Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory

The Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory studies the incredible array of biodiversity and the adaptations, physiology, and behavior that make species unique

[Dr Erin Hahn (she/her) @erin_e_hahn]

Bringing formalin-preserved specimens back to life! 🧬🦎 Once thought to be DNA’s final resting place, these jars hold the secrets to past gene expression and adaptation.

Who said formalin was just a preservative? 🤔

https://t.co/Wk0c17R1pO

#Museomics #Epigenetics

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Weirwood tree
Krayt Dragon
Kraken
Sky bison
Night fury
Phoenix
Electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
Xenomorph XX121
Ohmu

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Undergrads in my #genomics class presented their new genome sequencing competition proposals today. All proposed using @PacBio and @oxfordnanopore tech. I was impressed by their creativity! They have virtual 💰 to distribute to 'fund' their favorite proposals. Species include:

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Great work @scales_genomics!!!

[Jessica Scales 🇺🇸🇮🇪 @scales_genomics]

Had a great time talking conservation genomics and listening to some amazing talks at @theAGA_org 2024!

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

First day of 35th grade (I counted), and 6th year at @UCFBiologyDept. Welcome back students!

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

@erin_e_hahn now you are starting to sound like an NSF program officer 😀... where I need to know the answer before I even propose a question for 💰

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Yes! I've ben waiting for this ever since @erin_e_hahn gave a seminar to our department on museum #epigenomics!

[Clare Holleley (@clareholleley.bsky.social) @HolleleyClare]

The Epigenetic Time Machine has officially launched! Out today in Nature Communications - our chromatin profiles from century-old FIXED specimens! https://t.co/SFD93Qoq73
A game-changer for museums! @erin_e_hahn @mralexandervir @c_frere @NicolaEKent

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

A great #WildlifeConservation #microbiome article by my unofficial MS Student @SA_Gaspar_ "What a waste: poop and plastic in the study of purple martin microbiomes https://t.co/S1XJSEv1p5

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

@WildlifeMcCoy @scitransmitter is very good if available!

[Tanya Lama, PhD 🦇🧬 @tanyalama]

Would love to host a #SmithFellow interested in genomics & Endangered Species Act implementation, perhaps with a special focus on bats. Reach out if interested :)

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Happy World Snake Day🐍🌎🥳!!! But make sure to appreciate these splendid creatures every day! #WorldSnakeDay

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Cool research ongoing by my PhD student Julianna!

[UCF Office of Research @ResearchUCF]

What are magnetic bacteria 🧲🦠 and what do they do? 🤔

@UCF biologist Bob Fitak recently compiled a database of these unique organisms and the animals they reside in to determine their function & if they may help host animals navigate!

https://t.co/L2Oo4cbDhh

[Jenna Noel Palmisano @PalmisanoNoel]

Check out the newest range map of Ro in Florida on the SLAM website. You can also find resources to learn more about Ro and report potential infections. https://t.co/3IxaGtv1UL. We have 2 additional northern counties not shown on this map, found just last week.

[Jenna Noel Palmisano @PalmisanoNoel]

A short article I was interviewed for last week. So cool to see my photographs in the news!! https://t.co/1EL9C9JfCD

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

@EpiDemos82 @soburali6 congrats!!!

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

congrats!!!

[Alex Erwin @LawandWildlife]

I’m truly honored to win the Megan A. Fairlie Professor of the Year Award @FIULaw . It is an absolute privilege working with our incredible students.

[Rebecca Varney @RebeccaMVarney]

So excited to have this out! Such a privilege to work with this amazing group of scientists; every single one of them was vital to making this happen! You never know what might be 'critical' in guiding evolution's paths!

[Sonke Johnsen @sonkelab]

I've been thinking about the transience of life, and you can't take it with you, so I'll be tweeting my own deep-sea photos about one-a-day for people to use however they want (just credit me). This is a sequence of the light emission of the shrimp Heterocarpus ensifer.

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Go see @kvargas_UA - I am sure it will be an excellent talk!

[Karla Vargas, PhD (she/her) 🇵🇪 @kvargas_UA]

I will be speaking at the AZ/NM Joint Annual Meeting of AFS/TWS on Genomic Applications in Wildlife Disease Monitoring #JAM2024 #AZTWS #NMTWS #AZAFS #NMAFS - via #Whova event app

[Fitak Integrative Genomics Laboratory @Fitaklab]

Where can you find magnetotactic bacteria? Check out our new database to find out. We mined >26 million datasets in NCBI and nearly 80 petabases of DNA to find out. We call it the "magneto-microbiome". #Bioinformatics #magnetoreception #microbiome
https://t.co/hlZa32i8tX