In this work, we present Echinoderms as a paradigm to understand how genome organization shapes organismal body plans and their evolution.

Exciting news to start the new year! We’re thrilled to see this work finally out in @natecoevo.nature.com, the result of a major collaboration between my lab and the labs of Veronica Hinman and Nacho Maeso, began many years ago with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

These are the objectives we will pursue in NeurEvoFun (“Dissecting the neurosecretory brain-gut axis function and evolution: from regulome and cell identity to cellular crosstalk”).

I am deeply honored to share that my project NeurEvoFun has been awarded support from the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS), the Advanced Grant by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, supporting fundamental research inspired by the ERC model. Excited for what’s ahead!

What a nice way to end the year - last shift of 2025 on the EMBL beamline P14 on Petra III in Hamburg! With @mlrusciano.bsky.social we did x-ray imaging of sea urchin larvae and had the honor of using the synchrotron ourselves! Many thanks to Angelika Svetlove. @embl.org

Do you want to understand how developmental programs are encoded in animal genomes? Join our lab at the @szndohrn.bsky.social for a PhD project to unravel the developmental dynamics in sea urchins during the metamorphosis from larva to juvenile.
Deadline JUNE 14th!
www.szn.it/index.php/it...

Happy to share this:
Ricercatori della Stazione Dohrn pubblicano su Nature nuovo studio sul plancton.
Il lavoro firmato da Angela Falciatore, Chris Bowler e Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà.
Avevano cominciato a lavorare insieme 30 anni fa a Napoli...
napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024...