Katie Rickelton
@katierickelton.bsky.social
PhD Student at UMass Amherst in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Studying comparative genomics and evolutionary neuroscience 🧫🧠🧬
Studying comparative genomics and evolutionary neuroscience 🧫🧠🧬
Reposted by Katie Rickelton
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos
Study is the first to show an animal combining different calls to make new meanings
www.science.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Had a great time at #AABA2025 in Baltimore!
It was awesome to get to connect with so many colleagues! I also had the honor of presenting the second chapter of my dissertation, and am so thankful to the conference organizers for awarding me the Outstanding Student Presentation Prize! 🐒🧠
It was awesome to get to connect with so many colleagues! I also had the honor of presenting the second chapter of my dissertation, and am so thankful to the conference organizers for awarding me the Outstanding Student Presentation Prize! 🐒🧠
March 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Had a great time at #AABA2025 in Baltimore!
It was awesome to get to connect with so many colleagues! I also had the honor of presenting the second chapter of my dissertation, and am so thankful to the conference organizers for awarding me the Outstanding Student Presentation Prize! 🐒🧠
It was awesome to get to connect with so many colleagues! I also had the honor of presenting the second chapter of my dissertation, and am so thankful to the conference organizers for awarding me the Outstanding Student Presentation Prize! 🐒🧠
Reposted by Katie Rickelton
Brilliant new preprint by @ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian #cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian #cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development
Gene regulatory changes are considered major drivers of evolutionary innovations, including the cerebellum's expansion during human evolution, yet they remain largely unexplored. In this study, we com...
www.biorxiv.org
March 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Brilliant new preprint by @ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social
on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian #cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian #cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This session was so fun! It was awesome to get to present to such a great group today 🧠 #AABA2025
Beautiful, beautiful talk by @katierickelton.bsky.social on #cerebellar differential gene expression between #primates 😮🙌
Kudos to Katie and to her PI, a fellow #astrocyte enthusiast, @cbabbitt.bsky.social for such an exciting research!!
#AABA2025
Kudos to Katie and to her PI, a fellow #astrocyte enthusiast, @cbabbitt.bsky.social for such an exciting research!!
#AABA2025
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This session was so fun! It was awesome to get to present to such a great group today 🧠 #AABA2025
I’m excited to attend and present at my first AABA meeting! Thanks again @bioanth.org for this awesome opportunity - see everyone soon in Baltimore! #AABA2025
🥁 Congratulations to the 76 awardees of the 2025 William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award! The Pollitzer Student Travel Awards are designed to help students defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. bioanth.org/about/willia... #AABA2025
William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award - AABA
The Pollitzer Student Travel Awards are designed to help students defray the costs of attending the AABA meetings. The awards are named in honor of […]
bioanth.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m excited to attend and present at my first AABA meeting! Thanks again @bioanth.org for this awesome opportunity - see everyone soon in Baltimore! #AABA2025
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TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
More research updates! The second chapter of my dissertation is now available as a preprint - looking at the evolution of the primate cerebellum using transcriptomics.
For cerebellum fans: new preprint by @cbabbitt.bsky.social:
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Transcriptomic changes across subregions of the primate cerebellum support the evolution of uniquely human behaviors
Compared to other primates, humans display unique behaviors including language and complex tool use. These abilities are made possible in part by the cerebellum. This region of the hindbrain, comprisi...
www.biorxiv.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
More research updates! The second chapter of my dissertation is now available as a preprint - looking at the evolution of the primate cerebellum using transcriptomics.
My latest review article on #astrocyte #evolution has been published! In this article, @cbabbitt.bsky.social and I explore how these glial cells have evolved to support the unique demands of the human brain compared with other primates. 🧠 🧫
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
Exploring the Expanded Role of Astrocytes in Primate Brain Evolution via Changes in Gene Expression
Abstract. Background: Astrocytes are a subtype of glial cells, which are non-neuronal cells that do not produce action potentials. Rather, astrocytes are involved in various functions vital to a funct...
karger.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My latest review article on #astrocyte #evolution has been published! In this article, @cbabbitt.bsky.social and I explore how these glial cells have evolved to support the unique demands of the human brain compared with other primates. 🧠 🧫
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...
You can check it out here! karger.com/bbe/article-...