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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl

@verabiol.bsky.social
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Evolutionary developmental biologist interested in embryonic patterning, nervous- and neuroendocrine system evolution. 🐛🐛 @Göttingen University

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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Why are some genes repeatedly lost during evolution while their paralogues are retained? In our new preprint we address this by using the peptide-processing enzymes CPE and CPD in insects. 🧬 Functional genetics + evolutionary genomics + cross-species rescue www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Gene loss propensity for metallocarboxypeptidase E in insects is shaped by structural versatility and broader expression of metallocarboxypeptidase D but not functional importance
Gene loss is a widespread phenomenon that shapes genome evolution, yet the factors determining why certain genes are repeatedly lost while other functionally related genes are retained remain poorly u...
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goenomix.bsky.social @goenomix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🗣️Invited speakers are @isabelalmudi.bsky.social, Mathilde Paris, Benjamin Prud'homme, Matteo Rauzi, @johnnyds.bsky.social, @metteh-thorsager.bsky.social, @tickphysiology.bsky.social & @verabiol.bsky.social More information here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/summer+sc...
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Summer School - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Nicolas Rohner @rohner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🌊 Dream job in marine science: Run your own marine station + build an independent research program We’re hiring a Research Associate to lead the Marine Station Carolinensiel (University of Münster) Field + lab • leadership • permanent position. Please RT! stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/3...
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Research Associate – Leadership of the Marine Station Carolinensiel (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L, 100%)
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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Open PhD-position! Come and work with me in Göttingen on a DFG-funded project on transcription factor function in a beetle. Link below. Feel free to get in touch for further details! @uni-goettingen.de @dfg.de www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Max Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My book 'The Tree of Life' is published in the USA and Canada today. Available as book, on kindle and as audio. I would be really grateful for reposts. www.amazon.com/Tree-Life-So... www.amazon.ca/Tree-Life-So...
Cover of book titled The Tree of Life: solving science's greatest puzzle.
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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Our review on CRISPR-Cas9 based techniques is now out in BMC Frontiers in Zoology. Have a look if you are interested in applying genome editing in insects or other organisms! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Transferable approaches to CRISPR-Cas9 induced genome editing in non-model insects: a brief guide - Frontiers in Zoology
Despite the large variety of insect species with divergent morphological, developmental and physiological features questions on gene function could for a long time only be addressed in few model speci...
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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Es ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht von #IchbinHanna, der man vorgeworfen hat, sie würde Stellen „verstopfen“ oder sich auf ihnen „einkuscheln“, jetzt „Spitzenkräften“ ein - Zitat - „Rundum-Sorglos-Paket“ anbieten zu wollen. Wie anders als einen affront soll man das im Mittelbau denn bitte wahrnehmen?
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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Our paper on type II neuroblasts in beetle brain development is finally out! Many thanks to @elife.bsky.social for the supportive review and publication process. elifesciences.org/articles/99717
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Differences in size and number of embryonic type II neuroblast lineages correlate with divergent timing of central complex development between beetle and fly
Genetic labeling and molecular analyses characterize the dynamics of embryonic central complex-forming type II neuroblast lineages in Tribolium castaneum.
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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
There is a preprint of our review on CRISPR techniques in non model insects. Feedback welcome! ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Transferable approaches to CRISPR-Cas9 induced genome editing in non-model insects: a brief guide
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples. 1. Women are credited less in science than men. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Women are credited less in science than men - Nature
The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.
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Nico Posnien @posnienlab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
2025 will start with a #GoenomiX talk by @timothyint.bsky.social from University of Zurich. He will present his work "Exploring the biases and mechanisms of regulatory DNA emergence" on Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 14:15. Seminar will be offered in hybrid format. Check details here: pad.gwdg.de/s/a_5KCo2cq
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Johanna Joyce @johannajoyce.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/
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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Look at this interesting read on the contribution of woman authors to the new field of Developmental Mechanics (i.e. Developmental Biology) based on contributions to the first 50 yrs (1894-1944) of the journal Roux's Archives/ now Development Genes and Evolution. link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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Women authors in the first 50 years of DGE-contributions and research topics
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Vera Terblanche Hunnekuhl @verabiol.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
ELife without IF now 😄
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