Evolutionary Neuroscientist@Sussex, UK
PhD Neuroscience@University of Sussex w/ Tom Baden
MSc Neuroscience@University of Tübingen w/ Thomas Euler
Interested in visual neuroscience, neural design, evolution.
George Kafetzis
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I’m happy to share that our paper about the Sepia officinalis genome is out in eLife!🧬 We compared the assemblies of two individuals that had a different predicted number of chromosomes, and found highly repetitive regions that likely prevented a complete assembly.
elifesciences.org/articles/107...
We received the sad news that my emeritus colleague Peter Detwiler passed away at his home in Prague last week.
nbio.uw.edu/people/entry...
Peter was an amazing scientist, builder, and artist, who was always very modest about his accomplishments. And he was very kind. A quick example...
How is the ON and OFF pathway split in the visual system? 🤔
The textbook standard, that bipolar cells are separated simply by the glutamate receptors they express, might be due for an update....a short 🧵
Delighted that a new online talk is up for viewz on Youtube: "Evolution of the Vertebrate Eye". Thanks to Marion Silies and Luisa Ramirez for hosting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrYJ....
It does not happen often that a Current Biology review is turned into a YouTube video, but when it is done like this here by Anton Petrov, it is something that should happen more often!👁️👁️👁️
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LP3...
Pleased to share our study on brachiopod genomes and bilaterian dorsal–ventral patterning, now out in Nature Communications.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We present the first chromosome-level genome of a brachiopod and show that the core patterning mechanism is deeply conserved across bilaterians.
Simone (she/her)
Excited to share that the main project from my PhD is now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social!
📄 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
@istaresearch.bsky.social
Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors.
Today in @natmethods.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
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New from the lab: BARseq3!
Barcodes + high efficiency spatial transcriptomics and translatomics in the same cells, or just a nice spatial transcriptomics assay. All in a modular, expandable system to enable truly multimodal measurements. Check it out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Thrilled to share new Evo-Devo work where we address the molecular, cellular & morphometric basis of an extreme axis segmentation program in the Japanese eel — an animal that forms 120 vertebrae.
Frog metamorphosis reveals how spinal circuits adapt to new motor demands. Vijatovic
et al. demonstrate that the shift from tail- to limb-based locomotion coincides with
expansion and diversification ...
A chromosome-level brachiopod genome reveals deep conservation of BMP-mediated dorsal–ventral patterning and neural inhibition, suggesting the spiralian ancestor retained the ancestral mechanism in bi...
