Dr Allan M Carrillo-Baltodano
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Developmental Biology, EvoDevo, Embryology, Transcriptomics, Invertebrate zoology, Microscopy
Interests
I study how body plans of marine annelids develop, and try to understand how different modes of development in these and other animals could have evolved.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics2024
Annelid methylomes reveal ancestral developmental and aging-associated epigenetic erosion across BilateriaGuynes K, Sarre LA, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Xu L, Liang Y, Martín-Zamora FM, Hurd PJ, de Mendoza A and Martín-Durán JM
Genome Biology, Springer Nature vol. 25 (1), 204-204.
01-08-2024
The development of the adult nervous system in the annelid Owenia fusiformisCarrillo-Baltodano AM, Donnellan RD, Williams EA, Jékely G and Martín-Durán JM
Neural Development, Springer Nature vol. 19 (1)
21-02-2024
2023
Emerging trends in the study of spiralian larvaeLiang Y, Carrillo-Baltodano AM and Martín-Durán JM
Evolution & Development, Wiley
03-10-2023
Annelid functional genomics reveal the origins of bilaterian life cyclesMartín-Zamora FM, Liang Y, Guynes K, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Donnellan RD, Tan Y, Moggioli G, Seudre O, Tran M, Mortimer K, Luscombe NM, Hejnol A, Marletaz F and Martin Duran J
Nature, Springernature
25-01-2023
VNC tweaks: ventral nerve cord specification in the annelid Capitella teletaDavila-Sandoval J, Carrillo-Baltodano A and Meyer N
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 63, S105-S105.
01-01-2023
2022
The Fox Gene Repertoire in the Annelid Owenia fusiformis Reveals Multiple Expansions of the foxQ2 Class in SpiraliaSeudre O, Martín-Zamora FM, Rapisarda V, Luqman I, Carrillo-Baltodano AM and Martín-Durán JM
Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 14 (10)
13-09-2022
ERK1/2 is an ancestral organising signal in spiral cleavageSeudre O, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Liang Y and Martín-Durán JM
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 13 (1)
28-04-2022
2021
Early embryogenesis and organogenesis in the annelid Owenia fusiformisCarrillo-Baltodano AM, Seudre O, Guynes K and Martín-Durán JM
Evodevo, Springer Nature vol. 12 (1)
10-05-2021
2020
Publisher Correction: Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelid (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2020), 10.1038/s41559-020-01327-6)Martín-Durán JM, Vellutini BC, Marlétaz F, Cetrangolo V, Cvetesic N, Thiel D, Henriet S, Grau-Bové X, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Gu W, Kerbl A, Marquez Y, Bekkouche N, Chourrout D, Gómez-Skarmeta JL, Irimia M, Lenhard B, Worsaae K and Hejnol A
Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research
25-11-2020
Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelidMartin Duran J, Vellutini BC, Marlétaz F, Cetrangolo V, Cvetesic N, Thiel D, Henriet S, Grau-Bové X, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Gu W, Kerbl A, Marquez Y, Bekkouche N, Chourrout D, Gómez-Skarmeta JL, Irimia M, Lenhard B, Worsaee K and Hejnol A
Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Research
16-11-2020
2019
Developmental architecture of the nervous system in Themiste lageniformis (Sipuncula): New evidence from confocal laser scanning microscopy and gene expressionCarrillo‐Baltodano AM, Boyle MJ, Rice ME and Meyer NP
Journal of Morphology, Wiley vol. 280 (11), 1628-1650.
05-09-2019
2018
New records of marine planktonic invertebrates from the Caribbean coast of Costa RicaCarrillo-Baltodano A, Morales-Ramírez ÁV, Sibaja-Cordero JA and Cortés J
Revista De Biología Tropical, Universidad De Costa Rica vol. 66 (1-1), 66-82.
10-05-2018
Marine zooplankton studies in Costa Rica: a review and future perspectives.Morales-Ramírez Á, Corrales-Ugalde M, Esquivel-Garrote O, Baltodano AC, Rodríguez-Sáenz K and Sheridan C
Revista De Biología Tropical, Universidad De Costa Rica vol. 66 (1-1), 24-41.
10-05-2018
Decoupling Brain from Nerve Cord Development in the Annelid Capitella teletaCarrillo-Baltodano A and Meyer N
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 58, E30-E30.
01-01-2018
2017
Decoupling brain from nerve cord development in the annelid Capitella teleta: Insights into the evolution of nervous systemsCarrillo-Baltodano AM and Meyer NP
Developmental Biology, Elsevier vol. 431 (2), 134-144.
21-09-2017
2016
Changes in abundance and composition of a Caribbean coral reef zooplankton community after 25 yearsBaltodano AMC and Ramírez ÁM
Revista De Biología Tropical, Universidad De Costa Rica vol. 64 (3), 1029-1040.
01-07-2016
Isolated blastomeres reveal scenarios for neural specification in annelidsCarrillo-Baltodano A and Meyer NP
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 56, E267-E267.
01-01-2016
2015
Crepidula Slipper Limpets Alter Sex Change in Response to Physical Contact with Conspecifics.Carrillo-Baltodano A and Collin R
Biological Bulletin, University of Chicago Press vol. 229 (3), 232-242.
01-12-2015
Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teletaMeyer NP, Carrillo-Baltodano A, Moore RE and Seaver EC
Frontiers in Zoology, Springer Nature vol. 12 (1)
11-07-2015
Reevaluation of the hypothesized loss of segmentation in sipunculans through in-depth analysis of neural development in Themiste lageniformisBoyle MJ, Carrillo-Baltodano A, Rice ME and Meyer NP
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 55, E224-E224.
01-01-2015
2014
The Effects of Experimentally Induced Adelphophagy in Gastropod EmbryosThomsen O, Collin R and Carrillo-Baltodano A
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 9 (7)
29-07-2014
Are Planktotrophic Calyptraeids Pre-adapted for Adelphophagic Development?Thomsen O, Collin R and Carrillo-Baltodano A
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 54, E209-E209.
01-01-2014
2013
Report on some monstrilloids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from a reef area off the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, Central America with description of two new speciesSuárez-Morales E, Carrillo A and Morales-Ramírez A
Journal of Natural History, Taylor & Francis vol. 47 (5-12), 619-638.
01-03-2013
Sex-change in Crepidula cf. marginalis (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) is a response to physical contact with conspecificsCarrillo-Baltodano A and Collin R
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. vol. 53, E259-E259.
01-01-2013
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional GenomicsLIDo Research Experience Placement: Spatial and temporal dynamics of mRNAs and proteins driving spiral cleavage in annelids - Research EChema Martín-Durán and Allan M Carrillo-Baltodano
£4,000 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
18-06-2021 - 01-09-2021