A big thank you to @ulrichtechnau.bsky.social, @reefgenomics.bsky.social and the entire organizing team for making the conference possible and to all the participants for the great science, lively discussions and welcoming atmosphere. I hope to be back again in two years.

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I had a great time last week at the Basal metazoan workshop in Tutzing (formerly Hydra meeting). It was a pleasure to present my ongoing PhD work on how neuropeptide signaling drives animal morphogenesis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

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We thought we were just studying mesoglea biogenesis…Turns out Nematostella has been hiding a sophisticated backup pressure valve! Work driven by the talented PhD student Soham Basu! @embl.org‬ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Synthesis pathway of placozoan monoamine receptor agonists compared to the acetylated versions of the compounds that activate human melatonin receptors

New insights into neurotransmitter evolution from a GPCR screen in Trichoplax, a neuron-less animal.

with Yanez-Guerra et al.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04....

Trichoplax has tryptamine, tyramine, and phenethylamine receptors […]

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