Welcome HHMI Hannah Gray Postdoctoral Fellow Vicky Watson-Zink, an expert in the evolution of terrestriality! Learn more about her work on her website.
Chandra‘s and Suhrid‘s manuscript providing evidence that adhesion molecules act as a “molecular clutch” during cell-on-cell migration is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Rishabh‘s manuscript on the formation of new animal genes by fusion of horizontally transferred sequences is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Beatrice‘s manuscript proposing a mechanical mechanism driving the formation of square cells during Parhyale hawaiensis development is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Welcome new postdoc Sarah Frail, an expert in evolutionary genomics!
An analysis by Jonchee, Emily and Rishabh proposing new hypotheses on evolutionary transitions in the mechanisms specifying arthropod germ cells is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Emily‘s manuscript uncovering the biochemical basis for evolutionary change in oskar function between Drosophila species is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Welcome new graduate student Melvin Williams, a PhD student in the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology graduate program!
Cassandra was interviewed for a “Meet the Speaker QA&” by Daniel Ming-Kang Lee, a postdoc in the lab of Alex Meissner at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. Read the interview here!
Welcome new graduate student Daniella An Haber, a PhD candidate in the Molecules, Cells and Organisms graduate program!
Isobel‘s molecular method for telling male and female ticks apart, and its relevance to understanding and treating Lyme disease, is discussed by the Harvard Gazette! Read the article here.
Welcome to our summer intern students for 2025! Two high school students and six undergraduate students from various schools, college and universities across the US are joining us for research this summer. Visit their lab pages to learn more about Fatema Abdullah, Naol Adugna, Jovianna Allwood, Max Bennett, Maggie Newman, Moses Rakoff-O’Neill, Alex Xu and Sophia Zhou!
Congratulations to Faisal AlZaben for graduating with his Master’s thesis and moving on to his position as Scientist at Transfyr.bio!
Congratulations to Beatrice Steinert for defending her thesis and obtaining her PhD!
Isobel’s paper reporting a Duplex PCR assay to determine sex and mating status of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), vector of the Lyme disease pathogen, is now published in the Journal of Medical Entomology! Read the paper here.
Anastasia‘s manuscript on the molecular mechanism of Oskar in Drosophila germ plasm assembly is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the manuscript here.
Harsha‘s and Tarun‘s manuscript on the role of chinmo in fly ovary development is posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Anastasia‘s and John‘s paper on the role of the LOTUS domain in the molecular mechanism of Oskar-mediated germ plasm assembly is posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.
Congratulations to Emily Rivard for defending her thesis and obtaining her PhD!
