Evolution and dysfunction of human cognitive and social traits: A transcriptional regulation perspective | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Evolution and dysfunction of human cognitive and social traits: A transcriptional regulation perspective - Volume 4
3 years ago, Tobias Uller (@biologylu.bsky.social) and I proposed that important human brain-/face-related traits evolved through #downregulation of transcriptional regulation (TR) genes for brain/face development, e.g. ARID1B, ARID2, BAZ1B, CUX1, FOXP2, NFIX, SATB2 & TCF20.
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Kicking off the annual #ASHG meeting in Boston with a brilliant plenary session! Inspiring talks from Sarah Tishkoff and Francis Collins on the importance of representing human genetic diversity in genomic research. Loved seeing human evolution highlighted as a key lens to understand human genetics!
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Thank you so much Cedric, you made a huge difference throughout this journey! I really enjoyed doing science together and learnt a lot from you along the way!
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Image credits: Federica Marinaro
Thrilled to share that Iβve successfully defended my PhD thesis on human brain evolution at @humantechnopole.bsky.social π A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. Excited for what comes next!
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Congratulations _Dr_ @olivieroleonardi.bsky.social
on a great thesis defense today. Itβs been a great privilege for me to work closely with you for the past 5 years. I have enjoyed our many meetings on paleogenomics and human brain evolution, and learned a lot from you π
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Incredibly happy to finally share this work in which we uncover the impact of CHD2 dosage on neurodevelopmental timing with implications for human evolution and disease!
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Day 50 cortical organoid stained for KI67 (red), MAP2 (magenta), Hoechst (cyan); image credit: Oliviero Leonardi
DIV 28 iNeuron. Homer1 in green and Synapsin1 in purple showing co-localization of post- and pre-synapses, respectively; image credit: Elly Lewerissa
New preprint π£! Excited to share the result of several years of work, led by @ellylewerissa.bsky.social & @olivieroleonardi.bsky.social, in collaboration with friends @naelnadifkasri-lab.bsky.social & Giuseppe Testa. On CHD2, a chromatin remodeller, its role in evolution & development [π§΅]
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Fascinated by the evolution of the brain | Senior Research Associate at EBaB lab (University of Bristol) | 2025 PI Fellow (Company of Biologists) | Section Speaker Neurobiology DZG | he/him
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π§¬π¦ͺπ¦π§½ Dealing/struggling with invertebrate evolutionary genomics
π he/him postodoc in @robertofeuda.bsky.social lab at Uni of Leicester (UK), former PhD student at Uni of Bologna (IT)
π¨π Also drawing & communicating science
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Postdoc in theoretical biology @mainzuniversity.bsky.social. Evolution & development, gene regulation, health & disease, symbiosis. And a fondness for the humanities
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π§¬Founded in 1948, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is the primary professional membership organization for #humangenetics specialists worldwide.
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Associate Professor of #statistics @cuanschutz @cudenver using #rstats, and #genomics. Advocate for #dataliteracy for all. My posts are my own and do not represent the views of the University.
postdoc @ http://debaerelab.com @ https://fungenlab-ugent.be | 3D genome, gene regulation, structural variation | retina, neurodev, space!
PI of the Functional Genomics lab (https://fungenlab-ugent.be/) at Ghent University.
Elucidating the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Special interest in the role of the non-coding genome during neurodevelopment.
Associate to the professor, UNC Chapel Hill Dept of Genetics and UNC Neuroscience Center, studying genetic effects on brains, steinlab.org
Research group leader @German Cancer Research Center, reconstructing human development and disease using cell fate engineering
Neuroscientist and cell biologist. Investigator of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZMBBI) in New York
Evo-Devo neurobiologist | Associate Prof. at Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu | Cerebellum Development: from Evolution to Disorder
Interested in gene regulation, epigenetics, neocortex development and evolution
Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science. RNA biologist, interested in what (long) RNA molecules do and how. Father of 4.
Postdoctoral researcher at Helmholtz Munich - Bonev Lab | Previously at IEO (Milan) and Sapienza University (Rome) | Interested in epigenomics and neurodevelopment
Hola! We are the CRG, a research institute exploring the frontiers of biology in Barcelona. Som un centre CERCA. www.crg.eu
The Barcelona Collaboratorium for Modelling & Predictive Biology is a joint initiative by @crg.eu & @embl.org, exploring biology's frontiers with computational and theoretical modeling to make systems predictable & controllable.
PhD Student in bioimage analysis with @florianjug.bsky.social at @humantechnopole.bsky.social + @tudresden.bsky.social | Prev: computer vision Hitachi R&D, Tokyo.
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Molecular biologist | group leader at Human Technopole (Milan, IT), interested in #braindevelopment, neurodevelopmental disorders and #braintumors
Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley, Innovative Genomics Institute founder, CRISPR co-inventor and Nobel laureate innovativegenomics.org/
Scientist-clinician
(https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/88423-harry-leitch)