Satyam Srivastav

Stoked to share my first grad school paper on the evolution of piRNA clusters in D. melanogaster! We test predictions of two contrasting models of piRNA cluster evolution, report new insights and propose an integrated model of piRNA cluster evolution. 1/n doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…

Exciting news, fellow #Drosophila researchers! Ever wondered about the genome sequence of your lab strain or the balancers? Check out our Drosophila Laboratory Pangenome Database, featuring a growing collection of reference genome assemblies for popular D. melanogaster strains!

Thank you for another amazing CSHL meeting on Transposable Elements ⁦@CedricFeschotte⁩, Rob, and Orsolya! Amazing science, amazing venue, amazing people! #cshlTE24

Our one & only @kerogens101 knocks it out of the park at #cshlTE24 Satyam discovered an intriguing crosstalk between two TE control systems in zebrafish: piRNA ⚔️ ZFPs! #proudPI

Excited to head to @Cornell for a seminar hosted by lab alumna @annajwood2 (now senior grad student in @cohen_lab @iPaula01); will be discussing work by postdoc @ChingHoChang and lab manager Aida de la Cruz

I am grateful to have started 2024 as a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics @CornellMBG @CornellCAS @Cornell. We are interested in the fundamental question “How does a cell change its state with context?”🧬 cellhomology.space

Happy RNA Day!

Nature research paper: A eukaryotic-like ubiquitination system in bacterial antiviral defence go.nature.com/3SzNqc7

I am delighted to share our new paper just published at @NAR_Open, about #tRNA expression and modification in embryo development! @CenterCACB @MedUni_Wien doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

Genome defense requires innovation in specificity factors that recognize emerging selfish genes but does it require other types of innovations? We think so! Happy to share our preprint “Escalation of genome defense capacity enables control of an expanding meiotic driver” 🧵:

The Feschotte Lab turns 20!🎂❣️🍾 Extra special to reunite with alum and celebrate all who have gotten us there: mentors, mentees, colleagues, friends, and of course my loving family🥰 🫶

Reconstructing the #TreeOfLife is a central goal in biology. @jlsteenwyk & Nicole King discuss the use of #synteny for reconstructing the ToL and propose a roadmap for conducting rigorous & accurate synteny-based #phylogenomic analysis #PLOSBiology plos.io/3Vavczo

Selfish genes rock!!! Click on the link to find out why. Thanks to all my coauthors for being incredible mentors. ⁦@WiedenheftLab⁩ ⁦@HarmitMalik⁩ ⁦@janet_young_123⁩ ⁦@artemnemudryi⁩ ⁦@ANemudraia⁩ oup2-idp.sams-sigma.com/authorize?auth…

Faaaantastic talk by @SalehLabParis on the role of retrotransposon RT in promoting RNAi antiviral immunity in Drosophila and mosquitoes. Upon RNA virus infection, endogenous RT activity produces viral DNA that boost RNAi against virus. I ❤️ it! #icte2024

Exciting talk by @DeborahBourchis on novel transcriptional repressor complex acting on IAP retrotransposons in mouse. Beautiful work. The power of genetic screens! #icte2024

💥Our new preprint! Transposon ADDICTION in development! Gag proteins of endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development Study led heroically by @sylviaandbu & @JN_Wells This work has transformed my view of transposons, no less! 🧵1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Gag proteins encoded by endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

yeeii very happy - our new work is out: P-element invasions could get out of (host) control - special thanks to the reviewers, in retrospect the comments were super helpful pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38490738/

Excited to share some of my dissertation work! Our new paper unveils the dynamic landscape of H3K9me3 during zebrafish embryogenesis, shedding light on the intricate process of heterochromatin formation. #heterochromatin #zebrafish #genomics biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Somethin’ else: celebration time! 🥂Honored + grateful to receive this award from @CornellCALS today. THANKS to those who put forth and supported my nomination, to mentors and mentees, and to my family for making it all possible. This is dedicated to y’all 🥹🥰

@peiwei_chen @WeintraubAward @AlexeiAravin @Pselaphinae @BronnerMarianne @Angela_Stathop @evrlab that's awesome, Congrats Peiwei!!

elated and humbled to get the @WeintraubAward 😊 thanks to my super supportive advisor @AlexeiAravin my committee @Pselaphinae @BronnerMarianne @Angela_Stathop @evrlab and sooooo many other people who have helped me along the way!