Alice Accorsi
@accorsi-alice.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Davis studying snail eyes
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Regrowing eyes? Yes. 🐌 A new feature in @the-node.bsky.social spotlights how former Stowers postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (now @ucdavis.bsky.social) and @planaria1.bsky.social uncovered the apple snail’s astonishing ability to #regenerate complex, camera-type eyes. 👀
👉Read here bit.ly/3VyAHY7
👉Read here bit.ly/3VyAHY7
In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration - the Node
Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a
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September 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Regrowing eyes? Yes. 🐌 A new feature in @the-node.bsky.social spotlights how former Stowers postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (now @ucdavis.bsky.social) and @planaria1.bsky.social uncovered the apple snail’s astonishing ability to #regenerate complex, camera-type eyes. 👀
👉Read here bit.ly/3VyAHY7
👉Read here bit.ly/3VyAHY7
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#Behindthepaper stories: @accorsi-alice.bsky.social & @planaria1.bsky.social share how curiosity & passion driven research revealed that apple snails can regenerate full camera type eyes.
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@ucdavis.bsky.social
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
#regeneration #applesnails #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social
@ucdavis.bsky.social
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
#regeneration #applesnails #devbio
In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration - the Node
Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a
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September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#Behindthepaper stories: @accorsi-alice.bsky.social & @planaria1.bsky.social share how curiosity & passion driven research revealed that apple snails can regenerate full camera type eyes.
@the-node.bsky.social
@ucdavis.bsky.social
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
#regeneration #applesnails #devbio
@the-node.bsky.social
@ucdavis.bsky.social
@stowersinstitute.bsky.social
#regeneration #applesnails #devbio
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Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)
August 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Excited to announce the opening of the @fitzsimmonslab.bsky.social at @michiganstateu.bsky.social dept. of biochemistry & molecular biology! (1/3)
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@accorsi-alice.bsky.social studies how freshwater apple snails regrow their eyes—with the goal of helping to restore vision in people with eye injuries. Her team developed methods for editing the snail’s genome, allowing them to explore the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind eye regeneration.
August 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
@accorsi-alice.bsky.social studies how freshwater apple snails regrow their eyes—with the goal of helping to restore vision in people with eye injuries. Her team developed methods for editing the snail’s genome, allowing them to explore the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind eye regeneration.
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Congratulations to @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting graduate student poster competition winners (left to right): 1st place- Justine Ramos (not pictured), 2nd place- Ashley Arancio (Farmer lab), honorable mentions- Julia Godinez (Rogers Lab) and Samantha Medina (Accorsi lab).
August 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Congratulations to @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting graduate student poster competition winners (left to right): 1st place- Justine Ramos (not pictured), 2nd place- Ashley Arancio (Farmer lab), honorable mentions- Julia Godinez (Rogers Lab) and Samantha Medina (Accorsi lab).
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Congratulations to the @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting postdoc poster winners (left to right): 1st place- Celja Uebel (Villeneuve lab), 2nd place- Kira Heikes (Munjal lab), honorable mention- Hailey Edward's (Yelon lab)!
August 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Congratulations to the @socdevbio.bsky.social 2025 West Coast Regional Meeting postdoc poster winners (left to right): 1st place- Celja Uebel (Villeneuve lab), 2nd place- Kira Heikes (Munjal lab), honorable mention- Hailey Edward's (Yelon lab)!
The Accorsi Lab is on its way to San Luis Obispo! 🐌
🎉 The SDB West Coast Regional Meeting is starting today! Excited to connect, share groundbreaking developmental biology research, and spark new collaborations. Let’s make this an inspiring event! 🚀🔬 #WCSDB2025 #DevBio
August 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Accorsi Lab is on its way to San Luis Obispo! 🐌
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Check out this awesome study from my phenomenally talented colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social ! Apple snails can regrow their eyes! How do they do this? 👀 Read below ⬇️ to find out more! #regeneration
Snails with human-like eyes?!
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
August 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Check out this awesome study from my phenomenally talented colleague @accorsi-alice.bsky.social ! Apple snails can regrow their eyes! How do they do this? 👀 Read below ⬇️ to find out more! #regeneration
Reposted by Alice Accorsi
A new feature in @iflscience.com explores how researchers in the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs uncovered the apple snail’s remarkable ability to regrow its eyes & what that could mean for human #medicine. Originally published in @natcomms.nature.com.
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
August 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A new feature in @iflscience.com explores how researchers in the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs uncovered the apple snail’s remarkable ability to regrow its eyes & what that could mean for human #medicine. Originally published in @natcomms.nature.com.
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId
Reposted by Alice Accorsi
Snails with human-like eyes?!
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Snails with human-like eyes?!
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq
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Apple snails can regrow their eyes & @popsci.com is talking about it.
#Research published in @natcomms.nature.com from the @planaria1.bsky.social and @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury.
📰 Read the feature: bit.ly/45kXdIn
#Research published in @natcomms.nature.com from the @planaria1.bsky.social and @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury.
📰 Read the feature: bit.ly/45kXdIn
Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs
Even without this genetic superpower, human eyes and genes are very similar.
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August 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Apple snails can regrow their eyes & @popsci.com is talking about it.
#Research published in @natcomms.nature.com from the @planaria1.bsky.social and @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury.
📰 Read the feature: bit.ly/45kXdIn
#Research published in @natcomms.nature.com from the @planaria1.bsky.social and @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury.
📰 Read the feature: bit.ly/45kXdIn
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🐌👀What do apple snails have to do with human vision?
Stowers scientists took a chance on a tiny creature, with big results. Learn how @planaria1.bsky.social & then postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social brought apple snails to the Institute. ⬇️ #ResearchSky #SciSky
Learn more: youtu.be/U-yQ7z1e6nA
Stowers scientists took a chance on a tiny creature, with big results. Learn how @planaria1.bsky.social & then postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social brought apple snails to the Institute. ⬇️ #ResearchSky #SciSky
Learn more: youtu.be/U-yQ7z1e6nA
How Apple Snail research began at the Stowers Institute: unlocking the secrets of eye regeneration
YouTube video by Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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August 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🐌👀What do apple snails have to do with human vision?
Stowers scientists took a chance on a tiny creature, with big results. Learn how @planaria1.bsky.social & then postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social brought apple snails to the Institute. ⬇️ #ResearchSky #SciSky
Learn more: youtu.be/U-yQ7z1e6nA
Stowers scientists took a chance on a tiny creature, with big results. Learn how @planaria1.bsky.social & then postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social brought apple snails to the Institute. ⬇️ #ResearchSky #SciSky
Learn more: youtu.be/U-yQ7z1e6nA
Reposted by Alice Accorsi
Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
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CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration
Nature Communications - Accorsi et al. show that the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata has eyes similar to humans and can fully regenerate them. They then developed genetic tools to establish these...
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August 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess
It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates
rdcu.be/ezw0t
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This #MicroscopyMonday is a developing Apple Snail embryo. On the left is the shell, the middle the body & the foot at the bottom. On the right the head with the eye (green circle) & the tentacle bud. (@planaria1.bsky.social lab) #ResearchSky #SciSky
July 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This #MicroscopyMonday is a developing Apple Snail embryo. On the left is the shell, the middle the body & the foot at the bottom. On the right the head with the eye (green circle) & the tentacle bud. (@planaria1.bsky.social lab) #ResearchSky #SciSky
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#wcsdb2025 Keynote speaker will be the fabulous Debbie Yelon (UCSD)!
Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)
2/4
Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)
2/4
May 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#wcsdb2025 Keynote speaker will be the fabulous Debbie Yelon (UCSD)!
Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)
2/4
Other confirmed speakers are:
Ahmad Nabhan (UCB)
Alice Accorsi @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (UCD)
Ben Vincent (UCLA)
Dae Seok Eom (UCI)
Emily Kolenbrander Ho @emkolen.bsky.social (Claremont McKenna)
2/4
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We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Leading Edge Fellows! 40 outstanding postdoctoral fellows doing pioneering research in a wide range of biological and biomedical disciplines.
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Learn more about these exceptional scientists:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows
Reposted by Alice Accorsi
I attended the @accorsi-alice.bsky.social seminar yesterday. She is so well-deserving this award www.transtechsociety.org/index.php?sr...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I attended the @accorsi-alice.bsky.social seminar yesterday. She is so well-deserving this award www.transtechsociety.org/index.php?sr...
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Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊
Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/
Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).
You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.
Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/
Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).
You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.
January 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Leading Edge is celebrating a milestone: 100 (actually 102!) new assistant professors!!! 🎉🥳🎊
Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/
Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).
You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.
Learn more about them:
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/fellows/
Applications are now open for the 2025 Leading Edge cohort! (Deadline Feb 3).
You do NOT need to be ready for the job market to apply.
The Accorsi Lab received the best Christmas gift ever: apple snails! 🐌 There are so many wonderful people @ucdavis.bsky.social and @stowersinstitute.bsky.social that we want to thank for making this possible. They love their new home! Stay tuned to learn more about eye regeneration in this system.
December 19, 2024 at 6:33 AM
The Accorsi Lab received the best Christmas gift ever: apple snails! 🐌 There are so many wonderful people @ucdavis.bsky.social and @stowersinstitute.bsky.social that we want to thank for making this possible. They love their new home! Stay tuned to learn more about eye regeneration in this system.
Reposted by Alice Accorsi
Registration for “ReBilD 2025” (Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development) is now open! Gain hands-on training with diverse regenerating animal models and attend daily lectures by leaders in the field. Please RT. mdibl.org/course/rebil... @mdibiolab.bsky.social
ReBilD: Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development 2025 – MDI Biological Laboratory
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December 2, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Registration for “ReBilD 2025” (Emerging Leaders in Regenerative Biology and Development) is now open! Gain hands-on training with diverse regenerating animal models and attend daily lectures by leaders in the field. Please RT. mdibl.org/course/rebil... @mdibiolab.bsky.social
Thank you! This was such a great visit and I loved hearing so much great science about sensory organs 👀👅👃👂🦷! Thank you for having me.
Amazing talk @accorsi-alice.bsky.social!! So excited to see what you will discover at UCDavis #cpod
November 14, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Thank you! This was such a great visit and I loved hearing so much great science about sensory organs 👀👅👃👂🦷! Thank you for having me.
Reposted by Alice Accorsi
Amazing talk @accorsi-alice.bsky.social!! So excited to see what you will discover at UCDavis #cpod
November 13, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Amazing talk @accorsi-alice.bsky.social!! So excited to see what you will discover at UCDavis #cpod
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The @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social app is live!
Deadline: Feb 3, 2025
leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
This is the best community I’ve been a part of - words truly can’t describe how special this program is!! I was in the 2020 cohort and it keeps evolving with our needs; you won’t regret it!!!
Deadline: Feb 3, 2025
leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
This is the best community I’ve been a part of - words truly can’t describe how special this program is!! I was in the 2020 cohort and it keeps evolving with our needs; you won’t regret it!!!
Coming Soon
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November 5, 2024 at 8:55 AM
The @leadingedgeprogram.bsky.social app is live!
Deadline: Feb 3, 2025
leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
This is the best community I’ve been a part of - words truly can’t describe how special this program is!! I was in the 2020 cohort and it keeps evolving with our needs; you won’t regret it!!!
Deadline: Feb 3, 2025
leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
This is the best community I’ve been a part of - words truly can’t describe how special this program is!! I was in the 2020 cohort and it keeps evolving with our needs; you won’t regret it!!!
The Accorsi Lab will open this Spring at UC Davis to study the development and regeneration of the Apple Snail visual system 🐌.
We are hiring a tech to join us in creating a collaborative and inclusive environment and exploring cool biology!
Apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06290
We are hiring a tech to join us in creating a collaborative and inclusive environment and exploring cool biology!
Apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06290
February 5, 2024 at 3:48 AM
The Accorsi Lab will open this Spring at UC Davis to study the development and regeneration of the Apple Snail visual system 🐌.
We are hiring a tech to join us in creating a collaborative and inclusive environment and exploring cool biology!
Apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06290
We are hiring a tech to join us in creating a collaborative and inclusive environment and exploring cool biology!
Apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06290