M. Fernanda Palominos

@berkeley.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow / Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley

M. Fernanda Palominos

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Developmental Biology, Genetics, Developmental Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
216

Scholar Citations

8

Scholar h-index

7

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Parallel and non-parallel features of adaptive radiation in Yucatán pupfishes
    MC Kustra, D Tian, MF Palominos, F Guo, D Chau, O Golwala, HW Chan, ...
    bioRxiv , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Craniofacial-specific transcriptomics uncovers novel genes underlying jaw divergence in dietary specialist pupfishes
    MF Palominos, V Muhl, CH Martin
    Genetics 231 (4), iyaf207 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Adaptive radiation along ecological and morphological lines of least resistance in Cyprinodon pupfishes
    CH Martin, AA Zapata, RGC Paredes, F Cortés, SG Hernández, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.08. 13.670168 , 2025
    2025
  • PRJNA1245446 JAWesome: Pupfish hatchling tissue-specific transcriptomics
    MF Palominos, CH Martin
    NCBI , 2025
    2025
  • Tissue-specific transcriptomics uncovers novel craniofacial genes underlying jaw divergence in specialist pupfishes
    MF Palominos, V Muhl, CH Martin
    bioRxiv, 2024.10. 02.616385 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • The West African lungfish secretes a living cocoon during aestivation with uncertain antimicrobial function
    MF Palominos, R Bharadwaj, C Tralka, K Trang, D Aka, M Alami, ...
    bioRxiv , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Jaw size variation is associated with a novel craniofacial function for galanin receptor 2 in an adaptive radiation of pupfishes
    MF Palominos, V Muhl, EJ Richards, CT Miller, CH Martin
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2009) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • The assembly of bacteria living in natural environments shapes neuronal integrity and behavioral outputs in Caenorhabditis elegans
    S Urquiza-Zurich, VA Garcia-Angulo, P Burdisso, MF Palominos, ...
    MBio 14 (2), e03402-22 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • The olfactory tract: Basis for future evolution in response to rapidly changing ecological niches (vol 16, artn 831602, 2022)
    KE Whitlock, MF Palominos
    FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY 17 , 2023
    2023
  • Corrigendum: The olfactory tract: Basis for future evolution in response to rapidly changing ecological niches
    KE Whitlock, MF Palominos
    Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 17, 1153062 , 2023
    2023
  • The assembly of wild natural isolates define neuronal integrity and life history traits of co-inhabiting C. elegans
    S Urquiza-Zurich, VA Garcia-Angulo, P Burdisso, MF Palominos, ...
    bioRxiv, 2022.09. 26.509631 , 2022
    2022
  • The olfactory organ is a unique site for neutrophils in the brain
    MF Palominos, C Calfún, G Nardocci, D Candia, J Torres-Paz, ...
    Frontiers in Immunology 13, 881702 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 20
  • The olfactory tract: Basis for future evolution in response to rapidly changing ecological niches
    KE Whitlock, MF Palominos
    Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 16, 831602 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • The olfactory organ is a unique site for resident neutrophils in the brain
    MF Palominos, D Candia, JT Paz, KE Whitlock
    bioRxiv, 2021.07. 22.453396 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • The heritability of behaviors associated with the host gut microbiota
    M Manterola, MF Palominos, A Calixto
    Frontiers in immunology 12, 658551 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • The olfactory organ is populated by neutrophils and macrophages during early development
    MF Palominos, KE Whitlock
    Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8, 604030 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 11
  • Intergenerational Pathogen-Induced Diapause in Caenorhabditis elegans Is Modulated by mir-243
    C Gabaldón, M Legüe, MF Palominos, L Verdugo, F Gutzwiller, A Calixto
    MBio 11 (5), 10.1128/mbio. 01950-20 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 22
  • Quantification of Bacteria Residing in Caenorhabditis elegans Intestine
    MF Palominos, A Calixto
    bio-protocol 10 (9) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 15
  • Intergenerational pathogen-induced diapause inC. elegansis modulated bymir-243
    C Gabaldon, M Legüe, MF Palominos, L Verdugo, F Gutzwiller, A Calixto
    2020
  • Intergenerational pathogen-induced diapause in C. elegans is modulated by mir-243
    C Gabaldon, M Legüe, MF Palominos, L Verdugo, F Gutzwiller, A Calixto
    bioRxiv, 2020.03. 31.019349 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 3

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Transgenerational Diapause as an Avoidance Strategy against Bacterial Pathogens in Caenorhabditis elegans
    MF Palominos, L Verdugo, C Gabaldon, B Pollak, J Ortíz-Severín, ...
    MBio 8 (5), 10.1128/mbio. 01234-17 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 84
  • Intergenerational Pathogen-Induced Diapause in Caenorhabditis elegans Is Modulated by mir-243
    C Gabaldón, M Legüe, MF Palominos, L Verdugo, F Gutzwiller, A Calixto
    MBio 11 (5), 10.1128/mbio. 01950-20 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 22
  • The olfactory organ is a unique site for neutrophils in the brain
    MF Palominos, C Calfún, G Nardocci, D Candia, J Torres-Paz, ...
    Frontiers in Immunology 13, 881702 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 20
  • The olfactory tract: Basis for future evolution in response to rapidly changing ecological niches
    KE Whitlock, MF Palominos
    Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 16, 831602 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • The heritability of behaviors associated with the host gut microbiota
    M Manterola, MF Palominos, A Calixto
    Frontiers in immunology 12, 658551 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • Quantification of Bacteria Residing in Caenorhabditis elegans Intestine
    MF Palominos, A Calixto
    bio-protocol 10 (9) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 15
  • The olfactory organ is populated by neutrophils and macrophages during early development
    MF Palominos, KE Whitlock
    Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 8, 604030 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 11
  • The assembly of bacteria living in natural environments shapes neuronal integrity and behavioral outputs in Caenorhabditis elegans
    S Urquiza-Zurich, VA Garcia-Angulo, P Burdisso, MF Palominos, ...
    MBio 14 (2), e03402-22 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Jaw size variation is associated with a novel craniofacial function for galanin receptor 2 in an adaptive radiation of pupfishes
    MF Palominos, V Muhl, EJ Richards, CT Miller, CH Martin
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2009) , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Quantification of bacteria residing in Caenorhabditis elegans intestine. Bio-Protocol 10: e3605
    MF Palominos, A Calixto
    2020
    Citations: 5
  • Intergenerational pathogen-induced diapause in C. elegans is modulated by mir-243
    C Gabaldon, M Legüe, MF Palominos, L Verdugo, F Gutzwiller, A Calixto
    bioRxiv, 2020.03. 31.019349 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 3
  • Tissue-specific transcriptomics uncovers novel craniofacial genes underlying jaw divergence in specialist pupfishes
    MF Palominos, V Muhl, CH Martin
    bioRxiv, 2024.10. 02.616385 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Intergenerational pathogen-induced diapause in Caenorhabditis elegans is modulated by mir-243. mBio 11: e01950-20
    C Gabaldón, M Legüe, MF Palominos, L Verdugo, F Gutzwiller, A Calixto
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • Parallel and non-parallel features of adaptive radiation in Yucatán pupfishes
    MC Kustra, D Tian, MF Palominos, F Guo, D Chau, O Golwala, HW Chan, ...
    bioRxiv , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Craniofacial-specific transcriptomics uncovers novel genes underlying jaw divergence in dietary specialist pupfishes
    MF Palominos, V Muhl, CH Martin
    Genetics 231 (4), iyaf207 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • The West African lungfish secretes a living cocoon during aestivation with uncertain antimicrobial function
    MF Palominos, R Bharadwaj, C Tralka, K Trang, D Aka, M Alami, ...
    bioRxiv , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • The olfactory organ is a unique site for resident neutrophils in the brain
    MF Palominos, D Candia, JT Paz, KE Whitlock
    bioRxiv, 2021.07. 22.453396 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Adaptive radiation along ecological and morphological lines of least resistance in Cyprinodon pupfishes
    CH Martin, AA Zapata, RGC Paredes, F Cortés, SG Hernández, ...
    bioRxiv, 2025.08. 13.670168 , 2025
    2025
  • PRJNA1245446 JAWesome: Pupfish hatchling tissue-specific transcriptomics
    MF Palominos, CH Martin
    NCBI , 2025
    2025
  • The olfactory tract: Basis for future evolution in response to rapidly changing ecological niches (vol 16, artn 831602, 2022)
    KE Whitlock, MF Palominos
    FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY 17 , 2023
    2023