Rafath Chowdhury
rafathchowdhury.bsky.social
Rafath Chowdhury
@rafathchowdhury.bsky.social
Post-doc at Almudi lab. Interested in Evo-devo :)
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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I am very happy to announce that the Echinox Lab will open in the BIOM unit at @obs-banyuls.fr in January 2026!! 🥳

We will use several echinoderm species to study animal body plan evolution.
🔽 Check our brand new lab website if you want to learn more about our future research
www.echinox.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy to share my last paper from my PhD work with the Deeva team! We establish new tools in European amphioxus: fertilized egg microinjection, F0 CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis & show Ascl1/2.1 is required for epidermal sensory neurons formation in amphioxus.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Towards functional genetics in the European amphioxus: efficient CRISPR/Cas9 editing reveals Ascl1/2.1 requirement for peripheral nervous system development.
Amphioxus, or cephalochordates, have a key phylogenetic position among chordates and serve as pivotal invertebrate models for investigating the evolut…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Please RT!

We're looking for a postdoc to join an exciting joint project between our lab @upf.edu & @crg.eu (Barcelona) and the Sander lab @mdc-berlin.bsky.social (Berlin) investigating how alternative splicing and microexons influences the maturation of pancreatic islets.

Deadline: 30/09/25👇
www.upf.edu
July 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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We have a new website at #BIOM. It is still young, but after many years, we are now visible in the net!!!! biom.obs-banyuls.fr.
Presentation unité de recherche Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins (BIOM)
L’unité de recherche « Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins (BIOM) » a pour objectif d’étudier selon une approche évolutive les mécanismes de développement et d’adaptation des organismes. Cet ob...
biom.obs-banyuls.fr
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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If you like snowflakes, check our new preprint about axial patterning in brittle stars ⭐

We looked at the expression of anteroposterior patterning genes in Amphipholis squamata juveniles, and compared it with existing data from other classes

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@lowelab.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Job alert!

We are seeking a research technician and lab manager to join our lab and an ERC funded project. If you'd like to work with beautiful insects in beautiful Barcelona, don't hesitate and contact us:
www.mayflyecoevodevo.com/joinus
February 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Happy to share our Slow cooked work together with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social, @posnienlab.bsky.social , @nuneslab.bsky.social sky.social and Saad Arif and the collaboration of @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, Fernando Casares & @laurensr.bsky.social and many other friends
rdcu.be/d8whP
Heterochrony in orthodenticle expression is associated with ommatidial size variation between Drosophila species
rdcu.be
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Congratulations Naoyuki, Birthe and team 🧪👩‍🔬🪸🐳
January 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM