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
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Nanos2+ cells give rise to germline and somatic lineages in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis
Isabella Cisneros
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The brittle star genome illuminates the genetic basis of animal appendage regeneration
Isabella Cisneros
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Tardigrades dramatically upregulate DNA repair pathway genes in response to ionizing radiation
Isabella Cisneros
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The genome of the colonial hydroid Hydractinia reveals their stem cells utilize a toolkit of evolutionarily shared genes with all animals
Isabella Cisneros
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