Francesca Pinton
@frapinton.bsky.social
PhD student - Hejnol's Lab - FSU Jena
First paper of my PhD published 🎉
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
It's about immunity in acoel worms and its link to photosymbiosis. There's evolution and immune gene expression, but also mortality, dysbiosis, and host responses upon pathogen exposure.
With @hejnol.bsky.social and @rimskaya.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
It's about immunity in acoel worms and its link to photosymbiosis. There's evolution and immune gene expression, but also mortality, dysbiosis, and host responses upon pathogen exposure.
With @hejnol.bsky.social and @rimskaya.bsky.social!
Absence of conserved immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels - BMC Biology
Background Host immunity plays an important role in coral symbiosis with dinoflagellates. Photosymbiosis (the association between hosts and photosynthetic endosymbionts) has evolved multiple times wit...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
First paper of my PhD published 🎉
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
It's about immunity in acoel worms and its link to photosymbiosis. There's evolution and immune gene expression, but also mortality, dysbiosis, and host responses upon pathogen exposure.
With @hejnol.bsky.social and @rimskaya.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
It's about immunity in acoel worms and its link to photosymbiosis. There's evolution and immune gene expression, but also mortality, dysbiosis, and host responses upon pathogen exposure.
With @hejnol.bsky.social and @rimskaya.bsky.social!