Debby Silver
Scientist, prof at Duke, mom, food, travel, ocean lover. Fascinated by how the brain develops and is modified in disease and evolution. RNA biology intersects neural development. Views my own not employer. sites.duke.edu/silverlab/
- Reposted by Debby SilverThere's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers - mentoring - leadership training - profile rising - networking journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
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- I am thrilled to share our latest story led by the incredibly talented Brooke D’Arcy and Camila Musso. We discover a rich world of local gene expression in radial glia, essential neural and glial precursors, and develop a new method for sub-cellular mRNA manipulation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Thanks @blibep.bsky.social for hosting me in Marseille and sharing your exciting science on cerebellar evolution!! Thanks as well to @alexbaffet.bsky.social and @sbaulac.bsky.social for hosting me in Paris!! What a treat to visit with and discuss fantastic science with all! #internationalscience!
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- Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
- Using genomically-edited human and chimpanzee organoids, and mouse models, we show the human enhancer boosts progenitor proliferation and neuron production. We further show that human HAR1984 is sufficient to induce cortical folding in an otherwise smooth (lissencephalic) brain!
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