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Paul Knabl
@paulknabl.bsky.social
EvoDevo, BMP signaling and cnidarians;
PhD student @genikhovich.bsky.social group @univie.ac.at;
Writing-Up Fellow @Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg AT
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I recently got to illustrate the graphical abstract for this beautiful work on stem cells and regeneration in the #bristleworm by @alexwstockinger @leonieadelmann @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social
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Excited to dedicate our #FirstSkeet to our new #OpenAccess publication in Nature Communications revealing how #bristleworms make new #StemCells for #Regeneration of their body axis www.nature.com/articles/s41... ... (1/7)
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David’s @davidmoersdorf.bsky.social cool paper about the role of Chordin in BMP signaling in the sea anemone Nematostella is finally out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chordin-mediated BMP shuttling patterns the secondary body axis in a cnidarian
Chordin-mediated BMP shuttling is the candidate mechanism for generating bilateral symmetry in the cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor.
www.science.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The last part of @paulknabl.bsky.social 's PhD is now available at www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Paul showed that BMP signaling is active in the diffuse nervous system of the sea anemone Nematostella and the box jellyfish Tripedalia. Moreover, suppression of BMP signaling in Nematostella leads...
The anti-neural role of BMP signaling is a side effect of its global function in dorsoventral patterning
In Bilateria with centralized nervous systems (e.g. in vertebrates or arthropods), the minimum of the BMP signaling activity gradient defines the position of the central nervous system. BMP-dependent ...
www.biorxiv.org
June 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Reposted by Paul Knabl
Our atlas of BMP signaling activity in adult Nematostella is finally out! Fantastic, meticulous work and beautiful illustrations by @paulknabl.bsky.social
Thanks, @fwf-at.bsky.social for funding our work!
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A whole-body atlas of BMP signaling activity in an adult sea anemone - BMC Biology
Background BMP signaling is responsible for the second body axis patterning in Bilateria and in the bilaterally symmetric members of the bilaterian sister clade Cnidaria—corals and sea anemones. Howev...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Big parts of my PhD work is now out on bioRxiv!!
We look at how biophysical parameters shape the fractal lung during development and disease.

Go check it out:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I recently got to illustrate the graphical abstract for this beautiful work on stem cells and regeneration in the #bristleworm by @alexwstockinger @leonieadelmann @tessmarraiblelabs.bsky.social
Check it out!
Excited to dedicate our #FirstSkeet to our new #OpenAccess publication in Nature Communications revealing how #bristleworms make new #StemCells for #Regeneration of their body axis www.nature.com/articles/s41... ... (1/7)
January 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM