Shixiong Cheng
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Postdoc at Stowers Institute, Drosophila Neurodevelopment
Kansas City, MO
Joined April 2020
RT @ScienceStowers: 🧠Does a cell's "type" define its function?. Stowers Assistant Investigator @Ozel_MN explores this question in a recent….
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It was a great pleasure to attend to your lecture Claude Desplan at the Stowers Institute and talk to you! I get lots of inspiration!.
Thank you to Claude Desplan (@nyuniversity) for joining us for a fantastic #WednesdayLectureSeries hosted by @Ozel_MN Lab! @Planaria1 #Biology
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RT @ScienceStowers: How do you build a brain? Meet Investigator @Ozel_MN who studies how the #brain develops as an organ. His unique approa….
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Although it is a bit late, I am very happy to share with you that I am a Postdoctoral Associate since two months ago at the Ă–zel Lab @Ozel_MN. I am also very happy to have participated in the Drosophila Neurobiology Course #2024cshldros, where I met many wonderful people.
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RT @karlakaun: I’ve studied the neural and molecular mechanisms of behavior using #Drosophila for over 20 years, and over my sabbatical I p….
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RT @Ozel_MN: Very happy to be receiving the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship. On an unrelated note, our lab is always looking for motivated p….
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Tim is an amazing instructor #cshldros2024, and a wonderful friend. You can’t imagine how energetic he is every day.
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RT @drosophilosophy: we love our TAs here at #cshldros24 and they are truly indispensable. which is why we understand when sometimes, they….
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RT @roeland_merks: We are looking for a scientific coordinator at the @lorentzcenter. This temporary function is a great opportunity to get….
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It is extremely honored to be the winner.
Congratulations to Shixiong Cheng for winning the Netherlands Evolutionary Biology 2023 Prize for the work: A life-history allele of large effect shortens developmental time in a wild insect population published in Nature Ecology and Evolution!
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RT @NLSEB_evolution: Congratulations to Shixiong Cheng for winning the Netherlands Evolutionary Biology 2023 Prize for the work: A life-his….
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RT @BeetlePapers: A life-history allele of large effect shortens developmental time in a wild insect population
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Developmental time is a key life-history trait with large effects on Darwinian fitness. In many insects, developmental time is currently under strong selection to minimize ecological mismatches in...
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RT @KAPanfilio: Now out! Major study from Maurijn van den Zee: ecdysone-controlled developmental rate is linked to a specific 222-bp enhanc….
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RT @LeidenScienceEN: Mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development 🪲 And that's in order to adapt to climate change. Accordi….
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Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. The study has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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RT @elisamaranta: Delighted to share our paper in @NatureEcoEvo led by Shixiong Cheng, Chris Jacobs and Dr Maurijn van der Zee. I was able….
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Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors use a long-term evolve-and-resequence experiment in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum to identify the genetic basis for variation in development...
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development - Leiden University
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Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. The study has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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Super excited about our lastest findings published on @NatureEcoEvo. Discover how a life-history allele affects developmental time in a beetle, but trades off with the fecundity at Many thanks to our faculty @UniLeidenNews @LeidenScienceEN @LeidenBiology.
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