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Jesse Gillis

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Associate ProfessorDonnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular ResearchUniversity of Toronto

Jesse Gillis

Associate Professor

Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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114 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 40 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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271

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10,701

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Research

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Latest papers

Cell type-agnostic transcriptomic signatures enable uniform comparisons of neural maturation.
PLoS biology · 2026 · senior author
NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development.
Nature neuroscience · 2026
Detecting cell segmentation errors using doublet methods
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026 · senior author

All 271 publications

Latest funding

Uncovering cell-intrinsic dysregulation in X-linked disorders via haplotype-resolved single-cell transcriptomics: insights from X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Aligning neurodevelopmental trajectories between fetal brains and organoids to identify novel mechanisms and treatments for autism
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$210,000

All 2 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 271 publications.

Cell type-agnostic transcriptomic signatures enable uniform comparisons of neural maturation.

Venkatesan S, Werner JM, Li Y, Gillis J

PLoS biology20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003757 PMID: 41984978

NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development.

Sonthalia S, Herb B, Adkins RS, Orvis J, Li G, Liao X, Yu Q, Blanco XM, Casella A, Liu J, Stein-O'Brien G, Caffo B, Hertzano R, Mahurkar A, Xu JC, Gillis J, Werner J, Ma S, Kim SK, Micali N, Sestan N, Rakic P, Santpere G, Ament SA, Colantuoni C

Nature neuroscience20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41593-026-02204-4 PMID: 41882195

Detecting cell segmentation errors using doublet methods

Ameer Sarwar, Jesse A Gillis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.09.15.751798

Genetic and stochastic basis of phenotypic discordance in 16p11.2 mouse model deletion

Julián Taranda, Jana Velı́šková, Sukalp Muzumdar, Kith Pradhan, Kannan Umadevi Venkataraju, Ramesh Palaniswamy, Rhonda Drewes, Jianjun Sun, Nicolas Dross, Şevin Turcan, Jesse A Gillis, Libor Velı́šek, Pavel Osten

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.29.741187 PMID: 42630139

Detecting cell segmentation errors using doublet methods

Ameer Sarwar, Jesse A Gillis

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22744799

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across the lifespan.

Venkatesan S, Nano P, Werner J, Malaiya S, Herb B, Gao Y, Wang L, Bhaduri A, Nowakowski TJ, Colantuoni C, Ament SA, Gillis J

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.16.738788 PMID: 42523206

Neuronal and vascular genome-maintenance states organize opposing multicellular architectures in the aging brain

Arvin Koshboresh, Vijay Laxmi Roy, Mofida Abdelmageed, Steffy B. Manjila, Deniz Parmaksiz, Yongsoo Kim, Jesse A Gillis, Anirban Paul

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.09.07.749801

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across lifespan

Sridevi Venkatesan, Patricia R. Nano, Jonathan M. Werner, Sonia Malaiya, Brian Herb, Gao Y, Li Wang, Aparna Bhaduri, Tomasz Nowakowski, Carlo Colantuoni, Seth A. Ament, Jesse A Gillis

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20708528

A neofunctionalized flowering antagonist created an evolutionary contingency that channeled Solanaceae adaptation.

Shohat H, Ciren D, Arrones A, Gentile I, Ramakrishnan S, Hendelman A, Jenike KM, Brown NL, Luna-Ramos J, Passalacqua MJ, Satterlee JW, Fitzgerald B, Baraja-Fonseca V, Robitaille GM, Seman BM, Gillis J, Van Eck J, Prohens J, Schatz MC, Lippman ZB

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.20.707063 PMID: 41757091

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across lifespan

Sridevi Venkatesan, Patricia R. Nano, Jonathan M. Werner, Sonia Malaiya, Brian Herb, Gao Y, Li Wang, Aparna Bhaduri, Tomasz Nowakowski, Carlo Colantuoni, Seth A. Ament, Jesse A Gillis

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21375950

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Jesse Gillis

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cell type-agnostic transcriptomic signatures enable uniform comparisons of neural maturation.

NeMO Analytics: a compendium of transcriptomic data for the exploration of neocortical development.

Detecting cell segmentation errors using doublet methods

Genetic and stochastic basis of phenotypic discordance in 16p11.2 mouse model deletion

Detecting cell segmentation errors using doublet methods

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across the lifespan.

Neuronal and vascular genome-maintenance states organize opposing multicellular architectures in the aging brain

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across lifespan

A neofunctionalized flowering antagonist created an evolutionary contingency that channeled Solanaceae adaptation.

A consensus atlas of human brain development defines cell type-specific maturation trajectories across lifespan

Uncovering cell-intrinsic dysregulation in X-linked disorders via haplotype-resolved single-cell transcriptomics: insights from X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Aligning neurodevelopmental trajectories between fetal brains and organoids to identify novel mechanisms and treatments for autism

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Leon French

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Yun Li

Liang Zhang

Tao Wang

Joanne McLaurin

Jamie Near

Sandra Black

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