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Rachel O'Neill Lab

@roneilllab.bsky.social
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Genetics & Genomics Lab at University of Connecticut, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. roneill.lab.uconn.edu

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Leah Rosin @scienceleah.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is so cool!! Congrats @roneilllab.bsky.social and team! 🦀🧬 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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Genome Assembly of a Living Fossil, the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus, Reveals Lineage-Specific Whole-Genome Duplications, Transposable Element-Based Centromeres, and a ZW Sex Chromosome ...
Abstract. Horseshoe crabs, considered living fossils with a stable morphotype spanning ∼445 million years, are evolutionarily, ecologically, and biomedical
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Rachel O'Neill Lab @roneilllab.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
Exciting times for marsupial biology & conservation! www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A rare Australian marsupial is being genetically modified to save it from extinction. Here's how
Scientists are trying to genetically 'edit' the endangered northern quoll to make it resistant to the neurotoxin of the invasive cane toad.
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Iain Cheeseman @iaincheeseman.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Do you love centromeres and chromosome segregation? Join us for this summer's Centromere Biology Gordon Research Conference (July 28-Aug 2). Great invited speakers. Present your work! Strong science + a wonderful community. Apply today + join the GRS too. www.grc.org/centromere-b...
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2024 Centromere Biology Conference GRC
The 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Centromere Biology will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Jill Wegrzyn @jillwegrzyn.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
The #Biodiversity & #Conservation Genomics training program is accepting a new cohort of @uconn.bsky.social undergrads starting this Summer! Integrated research w/ @UConnMCB @uconneeb.bsky.social - sequencing IUCN Red List species @cgsg.bsky.social with @nanopore.bsky.social - apply by March 11th!
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Rachel O'Neill Lab @roneilllab.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
Ruminant T2T Consortium announcement 🎉🐑🐐🐄🧬 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
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Rachel O'Neill Lab @roneilllab.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
Going to be an O’Neill dominated department seminar today with PhD students Laura Holt & Michelle Neitzey! 🧬 Genomes, centromeres & horseshoe crabs 🧬
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Rachel O'Neill Lab @roneilllab.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Visited gibbons at the Santa Clarita Gibbon Conservation Center yesterday! @gabbyhartley.bsky.social (and others from the lab) got to meet some individuals from her dissertation model species. Onto PAG in San Diego! 🧬🐒
5 O'Neill lab members in front of two relaxed gibbons
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