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"-I am no evolutionary biologist but.."
PhD. In molecular biology now Evo-Devo using cnidarians.

Know a thing or two about
Cnidarians
Drosophila
Ctenophores

Coffee and Craft beer connoisseur according to friends
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Tag yourself with your current location!
A map in the style of Tolkein titled 'The Map of Manuscript Earth'. This is something I'm calling 'artography' - and it lists lots of geographic locations on the way to submitting a (scientific) manuscript.
August 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Shining stars: Transgenesis and efficient metamorphosis in the sea star Patiria miniata https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.05.742869v1
August 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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The tuxedo sea urchin Mespilia globulus: A fast-developing and tractable model for genomic and developmental biology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.23.740292v1
July 27, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Extreme conservation of cnidarian stinging cell identity despite 600 million years of evolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.16.732747v1
June 18, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Pea crab aka musselväktare just flexin it on a Friday
April 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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socdevbio.bsky.social
✨ Excited to host invited speaker Leslie Babonis at #2026SDB in Las Vegas! 🎰🃏 Her research uncovers how evolutionary innovations shape developmental biology, with a focus on cell type diversity and the origins of complex traits. 🧬🌊🔬✨ #devbio
April 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Novel cell and tissue dynamics drive the unusual biology of the catch tentacle, an inducible organ of aggression found in the sea anemone Metridium senile https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.13.718255v1
April 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Morphological and functional characterization of the ptychocyte, a stingless stinging cell https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.10.717713v1
April 11, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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Evolutionary rewiring of the endomesoderm gene regulatory networks specify skeleton secreting cells in stony corals. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.31.715602v1
April 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Regression of juvenile tentacles is driven by loss of cell proliferation in Haliclystus sanjuanensis, a cnidarian with limited metamorphosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.31.715438v1
April 1, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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#swedishfika #labmeeting #mazarin
Swedish style almond tart called Mazarin
January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Nature research paper: Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions

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Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions - Nature
Sidewinder enables high-fidelity DNA assembly by separating the information that guides assembly from the final assembled sequence.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Starting off the new year with a washed Ethiopian from JBC. To make sure one good thing happens in 2026!
And off we go!!
Shows a bag off Ethiopian coffee from JBC coffee roasters.
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Notch expression during ctenophore development gives insight into its ancestral function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679519v1
October 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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An updated and spatially validated somatic single-cell atlas of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.03.657738v1
June 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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The Americans are doing to Kseniia what the Russians did to Brittney Griner for having 0.7 grams of cannabis oil. Except no one is coming to negotiate her freedom and Harvard is sitting on their hands. I am so ashamed. Please share this story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her (Gift Article)
President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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dev-journal.bsky.social
In preprints: the ins and outs of Cnidaria germ layers

Lucas Leclère and Chiara Sinigaglia @chisinig.bsky.social (@cnidevo.bsky.social @biom-banyuls.bsky.social) discuss 3 recent #preprints about the mechanisms that govern germ layer formation in Nematostella vectensis:
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
In preprints: a new preprint curation initiative from Development
March 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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hamdounlab.bsky.social
And... it's live! In situ hybridization has been foundational for sea urchin developmental biology. Here we report a fully automated method to probe more than a hundred genes using a general purpose liquid handler.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.23.644641v1
March 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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hejnol.bsky.social
In 2008 Mark and I proposed the idea about the relocation of beta-catenin nuclearization and the endomesoderm induction (doi.org/10.1016/j.de...). Now data by @genikhovich.bsky.social et al shows, that beta catenin does not induce endomesoderm in cnidarians. Progress! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
new!
March 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Different state, Different lab but still my dear Stella!😍
February 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States.
Scientific research is a driving force behind human progress. It fuels medical breakthroughs, spurs technological innovations and drives economic growth. Federal funding of research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is absolutely critical for ensuring that the U.S. maintains its global leadership in science and technology. The unprecedented freeze on the review and issuance of federal research grants is already negatively impacting research and could have significant ripple effects. Ongoing studies may lose momentum if grant renewals or supplement requests are delayed, slowing scientific progress on research the NIH has already invested in. Researchers affiliated with the Society for Developmental Biology carry out critical research on birth defects, which kill twice as many children as cancer does. Slowed progress will delay the development of new therapies and diagnostics, and thus have real public health implications. In 2019, the total estimated cost of birth defect–associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion. Scientific research is also critical to the U.S. economy more broadly. In 2023 alone NIH funded research not only directly supported 412 thousand jobs, but its overall economic impact rippled out to all sectors of the economy driving more than $92.89 billion in economic activity across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It is estimated that every dollar of NIH funding generates $2.46 dollars of economic activity. Finally, federal research funding not only drives impactful research discoveries but also supports the training of the scientists, engineers, and innovators of the future. University laboratories, funded by federal grants, serve as essential training grounds for the next generation of researchers even as they push the boundaries of knowledge. This training prepares young scientists for leadership roles in both academia and industry, helping to ensure that the scientific workforce r…
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Have you ever wanted to *see* receptor activity in embryos? If so, our new preprint is for you! In it, we showcase a new live-cell biosensor for visualizing receptor tyrosine kinase activity in living embryos – pYtags!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I just bought a suitcase that is larger than any airline will allow as checked back...sigh
January 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM