Wrote a short piece on Transposable Elements as catalysts of evolutionary innovation for a forthcoming special issue of @naturerevgenet.bsky.social on, duh, Evolutionary Innovation!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New preprint from my PhD is out!
We show that loss of miR‑219 disrupts neural border gene programs and prevents neural crest specification.
Excited to finally share it 🚀
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#xenopus #miRNA #genomics
Looking for small pot of funding approx £5,000 to conduct some exciting genomics for a pilot transposons and climate resilience project in vulnerable species. If anyone knows of any pots available to UK-based researchers please let me know :)
#funding #research #academia #NERC #UKRI
Some polar bears in Svalbard are fatter than expected, and others in Greenland are showing signs of genetically adapting to climate change. Will it be enough to save them? 🧪 #arctic #climatechange
It was fascinating digging into this for @livescience.com
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
✨Reimagining #Women’s #Health at Norwich Science Festival!
Join us on 14 Feb, 10:30–12:00 The Forum, #Norwich for an inspiring conversation with clinicians & researchers
🎟️ Free, booking essential
#NorwichScienceFestival #UEAResearch
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🐻❄️ Some polar bears are adapting to climate change at a genetic level – and it could help them avoid extinction, according to research by @alicegodden.bsky.social, researcher at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, spotlighted in @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️
1/6 New preprint!
Do changes to insulin/IGF-1 signalling (IIS) that extend lifespan also protect the germline, or do they come with a mutational cost?
led by @eduxbury.bsky.social with @alicegodden.bsky.social @immler.bsky.social Johnny de Coriolis Hanne Carlsson
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Delighted to see our work picked up by @theguardian.com this is a real window of opportunity for us to reduce carbon emissions to give the bears a hope at survival before it really is too late.