I am currently an IRTA Postbaccalaureate Fellow at the NIH studying cutaneous wound healing in the Weinstein Lab. I received my B.S. in Biological Sciences with a Specialization in Developmental Biology from the University of Chicago. While at the university, I worked in the Kronforst Lab, where I completed a thesis characterizing the expression patterns of aristaless2 throughout embryonic and pupal stages of Heliconius species.
I am fascinated by developmental biology studies, particularly those that deal with regeneration and evo-devo. I am also interested in the establishment of new, untraditional model organisms and their use in comparative work.
A long non-coding RNA at the cortex locus controls adaptive colouration in butterflies
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The ivory lncRNA regulates seasonal color patterns in buckeye butterflies
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A micro-RNA drives a 100-million-year adaptive evolution of melanic patterns in butterflies and moths
Isabella Cisneros
Nanos2+ cells give rise to germline and somatic lineages in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Isabella Cisneros
The brittle star genome illuminates the genetic basis of animal appendage regeneration
Isabella Cisneros
Tardigrades dramatically upregulate DNA repair pathway genes in response to ionizing radiation
Isabella Cisneros
The genome of the colonial hydroid Hydractinia reveals their stem cells utilize a toolkit of evolutionarily shared genes with all animals
Isabella Cisneros