Julia M. George

The paper uses multiome sequencing to show prenatal heat call exposure in zebra finch embryos alters astrocyte and neuroendocrine gene regulation in the hypothalamus.

This study identifies transcriptomic changes in zebra finch embryos exposed to prenatal acoustic heat calls, revealing anticipatory programming of the neurovascular system to enhance heat resilience.

The paper develops a quantitative PCR protocol to accurately determine the sex of zebra finches and chickens using blood samples by targeting two W chromosome loci.

The paper investigates light-induced left-right asymmetries in the chick retina, finding transient gene expression changes and links to vascular and extracellular matrix pathways.

The paper summarizes methods and lessons from assembling 16 vertebrate genomes, highlights the importance of long-read sequencing, and introduces the Vertebrate Genomes Project to generate complete reference genomes for all vertebrate species.