Emily L. Casanova, PhD
@emlywill.bsky.social
Scientist, zebra, #ActuallyAutistic. I study #autism #genetics #evolution #NeanderthalDNA #EhlersDanlos -- Asst Prof/Basic Scientist @ St. Louis University. Tweets = mine.
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The age that autism is diagnosed may partly reflect underlying biological and developmental differences among individuals with autism, according to a study in Nature. go.nature.com/4gQ5gSV 🧬 🧪
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The age that autism is diagnosed may partly reflect underlying biological and developmental differences among individuals with autism, according to a study in Nature. go.nature.com/4gQ5gSV 🧬 🧪
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In 2016, Jane Goodall spoke at the International Primatological Society meetings. She closed her talk asking everyone to thank the primates we studied not with applause, but with their calls. And so a room full of Very Eminent Primatologists made delighted monkey noises to Jane Goodall. ⚱️🐒🧪🌍
October 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
In 2016, Jane Goodall spoke at the International Primatological Society meetings. She closed her talk asking everyone to thank the primates we studied not with applause, but with their calls. And so a room full of Very Eminent Primatologists made delighted monkey noises to Jane Goodall. ⚱️🐒🧪🌍
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Just out! My newest paper on "The Molecular Basis of Punctuated Equilibria." It was so awesome taking part in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the theory of #PunctuatedEquilibria. I got to meet so many awesome scientists in the field & it was such an honor to be a part of this. ❤️
bit.ly/4kmNOWO
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The molecular basis of punctuated equilibria: the roles of developmental genes in stasis and speciation | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
The molecular basis of punctuated equilibria: the roles of developmental genes in stasis and speciation
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May 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just out! My newest paper on "The Molecular Basis of Punctuated Equilibria." It was so awesome taking part in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the theory of #PunctuatedEquilibria. I got to meet so many awesome scientists in the field & it was such an honor to be a part of this. ❤️
bit.ly/4kmNOWO
bit.ly/4kmNOWO
For my scientists out there. 🥼🧪🧫
March 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For my scientists out there. 🥼🧪🧫
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NIH announces that it will move all grant reviews to Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and terminate about half of its review staff.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
www.nih.gov
March 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NIH announces that it will move all grant reviews to Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and terminate about half of its review staff.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
This comes as there is already a building backlog from cancelled review meetings and layoffs.
"We're already massively behind schedule," a review officer tells me.
“I still can’t forget those words” - The long-term affects on mental health for chronic illness patients misdiagnosed with psychogenic conditions - academic.oup.com/rheumatology... #autoimmune #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #MCAS #POTS #MECFS
“I still can’t forget those words”: mixed methods study of the persisting impact on patients reporting psychosomatic and psychiatric misdiagnoses
AbstractObjectives. This research aimed to improve understanding of persisting impacts of patient-reported psychosomatic and psychiatric misdiagnoses on pa
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March 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“I still can’t forget those words” - The long-term affects on mental health for chronic illness patients misdiagnosed with psychogenic conditions - academic.oup.com/rheumatology... #autoimmune #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #MCAS #POTS #MECFS
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Working on a story for @sfchronicle.com about the administration's impacts to science, including #NIH and #NSF funding. Hoping to chat with early-career scientists, especially grad students and postdocs, about how you've been affected. Thanks!
Signal: jacklee.55
Signal: jacklee.55
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Working on a story for @sfchronicle.com about the administration's impacts to science, including #NIH and #NSF funding. Hoping to chat with early-career scientists, especially grad students and postdocs, about how you've been affected. Thanks!
Signal: jacklee.55
Signal: jacklee.55
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“Instead of a careful handover, we’re being pushed off a cliff,” said Kate Rees, an epidemiologist with South Africa’s Anova Health Institute, which has also seen its funding terminated.
Story on the devastating cuts to the HIV/AIDS field by my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky
Story on the devastating cuts to the HIV/AIDS field by my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky
‘A bloodbath’: HIV field is reeling after billions in U.S. funding are axed
USAID’s promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions in peril
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“Instead of a careful handover, we’re being pushed off a cliff,” said Kate Rees, an epidemiologist with South Africa’s Anova Health Institute, which has also seen its funding terminated.
Story on the devastating cuts to the HIV/AIDS field by my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky
Story on the devastating cuts to the HIV/AIDS field by my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky
January 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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"The issue of biological determinism is not an abstract matter to be debated within academic cloisters. These ideas have important consequences. . . . The most immediate impact will be felt as male privilege girds its loins to battle a growing women’s movement."
—Stephen Jay Gould 🏺🧪
—Stephen Jay Gould 🏺🧪
How Stephen Jay Gould Fought the Science Culture Wars’ jacobin.com/2025/01/step...
How Stephen Jay Gould Fought the Science Culture Wars
In the 1970s, a crop of books purporting to provide a scientific basis for gender inequality met sharp criticism from figures like Stephen Jay Gould. Decades later, these debates have fallen out of pu...
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January 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"The issue of biological determinism is not an abstract matter to be debated within academic cloisters. These ideas have important consequences. . . . The most immediate impact will be felt as male privilege girds its loins to battle a growing women’s movement."
—Stephen Jay Gould 🏺🧪
—Stephen Jay Gould 🏺🧪
The relationship between #FragileXPremutation and #EhlersDanlosSyndrome - let me know what questions you have!
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youtu.be/PLDverwvoXw?...
The Relationship between Fragile X Premutation & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
YouTube video by Science Over a Cuppa
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January 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The relationship between #FragileXPremutation and #EhlersDanlosSyndrome - let me know what questions you have!
youtu.be/PLDverwvoXw?...
youtu.be/PLDverwvoXw?...
Will be fascinating to see if this pearls-on-a-string feature of axons is replicated in future! #brain #neuroscience #STEM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Membrane mechanics dictate axonal pearls-on-a-string morphology and function - Nature Neuroscience
Axons have always been assumed to be cylindrical. Using in silico modeling and cryopreservation of tissues, Griswold et al. demonstrate that unmyelinated axons of the mammalian central nervous system ...
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December 9, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Will be fascinating to see if this pearls-on-a-string feature of axons is replicated in future! #brain #neuroscience #STEM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌍 Who Are the Global Elite?
A @wiley.com study maps where the global elite go to university - Harvard leads, Anglo-American credentials dominate, but 'home bias' persists.
But what is the global elite & how does education shape power?
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#SciComm 🧪 🍎
A @wiley.com study maps where the global elite go to university - Harvard leads, Anglo-American credentials dominate, but 'home bias' persists.
But what is the global elite & how does education shape power?
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#SciComm 🧪 🍎
Where Did the Global Elite Go to School? Hierarchy, Harvard, Home and Hegemony
We examine the educational backgrounds of the global elite, using new data on a diversity of organizational leadership roles as well as the population of the super-rich across the world. Four trends ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
🌍 Who Are the Global Elite?
A @wiley.com study maps where the global elite go to university - Harvard leads, Anglo-American credentials dominate, but 'home bias' persists.
But what is the global elite & how does education shape power?
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#SciComm 🧪 🍎
A @wiley.com study maps where the global elite go to university - Harvard leads, Anglo-American credentials dominate, but 'home bias' persists.
But what is the global elite & how does education shape power?
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#SciComm 🧪 🍎
I wonder if folks with #autism have more challenges with “relational value” & judging how others value us… 🤔
🧠 How We Learn from Rejection
Social rejection hurts - but it teaches. A @pnas.org study finds the brain tracks two lessons: relational value (how others value us) & rewarding outcomes.
These insights guide us in building supportive relationships.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#SciComm 🧪
Social rejection hurts - but it teaches. A @pnas.org study finds the brain tracks two lessons: relational value (how others value us) & rewarding outcomes.
These insights guide us in building supportive relationships.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#SciComm 🧪
Neural responses to social rejection reflect dissociable learning about relational value and reward | PNAS
Social rejection hurts, but it can also be informative: Through experiences of acceptance
and rejection, people identify partners interested in con...
www.pnas.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:54 AM
I wonder if folks with #autism have more challenges with “relational value” & judging how others value us… 🤔
The following sentence illustrates why I will die on the hill that is the Oxford Comma:
"I dedicate this book to my parents, Elton John and Beyoncé."
Interpret accordingly.
"I dedicate this book to my parents, Elton John and Beyoncé."
Interpret accordingly.
December 4, 2024 at 11:43 PM
The following sentence illustrates why I will die on the hill that is the Oxford Comma:
"I dedicate this book to my parents, Elton John and Beyoncé."
Interpret accordingly.
"I dedicate this book to my parents, Elton John and Beyoncé."
Interpret accordingly.
An oldy but goody: Hypermobile #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #EDS is associated with rheumatic diseases, despite that the 2017 hEDS exclusion criteria state otherwise. Hmmm... www.nature.com/articles/sre... Science says hEDS often has rheumatism; the hEDS criteria explicitly state it can't. Confusion, argh!
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type is associated with rheumatic diseases - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type is associated with rheumatic diseases
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November 16, 2024 at 5:16 PM
An oldy but goody: Hypermobile #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #EDS is associated with rheumatic diseases, despite that the 2017 hEDS exclusion criteria state otherwise. Hmmm... www.nature.com/articles/sre... Science says hEDS often has rheumatism; the hEDS criteria explicitly state it can't. Confusion, argh!
All about #dysautonomia - What is it and who has it? youtu.be/xH66VpuOM6Q?...
All about dysautonomia! What is it and who has it???
YouTube video by Science Over a Cuppa
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November 15, 2024 at 7:58 PM
All about #dysautonomia - What is it and who has it? youtu.be/xH66VpuOM6Q?...
In case you missed my video on a Cambrian explosion of #autism genes or don’t use Tiktok, here it is on Youtube. Enjoy! ☺️ 🧬 youtu.be/SKN4VUdT4Ds?...
A Cambrian Explosion of autism genes!
YouTube video by Science Over a Cuppa
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November 14, 2024 at 4:44 AM
In case you missed my video on a Cambrian explosion of #autism genes or don’t use Tiktok, here it is on Youtube. Enjoy! ☺️ 🧬 youtu.be/SKN4VUdT4Ds?...
Didja ever wonder how brains evolved? 🧠 I explore nervous system #evolution from sponges up to fish! 🐠 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF7PEj8g/ #STEM #Science
How did brains evolve? What were the major stages in #brain #evolution? How does it relate to #autism? #Science #STEM #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #genetics #vertebrates #invertebrates #Cambrian #E...
TikTok video by Dr. Casanova, PhD
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November 4, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Didja ever wonder how brains evolved? 🧠 I explore nervous system #evolution from sponges up to fish! 🐠 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF7PEj8g/ #STEM #Science
Every… single… time.
October 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Every… single… time.
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@emlywill.bsky.social suggests some traits linked to autism in humans may trace back to Neanderthals! But that doesn’t mean they had autism more often than we do. Discover how these ancient genes shaped our evolution in amazing ways! youtu.be/pbtHsR_i81s #HumanEvolution #Autism #Neanderthals
Exploring Brain Evolution and Neanderthal Autism Relations | Interview with Dr. Emily Casanova
YouTube video by World of Paleoanthropology
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September 8, 2024 at 3:33 PM
@emlywill.bsky.social suggests some traits linked to autism in humans may trace back to Neanderthals! But that doesn’t mean they had autism more often than we do. Discover how these ancient genes shaped our evolution in amazing ways! youtu.be/pbtHsR_i81s #HumanEvolution #Autism #Neanderthals
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#Neanderthals and #autism an overview of a recent paper- #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNgEUYNu/ @emlywill.bsky.social
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August 8, 2024 at 4:47 PM
#Neanderthals and #autism an overview of a recent paper- #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNgEUYNu/ @emlywill.bsky.social
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The next installment in our #Neanderthal and #Autism series with Dr. Emily Casanova! youtu.be/QN_iRYTF9Ko Check out this summary of her recent paper! #Paleoanthropology @emlywill.bsky.social
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August 7, 2024 at 8:01 PM
The next installment in our #Neanderthal and #Autism series with Dr. Emily Casanova! youtu.be/QN_iRYTF9Ko Check out this summary of her recent paper! #Paleoanthropology @emlywill.bsky.social