Jake Warner

Our first paper on the temperate coral Astrangia poculata is out! Read more about this most excellent model system below. Exciting collaboration with @BabonisLeslie, @SharpKoty ! evodevojournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

@erin_papke @EnergyElegans

If you ever need to know how to obtain excellent micrographs of coral tissue using transmission electron microscopy, look no further! Here is the solution for you: …rentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

It's that time again! #coralspawn

Short video of a very gravid Northern Star coral (Astrangia poculata) colony spawning in the lab. Look at that thing go!

Astrangia spawning season is in full swing!

@Venky_MVN Great work! Some exceptions though: Astrangia pocuata has an apical tuft: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Did you know that some cnidarian larvae such as sea anemones have a long ciliary tuft in their apical domain, while others like stony corals and medusozoans do not have this feature? Our preprint uncoveres the origins of the apical ciliary tuft in Cnidaria biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Next generation coral growout!

This was a huge effort by all involved including @SharpKoty , @r_besemer30 , @ErinBorbee @IssyChangsut , @BabonisLeslie , @SchickleAlicia

Excited to share our latest preprint on the stony coral Astrangia poculata! We present a suite of tools to manipulate gene function including gene knock-in positioning Astrangia as a powerful model for coral development and evolution. More here 👇: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@DrSeaBove Spawn them! Students can observe fertilization envelopes and if you set up a cross beforehand they can look at cleavage stages. DM if you need an urchin source.

Successful 2023 coral spawning season in the books!

It's that time of year again! Waiting for corals to spawn. These colonies are going on their 4th season of captive reproduction.

The #BabonisLab is hiring a postdoc to study the evolution of novelty. Come work with us on cool questions in cool critters (like this octocoral!) For more info: babonislab.com To apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24483

Please RT! My lab is recruiting a PhD student for an NSF funded project to examine the gene network wiring of Antarctic sea urchins. We hope to hear from you by Dec 1st. For more information please reach out via email

Here's a month old settled coral polyp to start your week. Look at those cute little tentacles!

@CnidoRaph @cnidofest @momedinamunoz @coraldoctors @coralonthemind @Coralassist_Lab @PolypProtectors @CoralReefFuture @VibrioSoup

Keeping an eye on cell cleavage in #Astrangia embryos @rwusciences Love working with these developmental biologists! @BabonisLeslie @ScientistJake and Ryan Besemer!

What a a pleasure to have participated in the symposium on developmental biology, evolution and climate change sharing a final great discussion with #BlancheCapel and Jacob Warner @ScientistJake. Thanks @Ohnolog, @theodosn and #Graciela for organizing it #EvoDev2022 #2022SDB

Should be a great session : Blanche Capel, Jacob Warner @ScientistJake, and Cristian Canestro @evodevogenomeUB are all speaking #EvoDevo2022 #2022SDB

Undergraduate Biology/Digital Arts student researcher Laura Sheppard showing off her awesome 3D printed sea urchin embryo models! She modeled those by hand!!