Liberal Arts and Sciences
Schnitzler Lab
Led by Christine E. Schnitzler · Biology
What we study
The Schnitzler Lab studies how marine animals regenerate body parts, fight infections, and age. Researchers use genomics (the study of DNA) and other computer and laboratory experiments on a small water-dwelling animal called Hydractinia.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Computational
- Marine organisms
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Characterizing the molecular regulators of stem cell populations during homeostasis and regeneration in Hydractinia
This project investigates how adult stem cells are maintained and how progenitor populations are specified during regeneration.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Context-dependent transcriptional heterogeneity of new markers expands our understanding of stem cells in Hydractinia
2026 · BMC Biology
Finds new stem cell markers in Hydractinia that vary by location.
- Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
2025 · EvoDevo
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- How Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Hydractinia Is Informing the Evolution of Cnidarian Sensory Systems
2025 · Integrative and Comparative Biology
Explores how Hydractinia's cells sense the environment.
- An updated and spatially validated somatic single-cell atlas of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus
2025 · BMC Genomics
Creates a detailed cell map of Hydractinia using new and old data.
- The Hydractinia Genome Project Portal: multi-omic annotation and visualization of Hydractinia genomic datasets
2024 · Bioinformatics Advances
Builds a website to share and study Hydractinia's genetic data.
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How to reach out
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