• A cellular and molecular analysis of SoxB-driven neurogenesis in a cnidarian 

      Chrysostomou, Eleni; Flici, Hakima; Gornik, Sebastian G.; Salinas-Saavedra, Miguel; Gahan, James Michael; McMahon, Emma T.; Thompson, Kerry; Hanley, Shirley; Kilcoyne, Michelle; Schnitzler, Christine E.; Gonzalez, Paul; Baxevanis, Andreas D.; Frank, Uri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Neurogenesis is the generation of neurons from stem cells, a process that is regulated by SoxB transcription factors (TFs) in many animals. Although the roles of these TFs are well understood in bilaterians, how their ...
    • Cnidofest 2022: hot topics in cnidarian research 

      Gahan, James Michael; Cartwright, Paulyn; Nicotra, Matthew L.; Schnitzler, Christine E.; Steinmetz, Patrick; Juliano, Celina E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-24)
      The second annual Cnidarian Model Systems Meeting, aka “Cnidofest”, took place in Davis, California from 7 to 10th of September, 2022. The meeting brought together scientists using cnidarians to study molecular and cellular ...
    • Expression of multiple Sox genes through embryonic development in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi is spatially restricted to zones of cell proliferation 

      Schnitzler, Christine E.; Simmons, David K.; Pang, Kevin; Martindale, Mark Q.; Baxevanis, Andreas D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-04-24)
      Background: The Sox genes, a family of transcription factors characterized by the presence of a high mobility group (HMG) box domain, are among the central groups of developmental regulators in the animal kingdom. They are ...
    • The genetic basis for PRC1 complex diversity emerged early in animal evolution 

      Gahan, James; Rentzsch, Fabian; Schnitzler, Christine E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Polycomb group proteins are essential regulators of developmental processes across animals. Despite their importance, studies on Polycomb are often restricted to classical model systems and, as such, little is known about ...
    • MicroRNAs and essential components of the microRNA processing machinery are not encoded in the genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi 

      Maxwell, Evan K.; Ryan, Joseph F.; Schnitzler, Christine E.; Browne, William E.; Baxevanis, Andreas D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12-20)
      Background: MicroRNAs play a vital role in the regulation of gene expression and have been identified in every animal with a sequenced genome examined thus far, except for the placozoan Trichoplax. The genomic repertoires ...