Aquatic models including but not limited to:
#Zebrafish #Gar #Killifish #Medaka #Stickleback #Xiphophorus #Lamprey #Xenopus #Cephalopod #Squid #Hydra #Nematostella #Tunicate #SeaUrchin #Planarian #Ctenophore #Ciona #Echinoderm #Aiptasia #Coral

Six3/6 acts downstream of canonical Wnt signaling to regulate the formation of anterior neural border-derived structures in ascidian embryos Highlighted Article: In ascidian embryos, canonical Wnt signaling limits the posterior extension of the most anterior structure, the palps, by activating Six3/6, which inhibits palps fate.

Latest publication from the #DEEVA team in @biom-banyuls.bsky.social and @obs-banyuls.fr and @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr in #WindyBanyuls
Congratulations to @agnesroure.bsky.social and @rafathchowdhury.bsky.social
#Ciona #ascidians

Always happy to see Ciona represented and popularized #ciona #ascidian #tunicates

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When your tank arrives, your electroporator order goes through, and the business office says you're good to place your first #ciona order:

Neuron-specific Agrin splicing by Nova RNA-binding proteins regulates conserved neuromuscular junction development in chordates Neuron-specific splicing of Agrin by Nova RNA-binding proteins is essential for neuromuscular synapse formation via acetylcholine receptor clustering. This study shows that this RNA splicing pathway i...

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

Our paper entitled: "Neuron-specific Agrin splicing by Nova RNA-binding proteins regulates conserved neuromuscular junction development in chordates" is out now on @plosbiology.org !

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#splicing #microexons #NMJ #Ciona

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Another tour-de-force paper led by Bluesky-free Alberto Stolfi, who pushed it through the finish line in his lab at Georgia Tech 🙌🏻🙏🏻 From transcription to alternative RNA splicing, AchR aggregation and neuromuscular junction formation #Ciona neurodevelopment at its best 🤩 @msarscentre.bsky.social

Conserved proteins link sensory input and metamorphosis in a marine chordate Anoctamins play a key role in sensory perception in mammals. A new article by the Chatzigeorgiou group reveals their dual role in perception and larval metamorphosis in the chordate Ciona.

📣 New article out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🤩 Zonglai Liang and colleagues from the @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social group reveal a dual role for Anoctamins in sensory perception & metamorphosis in #Ciona larvae 🧪 Take a peek behind the scenes ⤵️

Mechanics regulate the postembryonic developmental maturation and function of sensory neurons in a pre-vertebrate chordate Physical forces are emerging as important contributors to a wide diversity of biological processes across multiple scales and contexts. The development of the nervous system is infuenced by mechanical...

Congratulations to the Chatzigeorgiou lab @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social for a new preprint 🤩👏 @midlangandreas.bsky.social and team studied the mechanical forces at play during #Ciona postembryonic development, and found links to larval chemosensation and settlement behavior 🧪 Read the article ⤵️

Jonas Brandenburg presents a talk in a conference room. A slide is projected on the wall that reads "Warming oceans impact marine life", with a picture of a bleached coral and a temperature graph with increasing values.

Congratulations to Jonas Brandenburg from @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social lab for a great talk today at the #EESWildModels Symposium 🤩👏 Jonas presented his latest work on the impact of temperature on #Ciona development 🌡️ @events.embl.org @embo.org 📸 Joergen Benjaminsen

The cellular and behavioral blueprints of chordate rheotaxis. The oceans are filled with life-forms exhibiting complex adaptations to help navigate fluid environments and take advantage of fluid motion to locomote and disperse. However, the neuronal and behavior...

📣 New preprint from the @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social lab, led by @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social 👏🧪 Using a combination of behavioral and computational analyses, the authors show that #Ciona can process detailed information about water flow and perform rheotaxis 🧠 Read the full story ⤵️

New insights into sea squirt physiology allow for better inland cultures By conducting systematic observations of animals in the laboratory, researchers in the Christiaen group uncovered crucial information on the post-embryonic development of Ciona. Their results, includi...

A team of researchers from the group of @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social has established a new inland culture system for #Ciona 🌊🧪 Without the limitations of field collection, they are ready to tackle their next research goals 🙌
Out now in Open Biology @royalsociety.org ⤵️
🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsob.240340

Molecular neuroscientist here ✋. I use an emerging model organism that may pique your interest: the marine invertebrate #Ciona, a sea squirt; it is actually the closest living relative to us vertebrates. The tadpole larva is an amazing organism.

#DBfeature 🌊 #Ciona #SeaVase

Optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 approaches in the polymorphic tunicate Ciona intestinalis

by Alessandro Pennati, Ute Rothbächer et al
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