Could regenerative biology work in humans?

June 29, 2021

MCZ Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Mansi Srivastava, is featured in the Harvard Magazine feature, Could Regenerative Biology Work in Humans? ...

Mansi Srivastava received the 2021 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award

January 21, 2021

Congratulations to Mansi Srivastava, MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, on receiving the 2021 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award from the Society for Developmental Biology for her work developing the acoel worm, Hofstenia miamia as a model to study whole-body regeneration and uncovering its gene regulatory network. Read more about Mansi Srivastava received the 2021 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award

Mansi Srivastava awarded a Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award

September 21, 2020

Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Mansi Srivastava, awarded a 2020 Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award for her project Comparing development and regeneration to uncover mechanisms for maintaining regenerative ability in adult animals.

"The Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award was created in...

Tomographic models of Leanchoilia illecbrosa juveniles from the Cambrian (Stage 3) Chengjiang biota of South China

MicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod fossil

June 26, 2020

A new paper in Current Biology shows the head morphology of the species Leanchoilia illecebrosa - a member of Megacheira, an extinct group of arthropods. This is the fifth in a series of publications that represent an ongoing collaboration between...

Mansi Srivastava appointed as an Editor-in-Chief of EvoDev

May 5, 2020

MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Mansi Srivastava is one of two Editors-in-Chief of EvoDevo, an Open Access journal focused on research that promotes understanding of the pattern and process of morphological evolution. Read more about Mansi Srivastava appointed as an Editor-in-Chief of EvoDev

Study uncovers genes that control process of whole-body regeneration

March 15, 2019

The Srivastava Lab, led by postdoc Andrew Gehrke, sequenced the genome of Hofstenia miamia in order to understand how the non-coding portion of the genome responds to whole-body regeneration. The study is published in... Read more about Study uncovers genes that control process of whole-body regeneration

Mansi Srivastava receives a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award

September 5, 2018

Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator Mansi Srivastava, recipient of the National Institutes of Health, Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators for her proposal, "Using a new regenerative model system to elucidate mechanisms for stem cell regulation."

The MIRA award is a unique funding opportunity that supports research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation...

Multiple origins of the orb-web in spiders

April 26, 2018

The New York Times featured research by MCZ Faculty-Curator Gonzalo Giribet, MCZ Associate Gustavo Hormiga and collaborators. Phylogenomics, Diversification Dynamics and Comparative Transcriptomics across the Spider Tree of Life was published in... Read more about Multiple origins of the orb-web in spiders

Tauana Cunha awarded a Faculty for the Future Fellowship

April 2, 2018

Congratulations to Tauana Cunha, graduate student in the Giribet Lab, who was awarded a Faculty for the Future Fellowship. Recipients are women in STEM fields who may become role models in the sciences upon returning... Read more about Tauana Cunha awarded a Faculty for the Future Fellowship

New species of arachnid found in ancient amber

February 5, 2018

MCZ Faculty-Curator Gonzalo Giribet co-authored one of two papers describing a new species of extinct arachnid. Notable for its long tail, similar to that of a scorpion, it closes a 170 million year gap in the fossil record. Read more in... Read more about New species of arachnid found in ancient amber

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