Alexandra Bely
Alexandra Bely
Director of Biology Honors Program
Graduate Program Affiliations
- Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
- Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Research Interests
Evolution of regeneration and asexual reproduction; invertebrate biology; freshwater biology.
Education
- B.S., University of Maryland, College Park, 1991 (General Biology)
- Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook, Department of Ecology and Evolution, 1999 (Advisor: Gregory Wray)
- Postdoc, University of California–Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 1999-2002 (Advisor: David A. Weisblat)
All Publications
Latest Papers
Injury improves tolerance to acute heat stress through induction of heat shock protein expression in the annelid Pristina leidyi
Author(s): Corey W Rennolds, James D Nowotny, Alexa E Bely
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Regeneration physiology of invertebrates
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Journal of Experimental Biology
Author(s): Joseph M. Mack, Alexandra E. Bely
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Annelid adult cell type diversity and their pluripotent cellular origins
Author(s): Patricia Álvarez-Campos, Helena García-Castro, Elena Emili, et. al
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Integrative biology of injury in animals
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Biological Reviews
Author(s): Rennolds, C.W., Bely, A.E.
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Journey beyond the embryo: The beauty of Pristina and naidine annelids for studying regeneration and agametic reproduction
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Current Topics in Developmental Biology
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
A phylum-wide survey reveals multiple independent gains of head regeneration in nemertea
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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Author(s): Zattara, E.E., Fernandez-Alvarez, F.A., Hiebert, T.C., et. al
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely, Jon Norenburg
A phylum-wide survey reveals multiple independent gains of head regeneration ability in Nemertea
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BioRxiv
Author(s): Zattara, E.E., Fernández-Álvarez, F.A., Hiebert, T.C., et. al
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely, Jon Norenburg
Sequestration of nematocysts by divergent cnidarian predators: mechanism, function, and evolution
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Invertebrate Biology
Author(s): Goodheart, J.A., Bely, A.E.
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
Plasticity and regeneration of gonads in the annelid Pristina leidyi
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EvoDevo
Author(s): Özpolat, B.D., Sloane, E.S., Zattara, E.E., et. al
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely
A new transcriptome and transcriptome profiling of adult and larval tissue in the box jellyfish Alatina alata: an emerging model for studying venom, vision and sex
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BMC genomics
Author(s): Lewis Ames, C., Ryan, J.F., Bely, A.E., et. al
UMD Author(s): Alexandra Bely, Allen Collins
