Very excited to present my research focussing on the evolutionary differences of epiblast morphogenesis across amniotes next week at the kick-off of @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7! A story of 🐁,🧍,🐓 & many 🦎🦎🦎🦎

Very excited to be presenting my research at the kick-off of the @vgzt2021.bsky.social season 7!

This collaborative project was conducted across the following institutes. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsk.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @cam.ac.uk

Thank you coauthors @shylonatasha.bsky.social @zgrif26.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @hollfelderlab.bsky.social @swilliamslabox.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @rrbehringer.bsky.social

Through confocal imaging we describe basement membrane deposition in the ovary during folliculogenesis. We can report a double basement membrane deposited on either side of the granulosa cell layer surrounding the follicles.

Exploring the sub-cellular architecture of the germinal bed & stage II follicles, we could analyse the granulosa (g) and theca (th) cell layers surrounding stage II follicles. Primordial follicles (pf) start exhibiting enlarged nuclei and cytoplasm!

Oogenesis takes place in 10 stages. It starts in the oogonial nest - a mitotic stem cell niche within the germinal bed - which then undergo meiosis to form primordial follicles We identified oogonia and primordial follicles using section H&E staining paired with confocal DAPI/WGA staining!

Thrilled that our preprint on anole oocyte formation is now online @holyanole.bsky.social ! Such a great collaboration merging our expertise in anole reproductive tract morphology and early embryogenesis to understand how egg cells form!

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

1/6 Preprint Alert Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike? We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos #devbio #evodevo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Honouring our friend Dr. Svetlana Jovanic who passed away after battling cancer for almost 3 years. a passionate researcher a keen photographer a generous and loyal friend. She investigated #zebrafish & #gastruloids using #lightsheet #microscopy. We will not forget her.

🧬🇬🇧 UK Evo-Devo Starter Pack go.bsky.app/SgRdF9T

The preprint of my dear friend Svetlana Jovanic showing that "cell behaviour during gastrulation is robust to the deficiency of yolk topology & signalling originating from the yolk syncytial layer." is now online! Super interesting read! #zebrafish #embroids #DevBio www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I'm over the moon to announce that my first novel "Leopold - the Boy at the Lake" will be published later this year at Wichern Verlag in Germany. Just got the cover in - now, it starts to feel real... Freue mich wahnsinnig, dass mein #Erstling dieses Jahr im Wichern Verlag erscheinen wird!

1/2 Very excited to announce the publication of our study on early anole embryogenesis @devdynamics.bsky.social Read the full article here! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @stowersinstitute.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @loyolachicago.bsky.social

Thrilled that I was invited to the Biological Thursday Seminar Series @charlesuni.cuni.cz to present on my research focussing on diversity in amniote embryogenesis "Of the chameleon that looked human - Exploring diversity in amniote embryos" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrw...

Congratulations! Such a beautiful study!

Very happy that our study on early anole lizard embryogenesis is featured in the December #preprint list of @the-node.bsky.social want to know more? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @shylonatasha.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social

I spy with my little eye some pre-oviposition anole embryos @a-weberling.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @holyanole.bsky.social @thomsanger.bsky.social

Very happy that my final PhD paper focussing on the maturation of the primitive into the visceral endoderm and its impact on embryo survival in mice is now published: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Huge thanks to my PhD supervisor & my collaborators for making this project possible

1/6 New Preprint Reptiles comprise ~23,000 species with an incredible range of diversity. The basis is laid during embryogenesis but is severely understudied. We study the brown anole, a model for evolutional studies & describe its early embryogenesis for the first time: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...