aikmi.bsky.social
Group Leader @EMBL. We study the design principles of "early" animals using cnidarians.
👤 Joined on 03 December 2024
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@aikmi.bsky.socialAscidian morphological plasticity is undocumented. In open habitats, the ascidian Boltenia villosa stands erect with its stalk attached to the substratum at a narrow proximal tip. Under cobbles, its stalk is short, stout & applied to the substratum along a considerable portion of the animal's side.
Show PostNot every cell react the same way to caspase activation. In our recent study (led by @tomcumming.bsky.social and initiated by @avillars.bsky.social ), we tried to better understand what explains this difference and outlined a role of past caspase exposure 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Show PostLovely to see several pieces of our ctenophore work featured in this beautiful new story from @quantamagazine.org 🪼 Great piece by @mstarling.bsky.social, also featuring work by @stevehaddock.bsky.social, @arnausebe.bsky.social & @hejnol.bsky.social. www.quantamagazine.org/ctenophores-...
Show Post🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Choanoflagellates reorganize their global cytoskeletal architecture within seconds to explore confined microspaces. This is the main PhD work of the amazing @maitefreired.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A tread 🧵⬇️
Show PostFantastic news!!! My project ECHINODEV has been awarded an ERC starting grant 🥳🥳⭐ We will use several echinoderm species to study animal body plan evolution! Reach out if you are interested, we will be looking for PhD students and postdocs 😀
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