Resources

More about us and our research:

This Snail’s Eyes Grow Back: Could They Help Humans do the Same? by Liana Wait

Seeing with fresh eyes: Snails as a system for studying sight restoration by Stowers Communications

Apple snails can regrow their eyeballs by Laura Baisas

Apple Snails Can Regrow Their Eyes. Now, Scientists Are Asking: Could We? by Rachael Funnell

This snail may hold a secret to human eye regeneration by Tina Hesman Saey

Snail Researcher Wins UC Davis Award for Innovation and Creative Vision by Liana Wait

Trans researchers under attack: LGBTQ+ biologists face hostile work environment by Laurie Udesky (doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-00609-y)

Accorsi Lab Tour by BIG-RT (Bio Innovation Group - Research Training) program at UC Davis

Coming Out - Before, During or After Getting a New Job? by Joseph P. Campale, Alice Accorsi, Abhijit Deb Roy

Focus on regeneration collection by Development

CBS welcomes 5 new faculty in the 2023-24 year by Evan White

In preprints: new spiralian model system unlocks potential for understanding eye evolution and regeneration by Kyle McCulloch (doi: 10.1242/dev.203163)

An eye for an eye: The apple snail by Rachel Scanza, Ph.D.

The Apple Of My Eye: A New Model For Eye Regeneration Studies (Journal Club #1) by Isabella Cisneros

Inspiring Regeneration by The Company of Biologists

Development Travelling Fellowship: a node connecting Woods Hole with the Stowers Institute by Alice Accorsi

Apple Snails

Other Resources:

College of Biological Sciences @ UC Davis

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion @ UC Davis

BMCDB Graduate Group

IGG Graduate Group

LGBTQIA Resource Center @ UC Davis

Society for Developmental Biology

International Society for Regenerative Biology

Painting by Brigitte Patel