Arnone Lab
Group established in 2000, studying Echinoderms to unravel the evolution of organs and body parts by comparison of gene regulatory networks. arnonelab.it
- Reposted by Arnone LabWe are excited to share that we are hosting a hands-on course on "Electron Microscopy of Marine Environmental Samples" 🔬🌊 📍Naples, Italy 🗓️ 8th-11th of April 2026 If you are interested, check the program below! Registration is open until the 12th of February. We look forward to seeing you there!
- New findings on genomic regulation mechanisms throughout evolution | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
- Reposted by Arnone LabEMHOC’s preliminary program is out. Check it out to stay updated!
- Reposted by Arnone LabOur work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8l
- Reposted by Arnone LabI am extremely proud and happy to announce that another paper from my PhD days has just been published in @natecoevo.nature.com on evolution of genome and gene regulation thanks to all the amazing people involved. Check the paper out at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Exciting news to start the new year! We’re thrilled to see this work finally out in @natecoevo.nature.com, the result of a major collaboration between my lab and the labs of Veronica Hinman and Nacho Maeso, began many years ago with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- In this work, we present Echinoderms as a paradigm to understand how genome organization shapes organismal body plans and their evolution.
- We here present two new genome assemblies for S. purpuratus and P. miniata, showing they are organized in TAD-like structures that, unlike vertebrates, are not built with CTCF. We also found deeply conserved cis-regulatory modules such as the one upstream of Tbx2/3, and we functionally evaluated it.
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- Reposted by Arnone LabDon’t forget to apply to this beautiful Electron Microscopy course at @szndohrn.bsky.social in Napoli, Italy by February 12th! 🌊 ☀️ Stay tuned for the preliminary program, in the meantime take a look here: www.szn.it/index.php/it...
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- I am deeply honored to share that my project NeurEvoFun has been awarded support from the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (FIS), the Advanced Grant by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, supporting fundamental research inspired by the ERC model. Excited for what’s ahead!
- These are the objectives we will pursue in NeurEvoFun (“Dissecting the neurosecretory brain-gut axis function and evolution: from regulome and cell identity to cellular crosstalk”).
- Beautiful course on electron microscopy coming soon in Naples, do not miss it!
- The "Electron Microscopy Hands-On Course" returns for its 2nd edition in April 8-11, 2026, at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Naples, Italy. Explore the course overview and start your application here: www.szn.it/index.php/it...
- What a nice way to end the year - last shift of 2025 on the EMBL beamline P14 on Petra III in Hamburg! With @mlrusciano.bsky.social we did x-ray imaging of sea urchin larvae and had the honor of using the synchrotron ourselves! Many thanks to Angelika Svetlove. @embl.org
- Reposted by Arnone LabIn preprints: cell type-specific gene regulation through the lens of echinoderms Periklis Paganos and @arnonelab.bsky.social discuss a recent #preprint by Jonas Maurice Brandenburg, David Aaron Garfield and colleagues doi.org/10.1242/dev....
- Our study, just published in #ScienceAdvances and funded by @hfspo.bsky.social, explores the post metamorphic cell composition of the sea urchin juvenile, revealing that its body is head-like. Long considered brainless creatures, they’re all brain instead! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- We report high expression of vertebrates’ brain and retina genes, and a vast array of photoreceptor cells. Among those, we detect cells that express a rare combination of opsins, perhaps an ideal candidate for non-ocular vision. 👀 #ScienceAdvancesResearch @szndohrn.bsky.social @science.org
- With @perievodevo.bsky.social, @danivoronov.bsky.social, @mlrusciano.bsky.social, @mariacocurullo.bsky.social, Filomena Caccavale, Giovanna Benvenuto.
- In collaboration with @mfnberlin.bsky.social, Jack Ullrich-Lüter, Jil Carl, Anne-C. Zakrzewski, Berit Zemann, Carsten Lüter, @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @croce-urchin.bsky.social, Tiphaine Sancerni, Maria Schauer, Oğuz Akar, @igflyon.bsky.social, @almazan.bsky.social. Thank you, all!
- Reposted by Arnone LabWe discuss new research on sea urchins, how echinoderms remain relevant experimental systems in the multiomics era, and the future of the cell type evolution and development field.
- Reposted by Arnone LabThrilled to share my newest perspective article with @arnonelab.bsky.social in @dev-journal.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
- We‘re thrilled to be involved in this great open science initiative; @mlrusciano.bsky.social really enjoyed testing this tool in sea urchins!
- Very proud to be a part of this!
- Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Arnone LabDo you want to unravel the function of fluorescent cells in marine organisms? Join the Annunziata lab @szn.it for a PhD project exploring embryonic origins, function and biotechnological potential of fluorescent cell type in sea cucumbers! To apply: www.szn.it/.../ph-d-pro...
- Do you want to understand how developmental programs are encoded in animal genomes? Join our lab at the @szndohrn.bsky.social for a PhD project to unravel the developmental dynamics in sea urchins during the metamorphosis from larva to juvenile. Deadline JUNE 14th! www.szn.it/index.php/it...
- In this project, you will combine single-cell transcriptomics, x-ray tomography, transgenesis and functional approaches. It will be co-supervised by Andreas Hejnol (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) @hejnol.bsky.social. Read more about the project: www.szn.it/images/OPEN/...
- Reposted by Arnone LabIt's only mid-April, but course season at the MBL is already underway! 🔬 Gene Regulatory Networks for Development started on April 6 and wraps up later this week 🧬 Congrats to this year's cohort! 👏 📲 Read more about the GRN course: bit.ly/3Wi6LQE
- Reposted by Arnone LabAnother terrific Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin & Other Marine Invertebrates is done! Thank you to all attendees for sharing your awesome science, the co-organizers for their hard work, our sponsors, and @mblscience.bsky.social for being such a great venue. Photo credit to Bob Morris 👏
- Reposted by Arnone LabAlso a blast from the past! Another preprint is now available from my first postdoc in the @arnonelab.bsky.social at @szndohrn.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Arnone LabExcited to share our latest work! @arnonelab.bsky.social , @John Kirwan, @Ina Arnone. We investigated the impact of light on the phenotypic response to food in sea urchin larvae. Check it out here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco.... @szndohrn.bsky.social, #SZN, #seaurchin, #ecoevodevo
- Happy to share this: Ricercatori della Stazione Dohrn pubblicano su Nature nuovo studio sul plancton. Il lavoro firmato da Angela Falciatore, Chris Bowler e Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà. Avevano cominciato a lavorare insieme 30 anni fa a Napoli... napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024...
- Amazing work from the group of my former colleague, for ever friend, Angela Falciatore and colleagues: the "pigment of imagination" rocks! Congratulations! 🎉🍾🥂
- Excited to share this work from our lab @IBPC and collaborators! Thanks to diatoms, some of the mysteries surrounding phytochrome photoreceptors in the oceans are beginning to be unraveled! Phytochrome remains the "pigment of imagination’ Congratulations to all the authors! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Reposted by Arnone LabDeep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.30.626178v1
- Thrilled to share this new work resulting from a great collaboration of my lab with the labs of Ignacio Maeso and Veronica Hinman, started with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta many years ago. Take a look! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Arnone LabAlright, I guess someone had to do this. Let me know if I forgot you (or anyone else), I can add accounts! go.bsky.app/DRMSebyat://did:plc:z7iuvitodjlnhfx7e4f5oeiq/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laltdhyfu32j
