Roberto Feuda
@RobertoFeuda
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Associate Professor and the University of Bologna @robertofeuda.bsky.social
Leicester
Joined January 2012
A productive month for the lab — between new preprints and papers! Monoaminergic neurons evo and devo https://t.co/N1gPXTGB3D
https://t.co/sxakVt7zKA Opsin evolution in plankton https://t.co/vAKn2CwV1F Mosquito Cell Atlas (small contrib.) https://t.co/ciNJe1G8jp
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A comprehensive single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas of >367,000 nuclei from male and female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reveals sexual dimorphism in sensory systems and brain cell types and widespread co-exp...
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🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in @CellCellPress! The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology: mosquitoes taste with their legs (more than we thought), glial cells
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A comprehensive single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas of >367,000 nuclei from male and female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reveals sexual dimorphism in sensory systems and brain cell types and widespread co-exp...
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We have a fully funded PhD to study mosquito vision — combining single-cell genomics, evolutionary genomics & high-resolution imaging. Discover how these tiny hunters see the world. RP, apply and contact me if interested!
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Interested in joining my lab to study the evolution and development of monoaminergic neurons? You can now apply for the Giuseppe Levi Post-Doc Fellowship (2 years, Neurobiology, EU citizens). Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 – 18:00 For more info https://t.co/72ofdum091 and email me!
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Our latest: combining single-cell RNA-seq from 16 species and HCR validation, we show that monoaminergic neurons share a conserved transcriptional identity across Bilateria. In contrast, we find no evidence for this program in non-bilaterian metazoans.
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The evolutionary conservation of cell types over deep time has long been theorised but remains difficult to demonstrate. Monoaminergic neurons, which produce molecules such as serotonin and dopamine,...
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Our latest: We optimized SPLiT-Seq for insect brains! Check out our new protocol in Methods in Molecular Biology—tailored single-cell transcriptomics for insect neuroscience:
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Single-cell RNA-sequencing revolutionized our approach of transcriptomic studies, enabling to analyze gene expression across cell type in a tissue. Here we introduce an optimized cell dissociation...
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Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study now out in @GenomeBiology! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians. https://t.co/09ZAyDMnzC
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To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab, great package: core funding, fantastic PhD students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues https://t.co/suXvTWjVaP
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How do insects hear? In this preprint, we reveal a stunning 3D ultrastructure of the insect mechanosensory nerve ending. Then, through separate experiments, we show that axial stretch along its axis is the mechanism that activates the auditory neuron. https://t.co/UFtmi2adAR
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Insects’ sound and vibration detection including proprioception rely on the scolopidium—a mechanosensory unit enclosing the sensory cilium of chordotonal organ neurons. The cilium, enclosed by a...
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📢Glad to share our genome paper on an early-diverged cephalochordate species, Asymmetron lucayanum! By decoding & analyzing this genome in a comparative genomics framework, we know better now regarding the genome and gene evolution in cephalochordates. https://t.co/5DIxohkIV7
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Cephalochordates (amphioxus or lancelet) are considered as living proxies for ancestral chordates due to their key phylogenetic position and slow evolutionary rate. The genomes of living amphioxus...
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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
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Johnny Cash and John Denver perform "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in their only performance together (1978)
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It has been a while… but an updated, faster & more accurate version of OrthoFinder is now out! Scales to thousands of species on conventional compute resources with higher accuracy than ever before and the same data rich fully phylogenetic outputs 👉 https://t.co/VivnkqSyKs
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Here, we present a major advance of the OrthoFinder method. This extends OrthoFinder’s high accuracy comparative genomic framework to provide substantially enhanced scalability and accuracy. Specif...
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New publication from the lab! Smart-Plexer 2.0: Leveraging New Features of Amplification Curves to Enhance the Selection of Multiplex PCR Assays in Multi-Target Identification | Analytical Chemistry https://t.co/sY6CcHwkNz
#DataDrivenMultiplexing #Diagnostics #PCR
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Multiplex PCR plays a critical role in diagnostics by enabling the detection of multiple targets in a single reaction. However, its use is often limited by the need for multiple fluorescent channels,...
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Registration for Transcription and Chromatin UK is OPEN! Taking place 17-19 September 2025, this conference will showcase cutting-edge research and is a ‘mustattend’ for anyone within the transcription and epigenetics community. Register now: https://t.co/uZp0lxHY7a
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Please see this new publication by Arthur Godino, Marine Salery, and others now online in @Nature. We show opposite roles for D1 vs D2 dopamine receptor- expressing neurons in ventral hippocampus in controlling approach-avoidance behavior. @SinaiBrain
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Beautiful work on the evolution of GPCRs in choanoflagellates
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"If linkage groups are not supported statistically, they cannot reliably be used to identify shared derived chromosomal rearrangements, and hence phylogenetic hypotheses derived from them are suspect".
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Shared fusions between ancestral chromosomal linkage groups have previously been used to support phylogenetic groupings, notably sponges with cnidarians and bilaterians to the exclusion of ctenopho...
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Popular methods like UMAP & t-SNE are stochastic and distort data structure. Bonsai - a novel method - builds trees to relate high-dimensional objects, accounting for measurement noise. https://t.co/gSnjFOKqMP
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🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th @QMUL to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science! -Registration: https://t.co/kB28RkgGHb -More info: https://t.co/vhQDCVRBJ4 Supported by @AzentaSciences @Novogene_Europe
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