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Grace Blakeley

Oxford Brookes University

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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Lost and found: beer belly is a novel, ancient regulator of animal development

Zoe X. Schultz, Grace Blakeley, Madeleine E Aase-Remedios, Dorothea V. Grillmayer, Daniel J. Leite, Tom Frankish, Gemma Sutton, Grigory Genikhovich, Steffen Scholpp, Matthias Pechmann, José María Martín-Durán, Natascha Turetzek, Ralf Janßen, Alistair P. McGregor

The paper identifies a novel gene, beer belly, as a regulator of segmentation in spiders using single-cell RNA sequencing and shows its evolutionary loss in mammals and holometabolous insects.

bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Venom gland organogenesis in the common house spider

Afrah Abood Hassan, Grace Blakeley, Alistair P. McGregor, Giulia Zancolli

This study investigates venom gland development in the common house spider using bulk RNA-seq and in situ hybridization, identifying key markers and developmental stages.

Scientific Reports · Jul 4, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis

Daniel J. Leite, Anna Schönauer, Grace Blakeley, Amber Harper, Helena García-Castro, Luís Baudouin-Gonzalez, Ruixun Wang, Naïra Sarkis, Alexander Günther Nikola, Venkata Sai Poojitha Koka, Nathan J. Kenny, Natascha Turetzek, Matthias Pechmann, Jordi Solana, Alistair P. McGregor

The paper constructs a single-cell RNA sequencing atlas of spider embryos, revealing cell clusters, gene expression patterns, and developmental insights into arthropod embryogenesis.

EvoDevo · May 10, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

The evolution of Sox gene repertoires and regulation of segmentation in arachnids

Luís Baudouin-Gonzalez, Anna Schönauer, Amber Harper, Grace Blakeley, Michael Seiter, Saad Arif, Lauren H. Sumner‐Rooney, Steven R. H. Russell, Prashant P. Sharma, Alistair P. McGregor

This study examines Sox gene repertoires and regulation of segmentation in arachnids, finding Sox21b-1 plays distinct roles in prosomal and opisthosomal segmentation.

Molecular Biology and Evolution · Mar 22, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology