Panos Oikonomou
@eigenp.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ColumbiaBME 🥼🐣🛠🧬🔬
#embryo2022
#embryo2022
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1/ 🐣⚒️ To study mechanics, we need to apply prescribed forces - how can we do that in living tissues? I am @eigenp.bsky.social and in this thread I'll highlight our new approach for applying tension on epithelial tissues in vivo!
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
1/ 🐣⚒️ To study mechanics, we need to apply prescribed forces - how can we do that in living tissues? I am @eigenp.bsky.social and in this thread I'll highlight our new approach for applying tension on epithelial tissues in vivo!
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New preprint from my PhD in @amphispacelab.bsky.social is out! 🥳
We investigated the evolution of my favorite gene FoxQ2 across 21 animal phyla, and found three ancient paralogs with a very dynamic history.
More on phylogeny, synteny, and comparative in situs in the 🧵 below!
tinyurl.com/2j96px45
We investigated the evolution of my favorite gene FoxQ2 across 21 animal phyla, and found three ancient paralogs with a very dynamic history.
More on phylogeny, synteny, and comparative in situs in the 🧵 below!
tinyurl.com/2j96px45
Evolutionary dynamics of FoxQ2 transcription factors across metazoans: A tale of three ancient paralogs
FoxQ2 is a highly conserved class of Forkhead-box transcription factors expressed on the anterior side of the body in cnidarians and bilaterians. Despite this conserved expression pattern, recent phyl...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New preprint from my PhD in @amphispacelab.bsky.social is out! 🥳
We investigated the evolution of my favorite gene FoxQ2 across 21 animal phyla, and found three ancient paralogs with a very dynamic history.
More on phylogeny, synteny, and comparative in situs in the 🧵 below!
tinyurl.com/2j96px45
We investigated the evolution of my favorite gene FoxQ2 across 21 animal phyla, and found three ancient paralogs with a very dynamic history.
More on phylogeny, synteny, and comparative in situs in the 🧵 below!
tinyurl.com/2j96px45
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#MicroscopyMonday 🔬 MBL Research Scientist @ryliewalsh.bsky.social imaged this chick embryo, labeled with DAPI (a DNA stain) and fibronectin (a glycoprotein), on the MBL's stage-scanning line confocal microscope.
Specimen courtesy Panos Oikonomou, Columbia Univ.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUo...
Specimen courtesy Panos Oikonomou, Columbia Univ.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUo...
Cleared chick embryo labeled with DAPI and fibronectin
YouTube video by Marine Biological Laboratory
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March 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#MicroscopyMonday 🔬 MBL Research Scientist @ryliewalsh.bsky.social imaged this chick embryo, labeled with DAPI (a DNA stain) and fibronectin (a glycoprotein), on the MBL's stage-scanning line confocal microscope.
Specimen courtesy Panos Oikonomou, Columbia Univ.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUo...
Specimen courtesy Panos Oikonomou, Columbia Univ.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUo...
Reposted by Panos Oikonomou
For my first post on 🦋, I am incredibly excited to share that my PhD paper has been published in #ScienceAdvances!
We compared the development of the anterior neuroectoderm to uncover how the chordate #forebrain evolved 🧠. Have a look at the summary 🧵 below!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We compared the development of the anterior neuroectoderm to uncover how the chordate #forebrain evolved 🧠. Have a look at the summary 🧵 below!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An ancient apical patterning system sets the position of the forebrain in chordates
A conserved Wnt-regulated molecular signature sets forebrain position and identity in chordates.
www.science.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For my first post on 🦋, I am incredibly excited to share that my PhD paper has been published in #ScienceAdvances!
We compared the development of the anterior neuroectoderm to uncover how the chordate #forebrain evolved 🧠. Have a look at the summary 🧵 below!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We compared the development of the anterior neuroectoderm to uncover how the chordate #forebrain evolved 🧠. Have a look at the summary 🧵 below!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...