Genetics and Developmental Biology Research

Overview

Marine organism models are an important means to mimic human diseases to explore pathogenesis, drug screening, toxicity evaluation, and study biological development. In recent years, with the advancement of technology and in-depth research, their application in genetics and developmental biology research has become more and more extensive. By editing and genetically altering marine organisms, we can study the effects of specific genes on biological development. These studies help to reveal the relationship between genes and phenotypes, thereby deepening our understanding of genetics. In addition, they have shown great potential in gene function analysis, embryonic development observation, environmental adaptation mechanisms, and regeneration research. With its professional technical team and advanced experimental platform, CD BioSciences is committed to providing researchers with efficient and reliable marine organism model development services to promote the research process of genetics and developmental biology.

Figure 1. Ctenophores and their innovations. (Moroz L L, et al., 2014)

Why Choose Marine Organism Models?

• Diversity and uniqueness. Marine organisms have extremely rich species diversity and unique physiological characteristics, allowing us to explore various biological phenomena and mechanisms.
• Evolutionary conservation. Many marine organisms are highly conservative in evolution with higher organisms, which allows important biological information related to higher organisms such as humans to be obtained through the study of marine organism models.
• Easy operation. The embryonic development of many marine organisms, such as zebrafish and sea urchins, is transparent and rapid, making it easy to observe and manipulate in experiments.

Main Application Areas

• Genetic Research

Our platform supports gene knockout or overexpression technology, ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of gene editing can be used to study the function of specific genes and their impact on the development of organisms. In addition, we use gene editing technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 to achieve precise genome editing in marine organisms and study the regulatory mechanisms and functions of genes. Our high-throughput sequencing and data analysis platform can reveal how genetic variation affects the morphology and function of organisms by analyzing the genome and phenotypic data of marine organisms.

• Developmental Biology Research

Transparent marine embryos such as zebrafish embryos allow us to observe cell division, differentiation, and organ formation in real-time. We can provide high-quality embryo samples and advanced microscopic imaging technology to observe the development process. We provide analysis services for specific signaling pathways to study signaling pathways in marine organisms, such as Wnt, Hedgehog, and Notch pathways, revealing the role of these signals in cell fate determination and tissue formation, and further understanding developmental mechanisms.

• Regeneration Research

Some marine organisms, such as starfish, ctenophores, and sea cucumbers, have amazing regeneration capabilities. Studying their regeneration mechanisms can provide important insights for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our team provides models and experimental support related to regeneration research, including microscopic observation of the regeneration process, gene expression analysis, and signal pathway research, to further reveal the biological mechanisms behind regeneration.

• Evolutionary Research

Marine organism models are important resources for studying evolutionary biology due to their diversity and evolutionary conservation. Through comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis, the paths and mechanisms of species evolution can be explored. We provide high-quality genomic data and professional analysis services to support researchers in making discoveries in the field of evolutionary biology.

What Can Our Platform Offer?

• Model construction. We provide a variety of marine organism model development services, including zebrafish, sea urchins, squid, etc., to ensure the reliability and high quality of experimental materials.
• Technical support. We have technologies such as gene editing, transgenic manipulation, and gene function analysis to help customers achieve their research goals.
• Data analysis. Our experts can use data analysis technologies such as genome sequencing, transcriptome analysis, and epigenetic analysis to reveal deep biological mechanisms.

Related Services

• Building of Zebrafish Model
• Building of Sea Urchin Model
• Building of Ctenophores Model
• Building of Capitella Teleta Model

As an expert in marine biotechnology, CD BioSciences is committed to providing researchers around the world with a variety of marine organism model development services and comprehensive technical support to help achieve breakthroughs in fields such as genetics and developmental biology. To learn more about our services, please contact us.

Reference

• Moroz L L, Kocot K M, Citarella M R, et al. (2014). The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems[J]. Nature. 510(7503): 109-114.

Please kindly note that our services can only be used to support research purposes (Not for clinical use).