Natasha Picciani, PhD
@npicciani
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Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellow with @caseywdunn, @yale_eeb, @YaleGenetics, @Yale | Carioca 🇧🇷 | Cnidarian Diversity and Evolution
Joined May 2017
Check out our new study on jellyfish photoreceptor cells, eye evolution, and what photoreceptor cells were doing before eyes originated! My first LaTeX attempt, I do like the style a lot.
A new preprint, led by @npicciani , just dropped! The regulation by light of cnidocytes (including 'stinging cells') evolved before eyes [1/3] Preprint: https://t.co/HNTwLiviyD
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Congratulations to Paula Miramón-Puértolas @miramon_paula, @eudald_pascual & @PRHSteinmetz for a new paper just out in @NatureComms 🤩 The team's beautiful work identifies a cell population giving rise to both germline and neurons in #Nematostella ⤵️ https://t.co/FCQ6fYAVOE
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Registration for Cnidofest is now open! See below for notes about discount opportunities.
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Cnidofest 2024 was a BLAST!
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The latest paper by @chipotlau et al in Biology Letters shows how ostracods, Renilla, and fireflies all use the same gene family (sulfotransferases) to modify chemically different bioluminescent substrates. Parallel evolution is fun!
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Genes from ancient families are sometimes involved in the convergent evolutionary origins of similar traits, even across vast phylogenetic distances. Sulfotransferases are an ancient family of...
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First chapter of my PhD thesis is out in the Dunn lab @caseywdunn. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!! @conchoecia @npicciani @beroe and others!!
Giants among Cnidaria: large nuclear genomes and rearranged mitochondrial genomes in siphonophores https://t.co/jNYhR65G4V
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Spread the word and mark your calendars! Cnidofest 2024 will happen August 14-17th at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA! We have kicked planning into high gear and we look forward to seeing everyone in 6 months!
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DM me if you have research proposal ideas for grad school in my lab International Marine Sciences #IMS @tohoku_univ Applications due in spring and interviews in May for October 2024 start.
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Super excited about our new paper entitled ‘Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution’ just out in @ScienceMagazine and featured on the cover!
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I’m excited to share submissions for the 2024 Gordon Research Seminar for Molecular & Cellular Fungal Biology are now open! This is a special seminar for graduate students and postdocs to present your research and network in a friendly and collaborative setting.
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The @BernhardtLab is recruiting at all levels for 2024! We have multiple funded grad student and postdoc opportunities available! Please spread the word 🌊🌡️🐟🌱 https://t.co/VBxh9gHm1Y
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Come join us! Applications due December 1st.
Applications are now open for our #PhD in #Biology program! If you are looking for mentorship, incredible labs, and a collaborative environment then explore our program further. Applications due December 1: https://t.co/TAH1iuXrp5
#GradStudent #GradSchool #GraduateSchool
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Job alert - please share! We are hiring a postdoc in Predictive Ecology in Climate and Plant Disease to work with us! Join a team w/ @BernhardtLab, @MariaGCorradini & Helen Booker at the @uofg Salary starts at $66,000 + benefits Apply here: https://t.co/xLg7fRr5mw
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We are hiring a postdoctoral fellow in Predictive Ecology in Climate and Plant Disease to work with us! The postdoc will join a team with @BernhardtLab @MariaGCorradini and Helen Booker @IntUGrativeBiol @FoodScienceDept @ArrellFoodInst @plantagguelph
https://t.co/Mm4BgcbC2J
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A homeobox gene plays a major role in the evolution (and loss) of the medusa life cycle stage in Cnidaria. Super excited to have this paper out - led by @KUEEBGSO @KU_EEB PhD student @MatthewTravert.
News on the evolution of development and life cycle of medusae involving Tlx (HOX11) homeobox: @Leclere_L @pcart @MatthewTravert from @UnivOfKansas
https://t.co/pUerQ3E9I0
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Happy to share our latest research on octopuses! 🐙 Our new chromosome-scale Octopus vulgaris genome just came out @biorxivpreprint ! 🧵 below 1/8 Link to the preprint is here: https://t.co/837QO5eA4s Picture credit @PonteGiov
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Job alert! We are still looking for a bioinformatician to build a comparative single-cell db: unified pipelines, data curation, and cross-species integration. Work in close collab with @RodericGuigo
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@emblebi 🗓️May 26 https://t.co/aWRcVH65fc
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I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the faculty at Duke University as an Assistant Professor of coastal and marine climate change! Look for the Wong Lab coming soon to @DukeMarineLab!
Juliet Wong will join our faculty as assistant professor of coastal and marine climate change, effective July 1. Wong’s research focuses on how impacts from climate change, such as ocean acidification and warming, affect marine invertebrates. https://t.co/IVG4y3n1zm
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Thrilled to see ctenophores on the cover of @ScienceMagazine🤩. Our latest work on the Syncytial Nerve Net in a ctenophore out now. Link: https://t.co/6OsFBbOunJ Work supported by @MSarsCentre, @UiB, @ERC_Research. #ctenophores #evolution #syncytium.
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I will talk at the CnidoZoom on this Wed.
Two days 'til CnidoZoom! 🥳🥳🥳 Join us this WEDNESDAY at 12 PM Eastern Time to hear talks from @HHorkan and @Koto_KonNanjo.
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Two days 'til CnidoZoom! 🥳🥳🥳 Join us this WEDNESDAY at 12 PM Eastern Time to hear talks from @HHorkan and @Koto_KonNanjo.
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