Meis2 is a transcriptional factor involved in neurodevelopment. This paper characterises its distribution in the developing brain of Xenopus leavis. Check it out!

Meis2 is a transcriptional factor involved in neurodevelopment. This paper characterises its distribution in the developing brain of Xenopus leavis. Check it out!

🚨✨🐸 Very excited to share the latest work I’m part of: “Developmental and adult expression of the Meis2 transcription factor in the CNS of Xenopus laevis”. Read below 👇 DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fnan... #Neurogenesis #BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #EvoDevo #DevBio #Xenopus

Sir John Gurdon was also the president of the @isdb.bsky.social from 1989-1992. He also facilitated or influenced the establishment of the @bsdb.bsky.social, @lasdb.bsky.social, many institutes, and generations of scientists, and worked with @biologists.bsky.social for decades. You will be missed.

Sir John Gurdon was also the president of the @isdb.bsky.social from 1989-1992. He also facilitated or influenced the establishment of the @bsdb.bsky.social, @lasdb.bsky.social, many institutes, and generations of scientists, and worked with @biologists.bsky.social for decades. You will be missed.

"His secret weapons were an unquenchable curiosity and continuing hands-on experimentation at the bench with his beautiful frog embryos and oocytes". A thoughtful tribute to the life of Sir John Gurdon by Edward M. De Robertis that we really recommend everyone to read. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

We love frogs too 🐸!

We love frogs too 🐸!

🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio

Our special issue on ‘Cilia and Flagella’ is now out! Huge thanks to all (authors + reviewers) who contributed, and to our wonderful Guest Editors (@cilialab.bsky.social + @lottepedersen.bsky.social) for pulling it together. Happy reading! #cilia #flagella journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

Stunning image!!

Can't believe it — my first‑author paper is out and my image graces the cover of @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉 Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life 🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15... #FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI

When #halloween meets #FluorescenceFriday 🎃

In the spirit 👻 of Freaky Friday 🎃, here is a beautiful yet eery video of zebrafish retina development showing horizontal cells (🔵) finding their way out of the crowded amacrine (🟠) layer to settle beneath the photoreceptors. Happy #Halloween! 🎥: PhD student Rae Wong from the @nordenlab.bsky.social

In the spirit 👻 of Freaky Friday 🎃, here is a beautiful yet eery video of zebrafish retina development showing horizontal cells (🔵) finding their way out of the crowded amacrine (🟠) layer to settle beneath the photoreceptors. Happy #Halloween! 🎥: PhD student Rae Wong from the @nordenlab.bsky.social

Ascidians (Ciona intestinalis)🪸Our distant chordate cousins! 🌊 Simple sea squirts that reveal how vertebrate body plans evolved 🧬 A key model for notochord formation, neural induction, and cell lineage mapping 📸 Video by MBL Embryology 2019 #ModelMonday #DevBio #EvoDevo

🥈 Second Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🎨
Hyloscirtus lynchi tadpoles captured in watercolor! 🐸 A tribute to this critically endangered Andean frog, showcasing its natural colors, unique hindlimb sacs & delicate morphology. 🌿 Painting by Sebastian Plata #DevBio #ScienceArt

From the lab of Chinmoy Patra discussing the importance of ECM in heart morphogenesis and the roles of secreted molecules in mediating fibrosis or regeneration after myocardial injury. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of Maxwell Heiman discussing the interesting topic of apical ECM and the function of sensing organs and how these ECM proteins can both mechanically and biochemically modulate the organ's functions. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of Jean Schwarzbauer identified IGFBP3 as the most up-regulated gene in fibrotic human lung fibroblasts and can be used as a potential biomarker for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of Eva Matalova exploring the role of TGF-B in gld osteoblastic cells. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of @rachellennon.bsky.social showing how fluid flow can alter Collagen IV network architecture using a very neat kidney co-culture system. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of Scott Holley showing the distinct functions that fibronectin 1a and 1b have during zebrafish development using live imaging. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of Brian Stramer discussing how the ECM actively involved in shaping embryo morphogenesis. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

From the lab of Kenneth Yamada showing how mRNAs coding for basement membrane proteins are polarised apically in mouse embryonic salivary gland outer epithelial cells and are trafficked by microtubules. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

Special issue looking at the relationship between ECM and development. The role of ECM in shaping developmental dynamics is increasingly recognised. Check it out:

The ECM is no longer in the back seat when it comes to development. Check out our special issue "Dynamics of the extracellular matrix in development, cell physiology and disease" with 8 selected articles to learn more: A 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

What are these? You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵

Looking forward to this highly interactive meeting! Great cross-disciplinary speakers & opportunities for contributed talks, sign up !! 👇👇👇

As spooky season is upon us 🎃, we have cells that look like spider webs for #FluorescenceFriday 🧪🔬

Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio

Avishek Kataria, Shweta Tyagi @shwetatyagi.bsky.social and colleagues @bric-cdfd.bsky.social find that the MLL/WDR5 complex promotes midbody recruitment of KIF2C for microtubule depolymerisation & furrow initiation during cytokinesis. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

For #FluorescenceFriday - projection neurons from the mouse prefrontal cortex to the locus coeruleus 🔴 with Fos labeling activated cells 🟢. Image credit to the Circuits team in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social 🧠🔬🧪

@natbiomedeng.nature.com had a 🔥🔥 week this week! Why don't we have any followers on this site 😆😭

Cell-cell junction proteins like ZO-1 not only play a critical role in the mechanical interaction between cells, but also participate in the biochemical signalling to coordinate the cell sheet. Check out this review on collective cell migration here to learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

How do endodermal cells behave during gastrulation? In this paper, the authors found that a gradient of BMP regulates mesoderm and endoderm convergent extension. Endoderm cells also use the mesoderm and Cxcr4a signalling to guide their movement. The imaging is beautiful! doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

A new review from the @mayorlab.bsky.social on the chemical and physical cues regulating neural crest cells migration is out. Check it out! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Coupling and decoupling of the cell cycle from cell differentiation in development In this Spotlight, @kkukreja.bsky.social & Allon Klein discuss the dependence of animal cell differentiation on cell cycle, and how their decoupling facilitates development journals.biologists.com/dev/article-...

In honor of the passing of Sir John Gurdon, we will revisit the concept of chimerism across scales in this review from the lab of @drmichaellevin.bsky.social. Grafting and nucleus transplanting have been the cornerstone of modern #devbio. We have come so far! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Registration is now open to attend Journal of Cell Science's meeting on Imaging Cell Dynamics, organised by Francesca Bottanelli, Guillaume Jacquemet, Michael Way and Giulia Zanetti. Find out more: biologists.com/meetings/jcs... #JCSimaging #Microscopy #Microscope #Imaging #Cells #CellScience

Edward Jenkins, Clare Latta and Hoang Anh Le @anhhle2702.bsky.social reflect on the major themes and discussion points from The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social Workshop on ‘Immune Cell Interactions in Development, Homeostasis and Immunity’. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social. Submission deadline: 3 November journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu... #cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish

We’re looking for a Research Assistant / Lab Manager to join the 🧬 Developmental Epigenomics lab at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD, Seville 🇪🇸)! 🐟 Work with zebrafish, CRISPR–Cas9, and genomics technologies 💫 3-year fully funded position Details 👉 www.bogdanoviclab.org

Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...

cover image yeeeeeeeeehawwwww #flourescentfriday check out our work in the most recent issue of @jcellsci.bsky.social !

Organizing time past, remembered this summary of many thoughts that I continue to pursue And nowhere rings more true that ‘the detail of pattern is the movement’ than in the actions of cells as they build #embryos www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbQV... #CellsRUs #MasterBuilder

For #FluorescenceFriday, RhoA (blue) and the actin cytoskeleton (magenta) are shown in a set of primary microglia 🔬 #Neuroscience #Microscopy

Great collaborative effort to get this done

My entry for today’s #FluorescenceFriday: a pupal #Drosophila testis with muscles expressing 🔵 lifeact & 🔴 RFP-nls Honored & grateful to receive an honorable mention at @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World 🌍🔬✨ 🔗 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20... #NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceArt