Associate Professor and the University of Bologna @robertofeuda.bsky.social
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We're hiring 4 postdocs at @unibo.it to study nervous system evolution. Seeking expertise in single-cell genomics, molecular or developmental biology in ctenophores, cnidarians, echinoderms, flies or human stem cells. 2+2 yrs contract. Please RT! bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proce…
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If you take a GLP-1 drug (Ozempic) late in life does it extend lifespan, slow aging, and improve physiologic function?
Yes, if you're a female mouse
New @Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Complexity is a measure of how messy information is. In the first days of a mouse embryo, DNA methylation complexity becomes substantially less messy. Could this relate to epigenetic restoration in adults?
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Pioneer transcription factors direct tissue-specific cohesin chromatin entry and three-dimensional genome organization nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
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Nature research paper: A global molecular code for birth order and neuronal identity in Drosophila
go.nature.com/3TgkQQ1
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5 papers all computational biologists should read 🧵
1. A Quick Guide to Organizing Computational Biology Projects
journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
Does anyone have experience with the Gilson PipetMax 268 or 278, or any liquid handling robot, for combinatorial barcoding sci-RNA-seq/SPLiT-seq style workflows? We are interested in buying one for library prep automation. Any feedback welcome!
➡️ Reply or DM me!
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1/9 Interesting new paper by Kasalo, Domazet-Lošo et al. on amino acid biosynthesis & animal origins.
Some of the most energetically expensive amino acids became "outsourced" during early animal evolution rather than synthesized internally.
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nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
We are recruiting 2 PhD students @ the University of Bologna to study neuron evolution in mosquitoes and non-bilaterian animals using single-cell genomics, and computational biology. Plus, Bologna is hard to beat scientifically and gastronomically. info: unibo.it/en/study/phd-profes…
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Interested in microRNAs, early animal evolution, and RNA biology? We’re recruiting a @BBSRC ‑funded Postdoctoral Research Associate @BristolUni.
Apply by 14 May 2026 👇
jobs.ac.uk/job/DRF997/resear…
Very nice and timely paper on phylogenomic model choice.
Strong evidence that mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned approaches, with CAT-GTR showing robust performance across conditions.
Highly relevant for difficult phylogenetic problems. academic.oup.com/mbe/advance…
Nel caso vi interessi: 90 minuti su occhi, origine ed evoluzione… e altre cose. Sì, solo 90 minuti
(it is in italian e grazie @abrainpod per l'invito )
lnkd.in/dMc3V2qP
Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a FIS-3 Advanced Grant (ERC-inspired) to study the evolution of neurogenic GRNs.
Recruiting soon: 4 postdocs + 3 PhDs
Press release in Italian — to decolonise scientific language 😄
magazine.unibo.it/it/articol…
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🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in @CellCellPress! The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology: mosquitoes taste with their legs (more than we thought), glial cells (not neurons!) dramatically rewire after blood meal & males/females are nearly identical at the cellular level—with intriguing exceptions. Read it here: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
A productive month for the lab — between new preprints and papers!
Monoaminergic neurons evo and devo biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Opsin evolution in plankton
academic.oup.com/gbe/article…
Mosquito Cell Atlas (small contrib.)
cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
We have a fully funded PhD to study mosquito vision — combining single-cell genomics, evolutionary genomics & high-resolution imaging.
Discover how these tiny hunters see the world.
RP, apply and contact me if interested! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
Interested in joining my lab to study the evolution and development of monoaminergic neurons?
You can now apply for the Giuseppe Levi Post-Doc Fellowship (2 years, Neurobiology, EU citizens).
Deadline: 10 Nov 2025 – 18:00
For more info selezionionline.lincei.it and email me!
Our latest: combining single-cell RNA-seq from 16 species and HCR validation, we show that monoaminergic neurons share a conserved transcriptional identity across Bilateria. In contrast, we find no evidence for this program in non-bilaterian metazoans. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Our latest: We optimized SPLiT-Seq for insect brains!
Check out our new protocol in Methods in Molecular Biology—tailored single-cell transcriptomics for insect neuroscience: link.springer.com/protocol/1…