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Welcome to the Nicotra Lab!

We seek to understand the molecular basis, evolutionary history, and medical relevance of invertebrate allorecognition. To do this, we use the colonial hydroid Hydractinia symbiolongcarpus as a model system.

Lab News

  • 2019-12-15 - Steve Sanders Promoted!
  • 2019-09-17 - We got an NSF EDGE grant!
  • 2018-09-03 - CRISPR work published!
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