Cody Limber
@codylimber.bsky.social
Evolutionary Developmental Ornithologist, PhD candidate @Yale EEB interested in feather cell types, cell types evolution, and all things birds
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Cody Limber
@codylimber.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Genetic Characterization of the Cell Types in Developing Feathers, and the Evolution of Feather Complexity
We used single cell sequencing to investigate the cell types of developing chicken feathers. From these data, we are able to describe the transcriptional profile of feather cell types, look at their ....
doi.org
My feather cell type paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/ede.... We’ve packed a ton of stuff into this paper but I’ll go through some highlights in this thread!
I posed recently about my recent obsession with Hooke's Micrographia (1665) and the incredible feather drawings it has. I really wanted to see an original copy and luckily, Yale has two! So, earlier this week, I headed down to the Beinecke Library with @mylestogo.bsky.social to check it out
October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I posed recently about my recent obsession with Hooke's Micrographia (1665) and the incredible feather drawings it has. I really wanted to see an original copy and luckily, Yale has two! So, earlier this week, I headed down to the Beinecke Library with @mylestogo.bsky.social to check it out
I bumped into a very cool reference today! Micrographia by Robert Hooke was published in 1665 and is basically a bunch of descriptions of things seen while looking through a microscope
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I bumped into a very cool reference today! Micrographia by Robert Hooke was published in 1665 and is basically a bunch of descriptions of things seen while looking through a microscope
One of my favorite parts of writing is remembering that the perfect citation exists and even remembering what one of the figures looks like but not remembering any of the key words that make finding the paper possible
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One of my favorite parts of writing is remembering that the perfect citation exists and even remembering what one of the figures looks like but not remembering any of the key words that make finding the paper possible
My feather cell type paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/ede.... We’ve packed a ton of stuff into this paper but I’ll go through some highlights in this thread!
Genetic Characterization of the Cell Types in Developing Feathers, and the Evolution of Feather Complexity
We used single cell sequencing to investigate the cell types of developing chicken feathers. From these data, we are able to describe the transcriptional profile of feather cell types, look at their ....
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My feather cell type paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/ede.... We’ve packed a ton of stuff into this paper but I’ll go through some highlights in this thread!
Reposted by Cody Limber
🪶 Feathers are complex, each one an elegant structure crafted through millions of years of evolution. As habitats shrink and climates continue to warm, understanding the why and how of colorful bird feathers could help us better protect them into the future: go.nhm.org/feathers-work
August 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🪶 Feathers are complex, each one an elegant structure crafted through millions of years of evolution. As habitats shrink and climates continue to warm, understanding the why and how of colorful bird feathers could help us better protect them into the future: go.nhm.org/feathers-work
Reposted by Cody Limber
I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org
The Dunn Lab
Casey Dunn's laboratory in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.
dunnlab.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org