Meeting report on “Animal Evolution: New Perspectives From Early Emerging Metazoans”, Tutzing, September 14-17, 2015
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This recent meeting covered non-bilaterian (e.g., cnidarians, ctenophores, and sponges) animals broadly, but with emphasis in four areas: 1) New genomic resources and tools for functional studies, 2) advances in developmental and regeneration studies, 3) the evolution and function of nervous systems, 4) symbiosis and the holobiome.
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Brain-wide imaging of Hydra vulgaris shows robust endogenous and sensory-driven dynamics.
“The initial results in the “brain-wide” imaging of Hydra vulgaris, which displays robust endogenous and sensory-drive dynamics [107], bodes well for the success of such an experimental program.”
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The first experiments using genetically encoded calcium indicators to monitor organism-wide neural activity are now underway.
“Indeed, the first experiments using genetically encoded calcium indicators to monitor organism-wide neural activity are now underway [107]”
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“…of interdisciplinary collaborations—to create an international dialogue that will facilitate comparative projects, standardized protocols, and shared infrastructures, ensuring that the basal metazoan community continues to drive fundamental discoveries with broad evolutionary significance [1, 2].”
- Authors
- Juliano, C. E., & Hobmayer, B.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Juliano, Celina E.
- Hobmayer, Bert
- Venue
- BioEssays
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-01-22
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 216-219
- ISSN
- 0265-9247 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-1878
- OpenAlex
- W2298686343
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 0.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BioEssays (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
- Keywords
- animal evolution, Cnidaria, ctenophores, sponges, genomic resources, functional genomics, developmental biology, regeneration, nervous system evolution, symbiosis, holobiont
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Chromosome Mapping, Cnidaria, Biological Evolution, Stem Cells, Symbiosis, Genome, Sequence Analysis, DNA
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