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Postdoc @ Neurobiology of Novelty Laboratory [Coleman Lab, NYU] PhD. sea anemone innate immunity and host-microbe interactions [Davies Lab, Boston University] mentored by C. Conaco [cconaco.wixsite.com/mmbl/people]

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Completing the Connectome: How Pursuing a Map of the Fly Brain Rewired Neuroscience (Really worth sharing this video with your science-curious middle and high schoolers) www.hhmi.org/news/scienti... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uMQ...
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Completing the Connectome: How Pursuing a Map of the Fly Brain Rewired Neuroscience | HHMI
Janelia scientists and collaborators have completed a wiring diagram of the central nervous system of an adult male fruit fly, the culmination of nearly two decades of groundbreaking research.
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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Very useful, comprehensive catalogue of striatal cell types in mice and humans!
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Cross-species single-cell atlas of the striatum defines cell-type and subregion disease vulnerabilities
Single-nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial validation across human and mouse striatum define principles of neuronal specialization across cell types, subregions, and species. These findings lay the fou...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 25/08/2026
What are the genetic mechanisms for the #evolution of novel traits? This study by @brhopkins92.bsky.social &co links #Drosophila sex comb teeth to expression changes within ancestral cells, leading to diverged metabolic/developmental rates, and a novel structure. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4gQOnZK
Graphical abstract on the gain of a novel trait in Drosophila. The teeth of the recently evolved, male-specific Drosophila sex comb evolved from a more ancient organ, the mechanosensory bristle. We show that changes in the expression of genes that are shared between mechanosensory bristle and sex comb teeth cells lead to changes in a variety of fundamental cellular processes that together enable the morphological transformation.

The photo, phylogeny, general design are those of the corresponding author(s). They made the bristle schematics in biorender and the fly silhouette is their modified drawing of D. melanogaster from SciDraw (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3925939).
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A decade ago, Phil Cleves became the first person to genetically modify #coral. Now, he's trying to figure out how to save reefs and the magnificent ecosystems they host from #ClimateChange. Learn more about IGI's newest investigator: ow.ly/fK9F50ZG9s5 Video by @shumpeim.bsky.social
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-JK @jkdaanoy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The first of a three-chapter series from my work on cnidarian innate immunity in @daviesswphd.bsky.social lab has been published. Thanks to my mentors Sarah and Tom Gilmore for making this possible!!! (1/) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Algae-specific immune modulation influences responses to heat and pathogen challenge in a symbiotic coral
The role of symbiotic algae in coral life history and host health is well documented, but the immune and physiological trade-offs of hosting these symbionts remain less explored. While association wit...
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Inés Fournon Berodia @inesfournon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Very pleased to finally share the main story from my PhD, now published in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🎉 Using a sea anemone we discovered and characterised epithelial cell extrusion as the mechanism underlying starvation-induced cell loss. 🔗 Open-access article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Epithelial cell extrusion underlies starvation-induced cell loss in a sea anemone - Nature Communications
Epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone shares key hallmarks with bilaterians and is dynamically regulated by nutritional status. During starvation-induced body shrinkage, extrusion likely contribu...
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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sailing in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ready for summer, our study on the iconic Portuguese man o' war 🪼 is out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We use (epi)genomics to understand a critter that fascinates me since childhood. Massive team effort with @obog.bsky.social, Cummins and Neely groups. 🧵
the indo-pacific bluebottle (Physalia utriculus)
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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
what is this? a head direction circuit for ants?
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Evgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Diverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome #microbiology #phages #viruses #MicroSky @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome - Nature
Systematic analysis of prokaryotic STAND NTPases — relatives of animal and plant immune receptors — uncovers diverse antiviral sensors that detect most of the core structural and replic...
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Harvard Med Cell Biology @harvardcellbio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New work from the Gygi and Cantley labs @harvardcellbio.bsky.social provides a unique structure-based protein kinase specificity atlas across the human proteome. An exciting resource for biological discovery! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An AI-enabled structural atlas decodes kinase specificity across the human proteome - Nature Biotechnology
Phosphorylation potential and kinase specificity are assigned for the entire human proteome.
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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/05/2026
California mice are paragons of monogamy. The neuronal bases of how they (or any other species) remember their partners is unknown. We found a surprisingly important role for hippocampal CA1 as the pair bond develops and a concomitantly diminishing role of CA2. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Pair of California mice taking care of their pups
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Evgenii Protasov @evgenii-protasov.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Magnetotaxis in an anaerobic ciliate via tripartite syntrophy #microbiology #ciliates #protists #symbiosis #MicroSky #ProtistsOnSky doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Magnetotaxis in an anaerobic ciliate via tripartite syntrophy | PNAS
Magnetotaxis has evolved independently numerous times in bacteria, whereby genetically controlled biomineralization of nano-crystalline magnets res...
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tomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
How do duplicated receptor genes "find a home" in olfactory circuits? Great study by the Arguello lab shows the re-coding of olfactory channels across species. Neat combination of phylogenetic reconstruction, sc-transcriptomics and more. Check out the pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Evolutionary Recoding of Olfactory Sensory Neurons
Odorant receptors ( Or s) are the interface between an animal’s nervous system and its olfactory environment. In insect genomes, the Or s are often the largest gene family, and their rapid duplication...
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Matt Gibson @mgstowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Postdoc Positions: Coral Cell and Molecular Biology Reach out directly to mg2@stowers.org or follow the link below to read more and apply through the institute portal! Postdoctoral Research Associate - REQID0002557 www.stowers.org/careers/post...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - REQID0002557
If you have a collection of outstanding people who ask really interesting questions, like each other and push the envelope, important discoveries will…
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