1/ 🐣⚒️ To study mechanics, we need to apply prescribed forces - how can we do that in living tissues? I am @eigenp.bsky.social and in this thread I'll highlight our new approach for applying tension on epithelial tissues in vivo!

🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar: Evolution of brain cell types. September 10, 2–3pm UTC This event brings together 2 outstanding evolutionary and developmental neuroscientists who will present their work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/evolution-...

Wanna learn more about the origin and evolution of a really cool cell type AND look at the brains of chicken, salamander, zebrafish, bichir and skate, all in one paper? 🧠🧬🤩 Check out our new preprint on the evolution of Cajal-Retzius cells, led by Eli Gumnit!!

Buon 25 Aprile! On this day we celebrate the efforts and victory of the Italian resistance movement, and the liberation of Italy from fascism and from Nazi occupation! 🎉

New preprint from my PhD in @amphispacelab.bsky.social is out! 🥳 We investigated the evolution of my favorite gene FoxQ2 across 21 animal phyla, and found three ancient paralogs with a very dynamic history. More on phylogeny, synteny, and comparative in situs in the 🧵 below! tinyurl.com/2j96px45

For my first post on 🦋, I am incredibly excited to share that my PhD paper has been published in #ScienceAdvances! We compared the development of the anterior neuroectoderm to uncover how the chordate #forebrain evolved 🧠. Have a look at the summary 🧵 below! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Neural crest of Xenopus embryos labelled with nuclear GFP