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Very lucky to be at UCSF with such great microscopy facilities. These instruments are definitely pushing the limits of what we thought feasible in live imaging! Excited to keep exploring how these single cells organize and secrete such precise morphologies.

26.07.2025 19:35 — 👍 35    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

@mcgregorlab.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of writing a dispatch article discussing the latest work from @gavinrrice.bsky.social and @rebeizlab.bsky.social. You can find it over on this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

18.11.2024 20:05 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

Sex-specific doublesex regulation targeting the color-patterning gene h underlies the evolution of wing sexual dimorphism in the harlequin ladybug Harmonia axyridis Organisms on Earth show various forms of sexual dimorphism, including ornaments, weapon traits, and pheromone glands, which has been acquired through sexual selection during evolution. Although the ge...

Our new preprint on the evolution of sexual dimorphism in the color pattern of the harlequin ladybug is now available. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

08.08.2025 05:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Schematics depicting the dorsal and ventral sides of fins and limbs

We take for granted that our hands have two sides and can articulate in an endless number of ways. But what about a fish’s fin? Can a fish know something “like the back of its fin,” or have its future told with a fin palm reading? Check out this bluetorial to find out 👇🧪🧬🐟 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

07.07.2025 06:46 — 👍 78    🔁 41    💬 11    📌 7

Very excited to share the first chapter of my PhD thesis out in @elife.bsky.social : doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

We discovered how the gene "mirror" is necessary for specifying the “vannus”, a unique domain in the posterior part of butterfly wings. 🦋🦋 (1/6)

#CRISPR #butterfly #genomics

07.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 36    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1

Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity - Nature The REX element is associated with long-range enhancer–promoter interactions.

Our paper describing the Range Extender element which is required and sufficient for long-range enhancer activation at the Shh locus is now available at @nature.com. Congrats to @gracebower.bsky.social who led the study. Below is a brief summary of the main findings www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/

02.07.2025 16:17 — 👍 186    🔁 90    💬 10    📌 9

Laboratory rearing of the broad-nosed weevil Scepticus tigrinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) using artificial and plant-based diets Scepticus tigrinus Roelofs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its related species are polyphagous weevil pests that damage a wide range of vegetables and crops. Despite their agricultural importance, sim...

Our new preprint on the laboratory rearing method of the model weevil Scepticus tigrinus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

27.06.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A highly efficient knock-in strategy using fast-annealed 3′-extended dsDNA templates for emerging model insects CRISPR-Cas genome editing toolkits have expanded the scope of genetic studies in various emerging model organisms. However, their applications are limited mainly to knockout experiments due to technic...

Our latest preprint on an efficient knockin method in insects
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

27.06.2025 10:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B): "Detecting Evolvability Dynamics" will be launched in April 2025. Stay tuned!

14.03.2025 04:28 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thrilled to share that this paper is out now in Development! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

07.03.2025 16:14 — 👍 33    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 1