@zayaslab.bsky.social
I am a Professor of Biology at San Diego State University. I study how animals can regenerate the nervous system from stem cells using tiny flatworms called planarians.
We have posted the revised version of our preprint, which now also includes the reviews. Our work provides mechanistic insight into how the SoxB1 transcription factor regulates chromatin dynamics and transcriptional programs during adult neurogenesis in planarians.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Apply! It's a great experience and you get to meet very cool people. Let me know if you want to know more 🧪
02.12.2025 18:02 — 👍 29 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 1
Our study on the role of the Pou4 gene in planarian neural regeneration has been published. Congratulations to the trainees and team members who led this work!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I'll be giving a talk on the topic of regeneration at Sunday Assembly San Diego on November 16. Just wanted to share the details. I'm looking forward to the discussion! Consider joining us, either in person or virtually.
www.meetup.com/sunday-assem...
www.facebook.com/events/26440...
CREATE Scholars is now accepting applications for our 2026-2027 cohort!
Please check out createscholars.sdsu.edu to access our application portal and review our program's benefits and eligibility criteria:
Application deadline: January 16, 2026, at 5:00 pm PST
Please help distribute this announcement for the Ph.D. in Biology Program @stowersinstitute.bsky.social
29.10.2025 18:14 — 👍 10 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
Despite the mess, we are grateful to be funded, have exciting science happening, and have an opening for a postdoc!
If you are interested in sensory biology and esp in cilia, thermosensation, or interoception, and would like to join an interactive & supportive group - please email.
Please RT 🙏
Our postdoc ad is up on the SDB website! Come to Portland and study regenerative neurogenesis in planarians and zebrafish:
www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...
Overdue congratulations to Mallory Cathell, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation back in June!
Since then, she has been hard at work preparing a manuscript based on her thesis.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out our new lab preprint, which provides mechanistic insights into how the SoxB1 transcription factor influences chromatin dynamics and transcriptional programs during adult neurogenesis in planarians.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Bummer!
08.06.2025 20:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations! That's great news! Good luck, Christian.
06.06.2025 22:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Website and registration will open soon for the West Coast SDB meeting, Aug 14–17 at Cal-Poly SLO! Abstract deadline for talks is July 7. Final deadline for abstracts (posters) and registration is July 31. We will have prizes for best undergrad, grad, and post doc presentations! #wcsdb2025 1/4
29.05.2025 23:18 — 👍 26 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 3
Interested in planarian regeneration? Here is an oldie-but-goodie article featuring comments from pioneers in the field.
thenode.biologists.com/forgotten-cl...
Are you interested in learning about planarians? Check out this beautiful video!
www.linkedin.com/posts/nipam-...
A new preprint from the lab analyzing mechanisms underlying sensory neuron regeneration and function.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
