Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics – Dahlem Colloquium Interview

Meet the Speaker: Q&A with Cassandra Extavour

Cassandra was interviewed by Daniel Ming-Kang Lee, a postdoc in the lab of Alex Meissner at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

ScienceCast Summary: Divergence of germ cell-less roles in germ line development across insect species

ScienceCast audio summary of our preprint on the changing roles of the germ cell-less gene in insects. Link.

A Multitalented Scientist Seeks the Origins of Multicellularity

Cassandra was interviewed by journalist Claudia Dreifus about her career and work for this piece published in Quanta Magazine.

NPR Short Wave: ‘Are you a model?’: Crickets are so hot right now

NPR Short Wave: ‘Are you a model?’: Crickets are so hot right now

Aaron Scott interviews Cassandra Extavour for the NPR Short Wave Podcast.

March 9, 2023.

Night Science – Cassandra Extavour and the Language of creativity

Night Science Podcast, with Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher. Cassandra Extavour and the Language of Creativity” October 10, 2022

How human hair helped us learn more about cricket embryos: Faculty Opinions Recommendation

How human hair helped us learn more about cricket embryos: Faculty Opinions Recommendation.

Stefano Di Talia. Faculty Opinions. 17 August, 2022. Article.

Seth Donoughe’s “embryo constriction device” wraps and squeezes a human hair around an insect embryo.

Extavour Lab’s Cricket Embryo Research Highlighted in New York Times

Extavour Lab’s Cricket Embryo Research Highlighted in New York Times.

Diana Crow. Harvard MCB Department News. 17 August, 2022. Article.

Micrographs of various portions of cricket embryos during development.

 

The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos

The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos.

Siobhan Roberts. The New York Times. 5 August, 2022. Article.

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How Wandering Nuclei Shape Developing Embryos

How Wandering Nuclei Shape Developing Embryos

Viviane Callier. The Scientist. 29 July, 2022. Article.

Click here to see a movie of our computer simulated model of the movement of nuclei in the early cricket embryo!

Dr. Cassandra Extavour – Biologist and musician featured at POC Squared.

Dr. Cassandra Extavour – Biologist and musician featured at POC Squared.

Marisol Imani Dothard. POC Squared. March 15, 2021