A question I get asked all the time by @dev-journal.bsky.social authors "Why does it cost so much to publish a paper?" We break down the finances and explain where the money goes Spoiler: quality publishing takes a village (people + infrastructure) journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

"We want to see the academic publishing industry change in a way that benefits science, not just profits"

A ‘tour de force’! First description of human early telencephalon patterning & signalling centre dynamics, coupling transcriptomics & 4D gene expression imaging. ➡️ Human forebrain is distinct from mouse as soon at anterior neural plate closes. First @crick.ac.uk paper from @houartlab.bsky.social

Excited to share our new #preprint uncovering how early human forebrain is patterned. Compared to mouse, human dorsoventral and anteroposterior telencephalon patterning is strikingly delayed, which is correlated with SHH and FGF signalling differences. Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Can’t be happier seeing Richard starting this. His original angle to an old problem ( 😉) has great potential for success. Fascinating to see how findings in dev. neuro. leads to insights in age-related degenerative disorders! @houartlab.bsky.social @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

🚨Meet the latest early career researchers awarded Race Against Dementia Fellowships🚨 These rising stars are challenging old ideas and driving bold new approaches to speed up progress @RichardTaylor @sorayam.bsky.social @HelenRowland

What a day! Congrats to @danafd.bsky.social for great achievement. Big thanks to Sylvie Retaux & @jamesasharpe.bsky.social for very useful examination of thesis. Absolutely loved joint supervision w. Zena! Perfect @crick.ac.uk & @kingsioppn.bsky.social combo Dana’s day had a stiff competition 😉😉😉

And for anyone that wants a preview, have a watch of @crick.ac.uk most watched video on TikTok where @danafd.bsky.social shares more about her shark work vm.tiktok.com/ZNdcRfrNd/ 🦈🔥

Couldn’t be prouder of the first PhD graduate of the lab, super congrats @danafd.bsky.social 🙌🎓🌟. Such a pleasure to supervise you together with @cohouart.bsky.social @houartlab.bsky.social, the learning journey never ends 😌. Huge thanks to @jamesasharpe.bsky.social and Sylvie Retaux for examining 💥

How does foxg1 impact pineal gland development? What are the implications for FOXG1 syndrome? Lewis Hill, masters student, investigates this in #zebrafish. His image shows in-situ HCR + immuno in foxg1,Gal4;UAS,GFP zebrafish at 24hpf revealing foxg1 mRNA/protein with pineal markers aanat2 & exorh.

Human cortical neurons growing in a dish, with their signal-receiving structures - dendrites - coloured in green by Richard Taylor. Richard explores how translation of mRNAs into proteins is regulated in dendrites and whether disruptions in this process in dementia contribute to their degeneration.

#IZFC2025 #zebrafish #DANIO-CODE data coordination centre is back online. Note changed address: danio-code-dcc.genereg.net

Congratulations to the 2025 George Streisinger Award Winners! And, thank you, to your contributions to the #zebrafish field! #IZFC2025

This week, post-doc Katie Adamson shares an incredible image of a #zebrafish embryo forebrain at 24hpf with membrane labelled tbr2+ excitatory neurons. Just 24 hours post fertilisation, neuronal cell types are already being born and will come to form the forebrain of this magnificent beast.

A 3D view of apical radial glia finding their way in the developing human cortex. A stunning video shared by @gessicagoncalves.bsky.social who cultures organotypic cortical slices to study cell dynamics during human cortex development.

Movie of the week - joined collab of @houartlab.bsky.social & Long lab @kingsioppn.bsky.social @devneuro.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk Joining cell identity to cell behaviour in human embryonic brain. Fascinating >10 days timelapse imaging by @gessicagoncalves.bsky.social A technical tour de force!

The last weekend opening of our free #HelloBrain exhibition is tomorrow, Saturday 14 June. 🧠 Pop by for one last visit before it closes for good. For those who can make it, we’re also open on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 June. www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...

Amazing work by Afnan @stochastalive.bsky.social and our lab satellite colleagues @crick.ac.uk, comparing human vs mouse forebrain signalling centres & progenitor diversity in nascent embryonic telencephalon. Outcome of exploration soon on bioRxiv. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @devneuro.bsky.social

A look at the developing human embryonic forebrain in 3D! Post-doc @stochastalive.bsky.social shares this week's image showing a dorsal view of the human embryonic forebrain at Carnegie Stage 16 (~6 weeks post conception). Major regions marked by FOXG1, WNT8B, PAX6, and SHH are displayed.

Another week, another Houart lab image🔬 This week, it's a 3D image of a multiplex, in-situ of a chick forebrain by @danafd.bsky.social who studies early forebrain development in vertebrates & uses HCR to show the expression patterns of gene products instrumental in pallial/subpallial specification.

This week, Rachel Moore shares a gorgeous image from her #zebrafish neuron culture. In a dish, these neurons can grow long axons (magenta). If you look closely, you might be able to see some RNA splicing proteins (green) localised as small puncta along the axons.

We are so proud of Triona, Stephania, Joao & Vicky for finishing the London Moonwalk for Marie Johansson, a dear member of our lab and the CDN, who lost her battle against breast cancer last June. Marie was a talented scientist and an exceptional colleague whom we miss terribly. Donate link below⬇️

Experimental embryology postdoc available in my lab at the @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk working on the evolution of vertebral counts. Reach out if you’re passionate about EvoDevo, enjoy lab work and microscopy and are into or could get into cichlid fishes. Deadline on the 16th June. Please share!

This week's image is by @joseriveraz.bsky.social who's tracing the lineage of progenitors in the human developing cortex. Here, José shows the building blocks of the developing cortex at 10pcw with SOX2 (apical progenitors), CTIP2 & TBR1(neuronal markers), NESTIN (radial glial fibers), and DAPI.

Professor Corinne Houart, Professor Paolo Deluca, and Dr Darren Williams opens our annual #IoPPNFestival. This year, our theme is 'Bridging disciplines: brain to behavour', reflecting our disciplinary research at the IoPPN

The #IoPPNResearchFest is here! Join us for rapid-fire talks by IoPPN staff on the latest research in psychiatry, psychology + neuroscience, from the power of belief, neurotrauma and more. Follow us and @thementalelf.bsky.social#IoPPNResearchFestfor highlights and key messages. #AcademiaSky

🎧 Bridging Disciplines: Highlights from the 2025 IoPPN Research Festival The final episode of the 2025 #IoPPNfestival podcast is now live. It features Dr Darren Williams from @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social Listen now wherever you get your pods! youtu.be/Q8l6e00HmfE?...

It has been an absolute pleasure for our lab to attend #ECCN2025 for the first time this year. We had meaningful discussions and learned a lot from a vibrant community tackling tough questions on brain evolution and development! Super excited for what lies ahead!

Excited to study brain evo-devo in cephalopods? We are looking for a postdoc to join our team to understand how octopus manages to grow a large brain 🐙

@houartlab.bsky.social first time at the comparative neuro conference. Fantastic #ECCN2025 meeting! The mix of ‘old’ and new technologies brings the field a new edge and the potential for new understanding of brain evolutionary mechanisms. Exciting!

Dkk genes dynamically expressed in the zebrafish nervous system, some in very discreet brain populations (watch this space for brain images). Malik Missaoui is using genetics to follow behaviour of endogenous proteins and crack their local functions. @mrc-cndd.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

My lab’s weekly offering of beautiful images of amazing biology across species. This week is a #zebrafish ‘kiss and cross’ of the left and right first axons of the optic nerve. Let’s see what next week is preparing for us! @houartlab.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk

The first retinal ganglion cell axons reaching each other in the formation of the optic nerves in a #zebrafish embryo! Image taken by @matthewbostock.bsky.social

We are excited to announce our next issue of #NewsSplash has been published! To keep up with all the latest #zebrafish news, be sure to check it out here: www.izfs.org/newssplash/n...

Beautiful staining of the developing foetal cortex🤩. In her project, @gessicagoncalves.bsky.social in the lab is taking on the quest of exploring the cell dynamics of neuroprogenitors in the developing human cortex.

Join us at the 2nd Zebrafish Meeting, happening Oct 29–31 in Toulouse, France! 🐟 #Zebrafish #Science

Send us your science images and art of embryos, organoids or stem cells! The YEN2025 Image Competition celebrates the beauty and complexity of developmental biology. Follow us to vote for the best entries between 2nd-16th May.

EMBOMtg Paris May 6-9 @aydoganlab.bsky.social @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social @brunetlab.bsky.social @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social @mwdorr.bsky.social @beyerlab.bsky.social @franckp.bsky.social @janereznick.bsky.social @olmedo-lab.bsky.social @perez-carrasco.bsky.social meetings.embo.org/event/25-dev...

The most deserving winner of the 2025 Tickle Medal is Muzlifah Haniffa! bsdb.org/2025/03/24/2...

The 2025 @bsdb.bsky.social Wolpert Medal goes to Pleasantine Mill @cilialab.bsky.social 🎉 In this interview, Pleasantine talks about why it’s important, now more than ever, for scientists to engage in community work: thenode.biologists.com/an-interview...

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Waddington Medal is Helen Skaer! bsdb.org/2025/03/25/2...

🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th in London to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science! -Registration (only £5!): shorturl.at/9cQGL -More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk

Be sure to finalize your Oral Abstract submission before 11:59pm CDT Monday, March 17th to be considered for a presentation at the 19th IZFC in Madison, WI! Submit and find more information here:

Registration and abstract submission for YEN 2025 is officially open! We are looking forward to seeing you at the 17th Young Embryologist Network Conference on the 19th May 2025. Attendence is FREE thanks to our amazing sponsors: @biologists.bsky.social @10xgenomics.bsky.social and Azenta.

Switching fields and/or wanting to become an expert in #zebrafish research? The @mblscience.bsky.social 2025 Zebrafish Development & Genetics course offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from leaders in the field! (New & final) Application deadline: March 28 www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

✨Updated deadline, for those that missed this✨

Celebrate International Women’s Day by following our two Starter Packs with kickass Scientists from the #zebrafish community! 👩‍🔬 🧪 Volume 1: go.bsky.app/4BegEjv Volume 2: go.bsky.app/VoebYrt

There is only one week left to submit your oral abstract for the 19th IZFC! If you choose to submit an Oral Abstract, and your abstract is not selected for an oral presentation you will be offered a poster presentation. Submit here today: www.izfs.org/education/19...

Last day for submissions for the image competition hosted by @the-node.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social, shortlisted images will be presented at the #Biologists100 conference in March.