Pretty stoked that our article got the cover of the latest issue of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/joa....

Extremely cool to see very different systems potentially point to similar genetic constraints or developmental biases leading to morphological variation. Now we need a fish example!

How do four-eyed fish see above & underwater? 🌤️🌊 Our new preprint reveals how Anableps rewired its retina for dual vision- evolution at work 👁️👁️ Kudos to @perezlouise.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @keylapruett.bsky.social + team! 🔗 tinyurl.com/3a8r9xy5

Happy to have contributed to this big story. We present new genome assemblies, genus-wide complementation and allele-specific expression analyses in hybrids between zebrafish and closely related Danio species with divergent pigment patterns. A vertebrate model genus for basic comparative biology.

Hey Regen folks 👋 Excited to share that our single-nucleus RNA-seq dataset for Polypterus fin regeneration is now live at the Broad Institute portal! Dive in here: tinyurl.com/5bck22jx Big thanks to the team for making this happen—looking forward to seeing what you all discover!

The regulation and evolution of proportion is a classic challenge in biology. This is exciting work into the genetic and developmental basis of proportionality using a very cool model. Congrats Ceri! 👏🧪🧬🐭

Vertebral skeletal diversity in mammals is remarkable. How do the differences between vertebral size and shape develop and evolve? See how we tackled this question in our paper published in @natcomms.nature.com today!

Tomorrow wednesday October 15th at 11am, first seminar of @neilshubin.bsky.social , guest Professor @college-de-france.fr on ‘The history we share with fish’. Come, have a seat and enjoy learning where we come from. Free knowledge, no registration🤘

🚨 🚨 Science alert on a #FluorescenceFriday; check my latest paper published in @genetics-gsa.bsky.social where I integrated comparative tissue-specific transcriptomics and speciation genomics to discover two novel craniofacial genes behind pupfish extreme jaw development! tinyurl.com/craniofacial...

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Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom! #EndlessFishMostBeautiful

transport yourself to the late 90s with this really cool paper on digit number regulation by Shh and BMP, ZPA and AER. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

It is beautiful 🥲

We will be taking phD students this round!! Apply to our @mpi-cbg.de phD programme and #growwithus

My favourite figure from our new paper on lateral line development in Sterlet sturgeon (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...). In this one, we use targeted gene knockout and show that in (mosaic) absence of FoxG1, ectopic electroreceptors develop instead of mechanosensory hair cells! #fishsci #evo-devo #CRISPR

The paper: the genetic program that enables digit formation in limbs is derived from the system that drives cformation of the cloaca. Me, the headline writer:

How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH

Congrats to Aurelie Hinterman aurhin.bsky.social, Chase Bolt chasebolt.bsky.social, and Brent Hawkins @homeobox.bsky.social! Coverage in NYTimes by @carlzimmer.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/s...

Our work exploring a new explanation for the regulation of Hoxd genes and the #fin-to-limb transition. 🧪 It was an absolute joy working on this w/ @aurhin.bsky.social and @homeobox.bsky.social @denisduboule.bsky.social @neilshubin.bsky.social #evo-devo #InHoxWeTrust

Out today. 🙏 again to everyone for this wonderful piece of work, in particular to Aurelie @aurhin.bsky.social Chase @chasebolt.bsky.social and Brent @homeobox.bsky.social. 🙏 also to the Harris lab @fish4walking.bsky.social and @neilshubin.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social @college-de-france.fr

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪 A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today! #InHoxWeTrust

Last Friday I was hosted by @phernandez.bsky.social @evolvwing.bsky.social to give departmental seminar at GWU Biology. Exciting to hear about the great evo-devo being done there by wonderful people in a beautiful city. And future collaborations!Thank you for having me!

📣Our project, “Mechanometabolic Control of Vertebrate Limb Elongation,” has been funded by Wellcome! Over the next 8 years, we’ll collaborate with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Nathalie Agar’s group to understand the mechanics of ECM-rich mesenchymal tissues! Funded positions available!🎉

We have a fully funded 3y postdoc position open!!!! Come join us @mpi-cbg.de and @poldresden.bsky.social to understand the role of Membranes in Controlling Biogenic Crystallization :) this is part of our #HFSP funded project with @noemijimenezrojo.bsky.social and @vmonje.bsky.social! Applications👇

Hello Bluesky: Long time listener, first time poster! Excited to share the first publication of my Ph.D. work studying the development of appendage shapes in @plosbiology.org! The zebrafish caudal fin is quite distinctive, and we examine the timing and mechanisms of how its shape might come to be!

So cool to think about dorsal-ventral patterning in plants versus animals. How did these independent experiments in multicellularity solve a similar problem? 🤯🌼🐠

Myomeres in the sky

We take for granted that our hands have two sides and can articulate in an endless number of ways. But what about a fish’s fin? Can a fish know something “like the back of its fin,” or have its future told with a fin palm reading? Check out this bluetorial to find out 👇🧪🧬🐟 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Happy to announce that I will be opening my lab in the PMB department at UC Berkeley this July. Our lab will study nectary development and evolution using non-conventional models. We are actively recruiting. Join us if you are also enthusiastic about development or evolution!

Thanks for the oppor-tuna-ty! Fish satellite symposia speaker talks at #PASEDB Invited speaker: @homeobox.bsky.social Organizers: @nakamuralab.bsky.social @patyschneider22.bsky.social & Joaquín Letelier Register: evodevo.wildapricot.org/event-6007396

Excited to be a part of this stacked line up! Come to Miami and let's talk all things Fish!

As part of the special issue for nectar and nectaries, our new review on nectary development and evolution is now published at @newphyt.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Career update: About a year ago, I became the AIxBio group leader at SecureBio, a research non-profit. We study how rapidly accelerating AI is changing biology research, with a particular focus on making sure we mostly get the upsides. Check out this thread for our new paper:

It was so much fun chatting with @embirlab.bsky.social on @scifri.bsky.social about the wonderful world of tails!

🚨 New(ish 😅) publication alert! 🚨 Out now in the latest issue of the Journal of Anatomy, we described an almost completely overlooked ligament in the Zebrafish Weberian apparatus, and its potential impact on sound transmission 🐟🔊: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Let’s dive in! 🧵 1/

Just released a new Science IRL ep! Scientists at CROPPS are using giant robots & genetic light switches to help plants be more resilient in the face of climate change. It gives me hope to see researchers doing this sort of work, especially now: youtu.be/EJfKeySYWm4?... 🧪 #plantscience #scicomm

Haven’t posted on here in awhile, so sharing my new preprint is a great way to get back into the bluesky science community!

This new mutant is making fenestra in its tail fin similar to a plant leaf. I guess you could say it's a..."hopeful monstera"

A larva of the "lesser house fly" Fannia canicularis, illustrated in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera. This book has astonishingly detailed and loving drawings of larvae. 🧪