Media & Press

August 2022. SPARKLING WATERS - Tiny Caribbean crustaceans and their bioluminescent mating displays are shining new light on evolution. https://www.science.org/content/article/sea-fireflies-caribbean-shining-new-light-evolution (accessed 2022-09-01)

July 2019. Unusual Labmates: Raising Japanese Aquatic Fireflies @WhiteheadInst. Twitter. [Video] https://twitter.com/WhiteheadInst/status/1147158191840485377 (accessed 2022-10-01)

October 2018. ホタルの光る能力、起源が明らかに　ゲノムを解読. [The origin of firefly’s ability to glow revealed - Genome deciphered.] https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL9V4JM5L9VOBJB005.html?iref=pc_ss_date (accessed 2018-10-17)

October 2018. ホタルのゲノム解読に成功 〜ホタルの光の遺伝子の進化が明らかに〜. [Succeeded in deciphering firefly genome - Evolution of firefly light gene clarified] http://www.nibb.ac.jp/press/2018/10/16.html (accessed 2018-10-16)

September 2018. To make better biomedical research tools, a grad student picks apart fireflies’ glow https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/25/firefly-genome-biomedical-research-tools/ (Accessed 2018-09-25)

February 2018. Illuminating the Origin and Evolution of Bioluminescence https://www.pacb.com/blog/illuminating-origin-evolution-bioluminescence/ (accessed 2018-04-13)

September 2017. Firefly researchers mapping ‘world’s second-most interesting genome’ http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/firefly-researchers-mapping-worlds-second-most-interesting-genome-269372/ (accessed 2018-04-13)

November 2016. Sequencing the Firefly Genome — How Did the Firefly Get Its Glow? https://medium.com/this-is-an-experiment/how-did-the-firefly-get-its-glow-c66591582562 (Accessed 2017-04-08)

June 2016. From gila monster to firefly: crowdfunding the genome http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/blog/5535/crowdfunding-genome-new-way-fund-research/ (accessed 2017-04-08)

August 2016. Catching fire. The Science of Lightning bugs. https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/issues/2016-summer/catching-fire (accessed 2017-04-08)