Cindy Xu

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

🚨New article alert from the @KusumiLab! 🚨 Juvenile American #alligators regrow their tail up to 18% of their total body length but with limitations. Our study is the first to characterize the anatomy of regrown tails in an #archosaur - thread cont. https://t.co/REnKNv7JFm

[Jessica Whited @JessLaMae]

Super excited to share the work of two of my amazing students (Julia Losner and Kath Courtemanche), who synthesized this review article on systemic inputs to regeneration, which will hopefully spur more interest in this topic: https://t.co/rTkVmdkyjr

[Ken Poss @Ken_Poss_Lab]

Thrilled to announce a new society promoting science for tissue regeneration. See writeup with ⁦Elly Tanaka in Development and visit https://t.co/xAakwR984J. Virtual launch meeting in April - join, see great talks, students/postdocs submit abstracts! https://t.co/tceVdd9hyf

[Cell @CellCellPress]

Out now! Simple #genetic perturbation causes the formation of #limb-like bones in the pectoral fins of #zebrafish. These new bones integrate into #musculature, form joints, and articulate with neighboring elements https://t.co/5113RCAjzG 🐟💪

[Luciano Martelotto 🛠🧬💻🇦🇺 @LGMartelotto]

I like this is out...a lot! Hopefully this will protect some folks from themselves.

Guidelines for reporting single-cell RNA-seq experiments - PubMed https://t.co/VDwmfFDPlb

[ZelzerLab @ZelzerLab]

Excited to share our latest publication in @eLife , describing the cellular identity of the enthesis- the tissue which attaches tendon and bone https://t.co/fnJMPabxzM (1/4)

[Steph Tsai @xstephtsai]

Check out our latest review in @DevelopmentalDy! 😊

Bringing tendon biology to heel: Leveraging mechanisms of tendon development, healing, and regeneration to advance therapeutic strategies https://t.co/dQV68XNFJX

[Kenro Kusumi @kenrokusumi]

#lizards can #regenerate #tails but now we report young #alligators can regrow #tails up to 18% of body length in https://t.co/pSt48Z1LU0. Given published #Jurassic #crocodilian fossils with regrown #tails, one might ask if #dinosaurs could #regenerate? No reports found so far…

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Many thanks to my co-authors @kenrokusumi, Jeanne Wilson-Rawls, Rebecca Fisher, Alan Rawls, @JoannaPalade, Cameron Smith,@sgsamps1, Andrew Clark, and our collaborators Ruth Elsey and Russell Bourgeois! This work was in collaboration with the @LDWF.

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Interestingly, the regrown alligator tail lacked skeletal muscle and featured scar-like connective tissue populated with nerves and blood vessels. Tissue differences in regenerative capacity may be related to the alligator’s large body size and/ or developmental stage.

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

To summarize, regrown tails from juvenile American #alligators exhibit features of both #regeneration and wound #repair. As large amniotes, alligators serve as a valuable comparison point within vertebrates to understand the mechanisms that enable or limit regrowth.

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

The regrown alligator tail is supported by an unsegmented cartilage tube rather than bone. This is similar to tail #regeneration in other non-avian #reptiles such as lizards and the tuatara.

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

🚨New article alert from the @KusumiLab! 🚨 Juvenile American #alligators regrow their tail up to 18% of their total body length but with limitations. Our study is the first to characterize the anatomy of regrown tails in an #archosaur - thread cont. https://t.co/REnKNv7JFm

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Regrown tails are visibly identified by scale coloration, dense scale patterning, and lack of dorsal scutes.

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Our newest manuscript out now at @PLOSONE!

[Greer Dolby @gadolby]

Hot off the press! May not have strong sexual dimorphism—but strong gene expression differences: Immune and sex-biased gene expression in the threatened Mojave desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii ⁦@PLOS⁩ #reptiles #tortoise https://t.co/v1EWOg9orC

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Defend PhD dissertation ✅

[A. Sánchez Alvarado @Planaria1]

In need of an update on the regulation of genomic output and (Pluri)potency in Regeneration?

Take a look @BethMDuncan's review for @AnnualReviews

https://t.co/W3dG9VaZgy @ScienceStowers @universityofky

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

If you're looking for PhD opportunities, this is a project you won't want to miss out on!

[Greer Dolby @gadolby]

We’re looking for a PhD student to work on integration of geologic and genomic data and speciation as part of our new Baja GeoGenomics consortium https://t.co/YuvINKvv7y please RT!

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Happy to be back in Boston for #2019SDB and ready to talk all things #regeneration!

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Never underestimate the time it actually takes to format your references...even with a citation manager.

[Cindy Xu @xucindy]

Happy Friday to me, accepted into the Gordon Research Conference on tissue regeneration and repair!