Alice Accorsi

In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration - the Node Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a

Regrowing eyes? Yes. 🐌 A new feature in @the-node.bsky.social spotlights how former Stowers postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (now @ucdavis.bsky.social) and @planaria1.bsky.social uncovered the apple snail’s astonishing ability to #regenerate complex, camera-type eyes. 👀

👉Read here bit.ly/3VyAHY7

In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration - the Node Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a

#Behindthepaper stories: @accorsi-alice.bsky.social & @planaria1.bsky.social share how curiosity & passion driven research revealed that apple snails can regenerate full camera type eyes.

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#regeneration #applesnails #devbio

A photo of a newly renovated science lab with metal cabinets and tile floors. Select pieces of equipment such as test tube racks and chairs are visible.

Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)

@accorsi-alice.bsky.social studies how freshwater apple snails regrow their eyes—with the goal of helping to restore vision in people with eye injuries. Her team developed methods for editing the snail’s genome, allowing them to explore the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind eye regeneration.

Congratulations to @SocDevBio 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting graduate student poster competition winners (left to right): 1st place- Justine Ramos (not pictured), 2nd place- Ashley Arancio (Farmer lab), honorable mention- Julia Godinez (Rogers Lab) and Samantha Medina (Accorsi lab).

Congratulations to @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting graduate student poster competition winners (left to right): 1st place- Justine Ramos (not pictured), 2nd place- Ashley Arancio (Farmer lab), honorable mentions- Julia Godinez (Rogers Lab) and Samantha Medina (Accorsi lab).

Congratulations to the @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting postdoc poster winners (left to right): 1st place- Celja Uebel (Villeneuve lab), 2nd place- Kira Heikes (Munjal lab), honorable mention- Hailey Edward's (Yelon lab)!

Congratulations to the @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting postdoc poster winners (left to right): 1st place- Celja Uebel (Villeneuve lab), 2nd place- Kira Heikes (Munjal lab), honorable mention- Hailey Edward's (Yelon lab)!

The Accorsi Lab is on its way to San Luis Obispo! 🐌

Check out this awesome study from my phenomenally talented colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social ! Apple snails can regrow their eyes! How do they do this? 👀 Read below ⬇️ to find out more! #regeneration

A new feature in @iflscience.com explores how researchers in the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs uncovered the apple snail’s remarkable ability to regrow its eyes & what that could mean for human #medicine. Originally published in @natcomms.nature.com.

🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId

Snails with human-like eyes?!

Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq

Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs Even without this genetic superpower, human eyes and genes are very similar.

Apple snails can regrow their eyes & @popsci.com is talking about it.

#Research published in @natcomms.nature.com from the @planaria1.bsky.social and @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury.

📰 Read the feature: bit.ly/45kXdIn

YouTube video by Stowers Institute for Medical Research How Apple Snail research began at the Stowers Institute: unlocking the secrets of eye regeneration

🐌👀What do apple snails have to do with human vision?

Stowers scientists took a chance on a tiny creature, with big results. Learn how @planaria1.bsky.social & then postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social brought apple snails to the Institute. ⬇️ #ResearchSky #SciSky

Learn more: youtu.be/U-yQ7z1e6nA

A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration Nature Communications - Accorsi et al. show that the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata has eyes similar to humans and can fully regenerate them. They then developed genetic tools to establish these...

Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level

CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess

It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates

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This #MicroscopyMonday is a developing Apple Snail embryo. On the left is the shell, the middle the body & the foot at the bottom. On the right the head with the eye (green circle) & the tentacle bud. (@planaria1.bsky.social lab) #ResearchSky #SciSky

#wcsdb2025 Keynote speaker will be the fabulous Debbie Yelon (UCSD)!

Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)

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Text reads "Congratulations to the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows" followed by the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org. Below are the headshots and names of the 40 new Leading Edge Fellows. They are Cel Welch Lianna Wat Maria Toro Moreno Sarah Talley Xulu Sun Ines Sturmlechner Virginia Savy Amelie Raz Kali Pruss Caterina Profaci Sarah Pierce Melissa Pamula Kehinde Odufowora Patricia Nano Ariana Musa de Aquino Nour El Houda Mimouni Kathleen Martin Brea Manuel Mable Lam Miri Krupkin Elaine Kouame Megan Kirchgessner Sumin Kim Shubhangini Kataruka Geraldine Jowett Andrea Jones Leanne Iannucci Emily Heckman Allison Girasole Florencia Fernandez Chiappe Tonie Farris Hannah Elam Erin Doherty Xiaoyun Ding Maria Bustillo Julia Brunner Debadrita Bhattacharya Lorena Benedetti Ashley Anderson Krisha Aghi

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.

Learn more about these exceptional scientists:

www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows

I attended the @accorsi-alice.bsky.social seminar yesterday. She is so well-deserving this award www.transtechsociety.org/index.php?sr...

Headshots of 102 women and non-binary scientists who are now assistant professors. At the bottom is the Leading Edge logo and www.leadingedgesymposium.org

Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊

Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/

Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).

You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.

The Accorsi Lab received the best Christmas gift ever: apple snails! 🐌 There are so many wonderful people @ucdavis.bsky.social and @stowersinstitute.bsky.social that we want to thank for making this possible. They love their new home! Stay tuned to learn more about eye regeneration in this system.

Registration for “ReBilD 2025” (Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development) is now open! Gain hands-on training with diverse regenerating animal models and attend daily lectures by leaders in the field. Please RT. mdibl.org/course/rebil... @mdibiolab.bsky.social

Thank you! This was such a great visit and I loved hearing so much great science about sensory organs 👀👅👃👂🦷! Thank you for having me.

Amazing talk @accorsi-alice.bsky.social!! So excited to see what you will discover at UCDavis #cpod

The @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social app is live!

Deadline: Feb 3, 2025

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This is the best community I’ve been a part of - words truly can’t describe how special this program is!! I was in the 2020 cohort and it keeps evolving with our needs; you won’t regret it!!!

The Accorsi Lab will open this Spring at UC Davis to study the development and regeneration of the Apple Snail visual system 🐌.

We are hiring a tech to join us in creating a collaborative and inclusive environment and exploring cool biology!

Apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06290