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ArticleEvoDevo2025

Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024.

Whitney B Leach, Leslie Babonis, Celina E Juliano, Nagayasu Nakanishi, Christine E Schnitzler, Patrick R H Steinmetz, Michael J Layden

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Article in EvoDevo, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Whitney B LeachDepartment of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Leslie BabonisDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Celina E JulianoDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Nagayasu NakanishiFulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
Christine E SchnitzlerWhitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and Department of Biology, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL, 32080, USA.
Patrick R H SteinmetzMichael Sars Centre, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, 5008, Bergen, Norway.
Michael J LaydenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. mjl514@lehigh.edu.

Funding

Characterizing the molecular regulators of stem cell populations during homeostasis and regeneration in Hydractinia, an emerging cnidarianresearch organism; Administrative SupplementsR35GM138156 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI SCHNITZLER, CHRISTINE · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138156NSF 2436941
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The third iteration of the Cnidarian Model Systems Meeting (Cnidofest) was held August 14-17th, 2024 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. The meeting featured presentations from laboratories representing 11 countries, covering a broad range of topics related to cnidarian species. The research highlighted diverse topics, with sessions focused on regeneration, evo-devo, genomics, symbiosis, cell biology, physiology, neurobiology, and development. A notable shift at this meeting was the extent to which established cnidarian model systems have caught up with the classical laboratory models such as Drosophila and vertebrates, with modern genomic, genetic, and molecular tools now routinely applied. In addition, more cnidarian systems are now being developed for functional studies by the community, enhancing our ability to gain fundamental insights into animal biology that are otherwise difficult in the complex bilaterian model systems. Together, the integration of cnidarian and bilaterian model systems provides researchers with a broader toolkit for selecting animal models best suited to address their specific biological questions.

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AnemoneCnidariansCnidofestH. symbiolongicarpusH. vulgarisJellyfishMedusaN. vectensisPolyp

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PMID40524261
PMCPMC12172373

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