This past week, the Patel lab joined forces with the infamous Matthew Ronshaugen, Tom Pettini, Rachel Smith-Bolton, Sally Horne-Badovinac, and Lee Niswander for the arthropod embryology module at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Some new exciting experiments included single molecule (inexpensive) fluorescent in situ hybridization (smiFISH), butterfly wing live imaging, and development/antibody experiments with various crustaceans and other arthropods. Here are a few shots of the gang and projects!
Team arthropod!
Nipam introducing arthropod development to the students.
“Parhyale was a great model crustacean because nobody was taking care of them and they eat garbage” -Nipam introducing Hox genes and the evolution of body plans in animals #embryo2018 pic.twitter.com/khJLLCHDkm
— Aaron Pomerantz, PhD (@AaronPomerantz) July 10, 2018
Tom on the confocal – dang that’s some sweet DAPI!
Showing students how to perform experiments with butterfly pupae!
We had a special guest visit from Manu Prakash, co-inventor of the Foldscope (a low-cost, origami-based foldable microscope)
https://twitter.com/AnnekeKakebeen/status/1017529430674112512
Best part about the Foldscope – take it into the field and perform some microscopy on the go!
Scales of the structurally colored Papilio palinurus imaged on the Keyence microscope
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk8lhTentE0/?taken-by=mezarque
Today looks like a good day for a @nanopore sequencing run at @MBLScience! All week students have been collecting specimens from Woods Hole, so today we’re performing a “rapid biodiversity inventory” w long ribosomal DNA amplicons and portable lab equipment pic.twitter.com/dZUoOejjwS
— Aaron Pomerantz, PhD (@AaronPomerantz) July 14, 2018
Sunrise in Woods Hole
Thanks for all the fun science and experiments at MBL – see you next year!
