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Just a few young starlet sea anemones (Nematostella) having a swim 🪸🧪🪸

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September 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Perfect post for #ToxinTuesday!

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stowersinstitute.bsky.social Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · May 26
Jellyfish, stingers, and #science storytelling. 🪼

Gibson Lab postdoc @gelatinoussting.bsky.social recently shared her #research with the #KansasCity community at Science Over Spirits.
May 26, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Another beauty of an image from our Nematostella stinging cell reporter line @mgstowers.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social!

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stowersinstitute.bsky.social Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · Mar 30
This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a sea anemone’s tentacle, which contains numerous stinging cells (green) used to ensnare and capture prey. 🔬 (@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab) #SciSky
March 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Really in love with this reporter line from my #PostDoc work in Gibson lab @stowersinstitute.bsky.social!

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stowersinstitute.bsky.social Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 25
This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (Gibson Lab) #Biology
November 25, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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New Nematostella transgenic slowly but surely on the way! Any guesses?

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June 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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A Friday feast of brine shrimp for this one month old sea anemone, which is showing off its fluorescing tentacles in both red and green.

Very glad these new dual reporter animals are happy (and hungry)!

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May 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Even at a few days old, these sea anemone planulae are already covered in stinging cells! The stingers of these young Nematostella are marked with a fluorescent green.

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March 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Happy that our lovely stinging cell transgenic is getting a spotlight! @mgstowers.bsky.social lab corals are also featured!

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March 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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This sea anemone holds some serious stinging power around their mouth!

📷 Transgenic Nematostella where green marks developing and mature stinging cells, which are densely packed around the mouth.

🪸🧪🪸

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Close up image through microscope of the mouth and surrounding tentacles of an adult starlet sea anemone. The green spots all around the animal are developing or mature stinging cells. The green is most dense around the mouth.
July 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
gelatinoussting.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite HCR images, not only because it is beautiful but because it was one of the first 6 color HCR FISH experiments we imaged. It showed me what was possible for studying stinging cell biology, and has led to several ongoing projects!

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stowersinstitute.bsky.social Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 17
This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows the expression pattern of 6 members of an important family of structural genes in stinging cells. These are shown in different colors across the larvae from the sea anemone Nematostella.(@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab)
August 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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First postdoc paper and first Nematostella project!

By using the dynamic expression pattern of minicollagens, we describe the transcriptional profile during biogenesis for two major stinging cell types: nematocytes and spirocytes

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Minicollagen expression dynamics reveal a transcriptional program for cnidogenesis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Cnidae are explosive harpoon-like organelles localized within stinging cells, or cnidocytes, of the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, and corals). These unique Golgi-derived vesicula...
www.biorxiv.org
June 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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When I bring starlet sea anemones to events, I ask kids what these animals look like under the microscope. Often I get told: sea monster!

Looking at the mouth of this reporter animal, I can see why.

🟢= stinging cells in adult Nematostella

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View of the “mouth” of a sea anemone through the microscope, which glows green across the body where new and developing stinging cells are made. A dense green mouth can be seen in the middle of the expanded tentacles.
June 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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I was lucky to also have an opportunity to talk about my research on jellyfish venoms 🪼and sea anemone stinging cells 🪸 for “Science over Spirits” with a wonderful group, sharing how my basic research has lead to unexpected discoveries.

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Image of inside of Baldwin City Distillery with several patrons on chairs facing myself (in background) and small laptop. Alternative angle from inside Baldwin City Distillery where my back is turned as I present research to several seated patrons. Myself sitting on a chair pointing at a laptop on a stool featuring various box jellyfish, against a tan brown background.
June 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM