Welcome new graduate student Faisal AlZaben!

Welcome new graduate student Faisal AlZaben, a PhD candidate in the Molecules, Cells and Organisms graduate program!

Arpita and Ben’s manuscript on a novel role for oskar in long term memory in crickets is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.

Arpita and Ben‘s manuscript on a novel role for oskar in long term memory in crickets is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.

Welcome new postdoc Mandira Katuwal!

Welcome new postdoc Mandira Katuwal, an expert in entomology, plant pest control and genomics!

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!

Seth and Taro’s manuscript on nuclear movements in cricket embryos is now in press at Nature Communications!

Seth and Taro‘s manuscript on nuclear movements in cricket embryos is now in press at Nature Communications ! Read the article here, and check out media coverage by the New York Times, The Scientist, Harvard’s MCB Department and Faculty Opinions.