Dimitar Ivanov
dimitarnivanov.bsky.social
Dimitar Ivanov
@dimitarnivanov.bsky.social
Senior @ Minerva University | Research Assistant in the Pollen Lab @ UCSF | Incoming PhD student in the Song Lab @ Harvard HEB
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1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Thrilled to share our latest study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com led by the fantastically talented Jing Liu. Our study provides insight into a long standing question in biology: What molecular features make us uniquely human and how do these function? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A human-specific enhancer fine-tunes radial glia potency and corticogenesis - Nature
HARE5, a human accelerated region enhancer, modulates cortical development by influencing neural progenitor cell behaviour, leading to an enlarged neocortex with increased functional independence betw...
www.nature.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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So I guess Jurassic Park in real life would be billions in VC investment and years of press releases followed by a tank containing five deformed iguanas
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Fascinating new work by @janetsong.bsky.social and colleagues on species-specific neural gene regulation, using human-chimpanzee tetraploid cells 🧪🧬🧫🧠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM