Dominica Cao
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Dominica Cao
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Body plans, (Dev) Bio, Battlestar Galactica. PhD student w/ Musser group studying cell type evolution in sponges (they/she)
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Our paper on single-cell learning is now published in
@currentbiology.bsky.social!
@wallaceucsf.bsky.social

sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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📣 New paper out! How do thousands of cells shape the emergent geometry of the avian embryo? We identify distinct, independently controllable mechanisms that contribute to embryo size and shape. @alex-plum.bsky.social @bensteventon.bsky.social @Guillermo Serrano Najera
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!
May 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Dominica Cao
In preprints: the ins and outs of Cnidaria germ layers

Lucas Leclère and Chiara Sinigaglia @chisinig.bsky.social (@cnidevo.bsky.social @biom-banyuls.bsky.social) discuss 3 recent #preprints about the mechanisms that govern germ layer formation in Nematostella vectensis:
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
March 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

Venice Evo Devo Summer School 2025:
Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems

Aug 27-22, 2025
Centro Cultural Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice

Register at:
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Deadline is March 31, 2025.

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Venice Summer School 2025: Emergence & Evolution of Multi-Level Regulatory Systems
Biological systems comprise multiple levels of organization , from molecules, organelles, and cells, to the multi-cellular structures that form whole tissues, organisms, and ultimately societies and …
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November 25, 2024 at 7:48 PM
After years… the Musser lab site is live! Signs of life confirmed! Hello world! 👋
We study how organisms evolved specialized cell types & orchestrate complex behav., working w/ sponges, sea anemone, and other early-branching animals. Find us in New Haven (or in your ponds & lakes) www.musserlab.org
Musser Lab | Yale University
The Musser Lab studies sponges, sea anemones, and other early-branching animal lineages that provide a unique window into early animal life and give insight into the general principles of animal cell ...
www.musserlab.org
November 22, 2024 at 3:05 AM