Arthropod evo-devo biologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Cambrian fossils, arthropods, evolution, science outreach and occasionally birds.
Jerusalem, Israel
Joined April 2019
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New preprint just dropped. This is the first of my "sabbatical papers" - conceptual/synthetic papers trying to address broader questions of body-plan evolution. 1/5
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This paper is "disruptive" in a number of senses. It questions the validity of long/short-germ distinction, which has been at the center of segmentation research for years. It also forces a rethinking of the role of Hox genes in defining segment identities in arthropods. 4/5
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Here it is! This incredible result is the product of great work led by @AparnaLajmi with lots of contributions from the rest of the lab. Our best paper ever, by far. The discovery of the antiquity of the social chromosome opens the way for future studies in many other species.
New preprint alert! Have you ever wondered how complex traits have evolved repeatedly across the tree of life? May be we have some answers biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
#evolution #genomics #supergenes
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On the bus home after publishing the preprint of our best paper ever, by far. Have you ever wondered how complex traits have evolved repeatedly across the tree of life? May be we have some answers...
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I´m excited to announce that we have a venue and dates for the next International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM-6)! All invertebrate lovers, let's meet in 🇨🇱 next year from August 10th to 14th. 👇👇
I am also joining the mass migration to bluer skies. I will continue to lurk here, but mostly for local/current affairs. All of my science activity will move to the other place.
In all my various outreach activities I’ve found that one of the most difficult ideas to explain to the general public is the fact that there is no such thing as ancient species and modern species. Many professional biologists fall for that error.
New paper in @EvoDevo_BMC, led by @AMBLVit, on the early development of the German cockroach. Cool embryology and weird deviations from most of the well-studied insect models. Note teasers for an upcoming paper on the evolution of arthropod tagmosis.
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Excited to report the final version of our paper out today:
In @eLife: Regulatory genome annotation of 33 insect species doi.org/10.7554/eLife.96738.…
Kudos to all involved in this monumental effort that provides a preliminary regulatory annotation of 33 insect genomes. (1/3)
As my six-month sabbatical draws to its end, I want to summarize what I did and achieved in that period. (A summary of the past year in general will be in a separate post, if I can muster the emotional strength).
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I was free from teaching and admin, but I did not stop editorial and reviewing commitments. I felt that since I was writing papers, it was only fair that I should also review and handle papers. Some of these commitments took up much more of my time than I expected.
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