Özpolat Lab ran the Annelid module at the Embryology Course 2022. We had a great time with the students, and ended up experiencing one of the best worm hunts ever!
Photo by Jana Sipkova
We are in St. Louis!
Our lab has arrived in St. Louis, with Emma back in Woods Hole keeping our animals alive until they get sent. We are so excited to be here and can’t wait to welcome new students, and team members to the lab.
Welcome Sterling "Blake" Clint Tohdacheeney Martin
Blake has just joined the lab as a new postdoc. He brings his extensive experience in embryogenesis, imaging, and genome editing! Welcome Blake!
Our HCR Probe Maker Tool is Online
Here is a New Year Gift from Dr. Ryan W. Null. You can design your own HCR probes using this tool. Thank you Ryan!
HCR Probe Makerl.edu/
New publication: Segment number threshold determines juvenile onset of germline cluster expansion in Platynereis dumerilii
Labımızda doktora yapmayı düşünen öğrenciler için bilgiler
Merhaba bilimin pırıl pırıl yeni nesilleri,
Sizlerden zaman zaman benimle doktora öğrencisi olarak çalışma konusunda e-postalar alıyorum. Tekrar tekrar aynı şeyleri yazmamak adına buraya birkaç not düşmek istedim.
Şu anda çalıştığım yerde (Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole), PhD programımız yok ve bu yüzden öğrenci kabul edemiyorum. Fakat Nisan 2022'den itibaren yeni bir üniversiteye taşınıyoruz (Washington University in St Louis). https://goo.gl/maps/RguBCDVq6GrUUtzz8
Yeni üniversitenin PhD programı var (yaşasın!). Bununla birlikte ben direk olarak seçtiğim öğrencileri alamıyorum. Doktora programına sizin başvurmanız ve kabul edilmeniz gerekiyor. Bu sürece benim hiçbir etkim olamıyor. Programa kabul edildikten sonra her öğrenci rotasyon yapıyor: Programın dahilinde listedeki laboratuvarlardan 3 tanesini seçiyorsunuz (bu noktada benim labımı da seçmek veya seçmemek tamamen size bağlı). Seçtiğiniz bu 3 labda 3-4 ay süren rotasyonlardan sonra, hangisini isterseniz (tabi o lab da sizi isterse) orada doktora tezine başlıyorsunuz. Yani bir çeşit deneme süreci. Herkes için çok faydalı bir şey.
WashU’nun birkaç farklı doktora programı var, biz bu programlardan 2-3 tanesi ile çalışacağız (Nisan’dan sonra belli olacak). Şu sayfadan takip edebilirsiniz.
Hepinize başarılar
Bria is giving a talk at NeMOC-OSS
Bria is giving a talk as a part of NeMOC-OSS series about optimizing Hybridization Chain Reaction on Nov 1st at noon.
If you are interested in joining these online seminar series, see the info below:
From David Stern: Join the New Model Organism Occasional Seminar Series (NeMOC-OSS). Informal virtual talks on successes and struggles in building tools. Register here.
Welcome Ranny Passos Ribeiro
Rannyele (Ranny) has joined us as a post-doctoral researcher, and will be working on establishing single cell sequencing techniques to investigate germline cell regeneration in Platynereis. Ranny is a Brazilian scientist passionate about annelids and she received her PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, where she worked on regeneration in syllid annelids.
Welcome Ranny!
Welcome Jamie MacKinnon
Jamie MacKinnon joined the lab as a research assistant, and will be working on optimizing growth in Platynereis dumerilii cultures. Jamie has received her B.S. in Marine Biology from Roger Williams University.. Welcome Jamie!
(PS: Beets, bears, Battlestar Galactica)
Embryology Course 2021
Bria, Emma, and Duygu taught at the Embryology Course at the MBL this year. We thank all the students for their amazing work, great (and slightly crazy) ideas, and excitement around our lil worms!
Here are some pictures of the dapi and phalloidin stain on a worm we collected in Woods Hole by Mike and Marlen. (We called her Scary Lady, she is a Glyceridae species). Here are her pictures before fixing.
Bria is presenting a poster at the SDB Meeting
Bria will present a poster at the 80th SDB Meeting (virtual this year). Come check out her poster!
Program Abstract #390 and Remo Table #C11
Poster Session 3C
Session Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Presentation Time: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
Location: Remo Building C
Welcome Rebecca Bachtel
We are happy to welcome Rebecca Bachtel, who joined the lab this summer as a research assistant. Rebecca has a master’s degree and studied invasive snails and their trematode parasites, which affect different bird species that ingest the snails. Rebecca will work on establishing transgenic lines of Platynereis at our lab.
Duygu is giving a talk at the 1st ISRB Meeting
We have a new society for regeneration! International Society for Regenerative Biology.
The society will have its first meeting in April. Duygu will be giving a talk on germ cell regeneration in annelids.
Duygu's SciArt is featured on Art the Science
Art the Science is a website that features and supports SciArt. Duygu has been featured as a creator (of SciArt) this month. See her interview and artwork here.
Emma is giving a talk at NeMOC series
Emma is giving a talk as a part of the new exciting NeMOC series.
Electroporation as a post-embryonic delivery tool for uncovering mechanisms of regeneration in Platynereis dumerilii
From David Stern: Join the New Model Organism Occasional Seminar Series (NeMOC-OSS). Informal virtual talks on successes and struggles in building tools. Register here.
Cone snail tricks Platynereis - ocean drama!
We have a new publication in Science Advances, an amazing collaborative body of work lead by the teams of Eric Schmidt and Toto Olivera at University of Utah. We are thrilled to be a part of this cute (and dramatic!) story of aggressive mimicry in cone snails, and how they use pheromones to trick worms like Platynereis to eat them. All the worm experiments to test reproduction behavior by administering cone snail small molecules were carried out at our lab.
Link to the research article: Small-molecule mimicry hunting strategy in the imperial cone snail, Conus imperialis
And some fun popular science media coverage of this story:
Duygu Haftanın Bilim Kadınları'nın konuğu
Bilim Kadınları platformu Twitter’da bu hafta Duygu’ya yer veriyor. Eğer bu hesabı takip etmiyorsanız mutlaka takip etmenizi öneriyoruz.
We are hiring! (Post doc)
ÖZPOLAT LAB at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA is looking for a postdoc
We are looking for a post-doctoral researcher to work on our NIH-funded germline regeneration project in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii.
The project involves live-imaging germline formation and regeneration in the embryonic, larval and juvenile stages of the worms using advanced microscopy. MBL has excellent imaging resources including several light sheet systems, confocal and spinning disk microscope as a part of the new exciting imaging initiative. The post-doc will have the opportunity to interact and learn from our internal and external collaborators, and take advantage of MBL’s vibrant community during the summers.
The project also includes microinjections to establish transgenic lines for visualizing germ cells and combining the imaging results with single cell transcriptomics.
Some prior imaging experience (familiarity with one or more of the systems above) is preferable but not necessary. The successful candidate will get the necessary training in imaging. Familiarity with molecular cloning, RNA/DNA techniques is required. Experience with tissue transcriptomics or single cell RNAseq would be a plus.
We are a lab that supports diversity and inclusion! Candidates from minoritized backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
Please get in touch with the PI, B. Duygu Özpolat (dozpolat [at] mbl.edu), for informal inquiries.
Apply here
Welcome Anna Byczynski
We are happy to welcome a new lab member, Anna, who is joining as a Research Assistant. Anna will be working on establishing transgenic Platynereis lines to study germ cell development. Anna received her B.S. in Marine Biology from University of Rhode Island in 2020.
Art Lab hosts Duygu
On this week's podcast episode of #DivingDeeper, we're talking about science, nature, art...and worms with MBL scientist B. Duygu Özpolat . Headphone Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: http://linktr.ee/ShowMustGoShow
https://art-lab-presents-diving-deeper.simplecast.com/episodes/conversation-with-duygu-ozpolat
