(1/8) Very Happy to share our lab’s 3D post-implantation human embryo model, made via signalling reprograming! 🙌 Huge thanks to the entire team and our collaborators, special shout-out to @cc0447.bsky.social (led the work) and @jinjin-0101.bsky.social (comp. analysis). www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...

(1/3) A while back, my then-PhD student @htstuart.bsky.social stumbled on a finding that changed our lab’s direction 👀✨. Turns out, STAT3 mediated reprogramming generates intermediates (Gata6GFP+ cells) going through an earlier developmental stage with increased developmental potential 🚀

📢 Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences! bit.ly/47mmiFF

A perfect start in the new year! 🌱 Regenerating tissues are just an amazing spatio temporal controlled process! Our new manuscript explores how cell heterogeneity and bistability orchestrate intestinal regeneration. 🧵 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

🌛Western sessions: Our classic VGZT seminars will continue bi-weekly on Thursdays, featuring the same time and format as before. Check out the speaker lineup and in the future, look for the 🌙 symbol in the flyers for individual sessions. [2/4]

📢Vote for the 2024 Development cover image of the year @dev-journal.bsky.social featured 24 cover images in 2024. Now is the chance to pick your favourite! Browse through the images and vote by 13 Jan: https://thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-the-2024-development-cover-image-of-the-year/ #DevBio