Yelena Bern, Ph.D
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Yelena Bern, Ph.D
@yelenab.bsky.social
Developmental biologist trying to learn the secrets of embryos. Lab website: https://yelenabern.owlstown.net/
The guests of honor have arrived! It feels like a functional lab now. Don't worry, they're getting plenty of light, it's my phone that's too dark 😁 #cionarobusta #newpi #lablife
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our latest on how cells get ready for fate transition! @noahbruderer.bsky.social @margauxfailla.bsky.social @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social

Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors | The EMBO Journal
imageimageDuring development, multipotent cardiopharyngeal progenitors express both cardiac and pharyngeal muscle transcriptional programs. This study in the tunicate Ciona shows that cell cycle-regul...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
When your tank arrives, your electroporator order goes through, and the business office says you're good to place your first #ciona order:
a cartoon character is smiling with the words oh yeah it 's all coming together below him
ALT: a cartoon character is smiling with the words oh yeah it 's all coming together below him
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October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fascinating talk today by @danielkronauer.bsky.social about a novel mechanism for odorant neuron fate acquisition in ants, thanks for visiting us here in @umassamherst.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Transcriptional interference gates monogenic odorant receptor expression in ants
Ant pheromone communication relies on an expanded odorant receptor repertoire, with many genes in large genomic tandem arrays. Glotzer et al. describe a novel mechanism, conserved across ants and othe...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
All the parts are here, now comes the assembly! #lablife #newpi #onestepatatime
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Bernadskaya Lab is officially open for business today in beautiful UMass-Amherst! We'll be looking for postdocs, grad students, and a full-time tech. If you love dev bio, morphogenesis, and microscopy this just might be the place for you!
September 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM