Corey Allard

My PhD paper on my beloved cycads and beetles on the cover of Science!!! Check out how we studied thermal infrared as a pollination signal, from molecular mechanisms to the wonders of behavior... science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New issue alert👉cell.com/cell/current On the cover: Allard et al. discover “solar-powered” sea slugs use specialized kleptosome organelles to store and maintain foreign chloroplasts for photosynthetic energy and eventual digestion for starvation resistance.

Corey Allard and Amy Lee discuss curious "solar-powered" animals that steal and maintain foreign chloroplasts for photosynthesis and starvation resistance. @DanaFarberNews, @harvardmed news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

‘Solar-powered’ sea slugs have specialized depots in their cells that store photosynthetic equipment looted from algae go.nature.com/4emIHnx

@CoreyAHAllard et al asks how “solar-powered” slugs maintain stolen chloroplasts from their diet for photosynthesis and starvation resistance. @CellPressNews, @MCB_Harvard, @harvardmed cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

How do organisms evolve new traits and behaviors? In @AnnualReviews, @wendyssae surveys major sensory receptor families to uncover evolutionary patterns of sensation driving diversification and speciation. annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Where do new organs come from? In paired studies, we explore walking fish with "legs" to learn about the evolution of new traits. @MBLScience, @CellPressNews, @CurrentBiology -cell.com/current-biolog… -cell.com/current-biolog…

It was a loonnnnnng time coming but our paper on path dependent evolution of visual systems is out in Science! @RebeccaMVarney @joie_cannon @Morris_Glr Dan Speiser Doug Eernisse. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Also, nice Perspective piece by @lauren_hsr ! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

How do vocal muscles protect against self-induced auditory masking? Check out what we found in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish!

Guide to octopus "taste by touch" chemotactile sensation. @CoreyAHAllard @wendyssae @CurrentBiology @MCB_Harvard - cell.com/current-biolog…

Where do new animal traits come from? We studied walking fish with “legs” to understand the evolution of novel organs and behavior. @CoreyAHAllard, Amy Herbert, David Kingsley, @MCB_Harvard, @StanfordMed, @HHMINews, @MBLScience - biorxiv.org/content/10.110… - biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

To Sting or Not to Sting: How Changes to an Ion Channel Shape Sea Anemone Stinging [Bellono Lab] @NBellono @Lilypetal87 @AgneseSeminara @CoreyAHAllard @keiko_weir mcb.harvard.edu/department/new…

How do jellyfish and anemones decide when to sting? Here, we ask "to sting or not to sting" @Lilypetal87 @CoreyAHAllard @wendyssae @stephalopod @AgneseSeminara @eLife @MCB_Harvard elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

Where do novel organs come from? A guide to exploring sea robins, walking fish with “legs.” Exciting collaborative studies to come... @CoreyAHAllard, Amy Herbert, David Kingsley - cell.com/current-biolog…

Happy and proud to see that the paper of my brilliant student in Colombia, Laura @seisilabas, is finally out!!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… We show phylogenetic tracking of butterfly herbivores for a group of ancient gymnosperms!!

Where do new senses come from? In paired studies, we explore the structural basis of sensory receptor evolution in octopus and squid. @CoreyAHallard @wendyssae @RyanHibbs10 @Nature - nature.com/articles/s4158… - nature.com/articles/s4158…

@MoseleyLab Seems like a missed opportunity to get shower heads installed on the sinks…

Did someone say BRAND NEW LAB SPACE?! Renovations complete...now we can put it to work!

Postdoc openings! Explore molecular adaptations underlying unique behaviors. Octopus, sharks, jellyfish, photosynthetic animals, walking fish, more. ~Whatever is cool :) Background in cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, structure, other molecular approaches. Email me.

We're hiring! Please check out the following TWO open positions: 1) Imaging Scientist 2) Post-doctoral Fellow For more information on both positions, see our website: hcbi.fas.harvard.edu/news/hcbi-hiri…

Excited to share grad student Joe Magliozzi's latest work, now posted on bioRxiv. A fun project that led us in unexpected directions: a PAK kinase regulates P bodies for cell polarity in normal and starved conditions. Enjoy! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…