The final manuscript to come out of my PhD work in the Ragsdale Lab is posted to bioRxiv: Wang and Ragsdale: Signaling ligand heterogeneities in the peduncle complex of the cephalopod mollusc Octopus bimaculoides. This manuscript accompanied me from Chicago to Princeton to the Smithsonian in DC to Woods Hole to Seattle--a long and meandering and…
Our manuscript on early life social isolation in bumblebees is posted to bioRxiv! Wang & McKenzie-Smith et al: Isolation disrupts social interactions and destabilizes brain development in bumblebees. This project is the culmination of several years of work from many collaborators, including a former undergrad mentee, the amazing Hyo Jin (Jean) Cho. Thanks to everyone…
The first paper from the Octopus chierchiae consortium is out! Check out our preprint on the biology and mariculture of these amazing creatures: "The lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae: an emerging laboratory model". This project was spearheaded by Anik Grearson and Ali Dugan, two awesome interns at the Marine Biological Laboratory, and is currently…
ZYWang Lab @ UW Seattle 