
Lauren Sumner-Rooney
@lauren_hsr
Evolutionary biologist (invertebrates, vision, brains) Junior Group Leader @multipleye_lab @MfNBerlin. Gradual learner of 🇩🇪 She/her. Now laurensr.bsky.social
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New publication coming out of my collaboration with all these lovely people! @McGregorLab Maike Kittelmann Lauren Sumner-Rooney Dr. Alex Buffry @ravindra_pn doi.org/10.1186/s12915…



New paper on the wonderful googly eyes of alciopid worms out now in Current Biology! We found that alongside vertebrates, arthropods, and cephalopods, this group of polychaetes is capable of high-resolution vision - but mysteries remain...🪱👀 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…





Thank you so much to the organisers for a wonderful meeting - both for some fantastic science, and for making sure I had everything I needed to attend as a new mum 🙏 The Company of Biologists @EleanorCaves @LoriSchweikert Sonke Johnsen this is how it should be, thank you all!


Yaay! First ever cover! 🥳 super happy for this excellent work lead by Massimo De Agrò to be out! Having 8 eyes is crazy- thanks to Massimo we’re getting a bit closer to understanding how it all might work for jumping spiders. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22…


✨Huge✨ congratulations to Kaylin Chong on the publication of her 1st paper on the evolution of 🕷️ eye size in Current Biology yesterday! 🎉 Full 🧵 later but if allometry, kooky eyes & comparative phylogenetic methods float your boat, look no further 👀 cell.com/current-biolog…

Very excited to share my first paper is out! 🎉 We explore the evolution of the multiple eye pairs in spiders🕷️(cell.com/current-biolog…) Couldn’t have done it without to the mentorship of the brilliant Lauren Sumner-Rooney!

Hot off the press: Venom gland organogenesis in the common house spider nature.com/articles/s4159… Find out how #spiders🕷️ build up their #venom factories and where they may come from! A huge thanks to my collaborator @McGregorLab and EUVEN COST Action Swiss National Science Foundation Université de Lausanne DEE UNIL


Our new study on brittle stars reveals gene expression patterns bridging invertebrates & vertebrates, offering clues to evolutionary conservation in body part regeneration... Congrats to all co-authors, especially Elise Parey, Ferdinand Marlétaz , & Oliveri Lab, for leading this effort!

It's not over till its over! Come to the last session at #icn2024berlin in Hall B to see my talk about googley-eyed sea worms as well as other exciting talks about mantis shrimp (Judy_Chingwen) and jumping spiders (Megan Porter)! @neuroethology


Thank you so much Jonas Wolff and Dr. Daniela Rößler for such a lovely write-up of our latest paper - will certainly be using this gorgeous figure from now on! 👀👀👀👀