Katie Maniates

Humpty dumpty sitting on the wall

Curious about where are all the egg genes for fertilization?

Come listen to my talk on Monday morning (Development 2) and I'll tell you about how I've been cracking the egg to find these genes and how glycans play a role! #worm25

28.06.2025 23:29 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

An orphan gene is essential for efficient sperm entry into eggs in Drosophila melanogaster Abstract. While spermatogenesis has been extensively characterized in the Drosophila melanogaster model system, very little is known about the genes requir

While it is a dark time for US science, I'm grateful to be able to celebrate some recent lab successes! A brief thread... 🧵 First, the final version of our article on the katherine johnson (kj) gene came out in GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social in March! academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

08.05.2025 01:55 — 👍 48    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0

This is just devastating. My IRACDA experience has shaped my postdoc, I loved the combination of research and teaching. I highly doubt I would have gotten my K99 funded without the support of the whole program. I truly feel gutted.

02.04.2025 23:15 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I miss when the biggest controversy about mRNA was whether it correlated with protein or not.

20.03.2025 13:31 — 👍 317    🔁 40    💬 10    📌 3