Viraj Doddihal | ವಿರಾಜ ದೊಡ್ಡಿಹಾಳ |
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Postdoc at Heisenberg group ISTA | @GSSIMR @Planaria1 alumn | IISER Pune alum
Joined May 2021
How does a small fragment of planarian regenerate an appropriately proportioned complete animal? As part of my PhD project I attempted to address this question with @Planaria1 @fg_mann , Eric Ross, & Sean McKinney @ScienceStowers @HHMINEWS Preprint: https://t.co/eY3QrSpBcP
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NEW STUDY: Snails with human-like eyes?! Published in @NatureComms, the @Planaria1 & Accorsi Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying #vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days. https://t.co/LDP9vmUmFH
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Apple snails can regrow their eyes & @PopSci is talking about it. #Research published in @NatureComms from the @planaria1 and Accorsi Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury. 📰 Read the feature:
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Even without this genetic superpower, human eyes and genes are very similar.
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We are thrilled to announce the release of Khyati Dalal's (@08Kats05) work, leveraging deep learning and experimental techniques to decipher regulatory mechanisms of Hippo signaling in mTSCs. Congratuations! https://t.co/qYR1QQ1CNE
cell.com
Dalal et al. show how AI can be used to systematically uncover the sequence rules that guide how signaling pathways interact with DNA inside cells. This work provides a new lens for discovering the...
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The Institute mourns the loss of R. Scott Hawley, PhD. A brilliant scientist, cherished colleague, & true mentor. Scott's contributions to our understanding of genetics & passion for training the next generation of scientists will forever be remembered.
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A Legacy of Scientific Excellence and Mentorship
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Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine. @SocDevBio @NIH @NSF
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A new methods paper from the @Planaria1 Lab published in @BMCBiology on a technique that helps preserve delicate tissues better – making it easier to study #regeneration in organisms like #planarian and #killifish. Read here:
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
Background Understanding how genes function to heal wounds and restore lost tissue is essential for studying regeneration. Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) is a powerful and widely used...
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The next Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be Friday, November 8 at 3 pm Eastern Time with Yu-Chieh David Chen @YCDavidChen @nyuniversity and Ceri Weber @ceri_weber @UCSanDiego. Register today and join us. https://t.co/ky3ctoYvqm
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I am very excited to share the first preprint from my postdoc with @UCSDCooperLab ! Read along to learn about tails and vertebral proportion 🧵
biorxiv.org
Despite the functional importance of the vertebral skeleton, little is known about how individual vertebrae elongate or achieve disproportionate lengths as in the giraffe neck. Rodent tails are an...
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Our September issue is now live with a fabulous cover image by artist and biologist @molecularmirror
https://t.co/lebCCP67Vc Check out their related Creations paper https://t.co/1ngL4Miyvs
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Davies lab @NCIResearchCtr celebrating our W's Many animals get worse at regenerating as they age, but we don’t often hear about the opposite: a GAIN of regenerative ability during development! We investigated just that in our new #preprint
https://t.co/VkG28HSBZD 🧵1/18
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Few studies have investigated whether or how regenerative abilities vary across developmental stages of animal life cycles. Determining mechanisms that promote or limit regeneration in certain life...
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23 pairs! The magic chromosome count that helps humans thrive. But what if all our DNA were arranged in just two chromosomes? In this study, we explore this question using budding yeast. 🧵 (1/6) https://t.co/vUSfClP01w
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Engineered yeast with fewer but longer chromosomes are used to explore spindle scaling. Kunchala et al. show that the mitotic spindle adapts by reducing microtubule number and spindle pole body size...
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It's #MicroscopyMonday, let's take a look under the 🔬! This is a Fruit Fly (Drosophila) egg chamber. Actin filaments in magenta and nucleus/DNA in grey. Taken during the 2021 Embryology Course on ZEISS microscope. Credit: Viraj Doddihal
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Last week, we celebrated AAPIHM 2024 with a vibrant and fabulous day @ScienceStowers! Sharing our culture with colleagues was a joy. Special shoutout to everyone who served delicious food and showcased their culture and our events team! #AAPIHM2024 #DEI #sharingculture
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Three spider-loving Kannadigas from Canada, Mexico and India bumped into each other in Uruguay one day. Isn't that how all good science stories start? 😉 Give this one a chance, won't you? https://t.co/oz4VzeeFEW
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in
Divya Uma and Dinesh Rao have been researching spider behaviour for over a decade. When Kiran Marathe told them about his dancing arachnids, they jumped at the chance to investigate.
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Meet Olivia Lynch, Associate Scientist, in this #RoadToResearch Q&A! "Once I realized the breadth of aquatic creatures I would have the opportunity to work with at the Institute, I was completely hooked." 🪸🐠 #coral #biology #zebrafish Read more: https://t.co/4ggYlJrbv0
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I am thrilled to present the published version of my graduate work. We followed a bunch of crazy looking animals and they turned out to be very informative! 😃 Thanks to @Planaria1, @fg_mann, and everyone at @ScienceStowers @StowersGrad
https://t.co/OkEibKL1ni
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Successful regeneration of missing tissues requires seamless integration of positional information along the body axes. Planarians, which regenerat...
How does a small fragment of planarian regenerate an appropriately proportioned complete animal? As part of my PhD project I attempted to address this question with @Planaria1 @fg_mann , Eric Ross, & Sean McKinney @ScienceStowers @HHMINEWS Preprint: https://t.co/eY3QrSpBcP
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Don't miss the next #SDBPostdocSeminar this Friday, April 12 at 3pm ET featuring Ekasit Sonpho @Ekasit_Sp from @ScienceStowers and Katharine Goodwin from @MRC_LMB. Register today. https://t.co/lhS9MTgF6q
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It's finally out!!! I'm so happy to share the results of my PhD at @StowersGrad obsessively thinking about the same question for almost 7 years now #phdlife
https://t.co/bPPUTk2JXD
biorxiv.org
Injury is a common occurrence in the life of organisms. Because the extent of damage cannot be predicted, injured organisms must determine how much tissue needs to be restored. It is known that...
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Positional information modulates transient regeneration-activated cell states during vertebrate appendage regeneration. https://t.co/jJT9yoZX9r
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