modularity in the DCC extracellular domain elicits distinct effects on axon guidance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693717v1