Alexandre Mayran
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judithpineau.bsky.social
In this beautiful system, we could show uncoupling of gene expression profiles, morphology and patterning… #NotInTheGenes 😉 (also includes a method to do long term 🔬 of elongating gastruloids)
Thank you to all involved @jeromewongng.bsky.social @thomasgregor.bsky.social @alexandremayran.bsky.social
dev-journal.bsky.social
Modifying mechanical constraint guides gastruloid patterning

This Research Highlight showcases the work from Judith Pineau @judithpineau.bsky.social, Jerome Wong-Ng @jeromewongng.bsky.social, Thomas Gregor @thomasgregor.bsky.social and colleagues:

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Figure 2 - Gene expression patterning and transcriptional profiles in hydrogel-grown gastruloids. (A) Representative immunofluorescence images of gastruloids at 120 h. Gastruloids were grown in standard culture conditions (Ctrl, no hydrogel) or embedded in hydrogels with increasing concentrations (0.7 mM, 0.8 mM and 1.0 mM) at 96 h post-seeding. Nuclei (blue), BRA (purple) and SOX2 (yellow) are labeled. (B,C) Normalized expression profiles of SOX2 (B) and BRA (C) along the AP axis, demonstrating consistent expression patterns across conditions. (D) Principal component analysis of bulk RNA-seq experiments (three replicates), revealing clear separation between Ctrl and noCHI (red), a negative control for gastruloid formation, while hydrogel-embedded conditions cluster near Ctrl. (E) Number of significantly differentially expressed (DE) genes compared to Ctrl, showing substantial transcriptional changes in noCHI and minimal changes in hydrogel-embedded conditions (0.7 mM, 0.8 mM and 1.0 mM). Shown here are representative data and analysis for one experimental replicate. See Fig. S3 for two additional replicates.
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cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
#ResultatScientifique 🔎| Faire taire les gènes est aussi crucial que les activer : le répresseur Snail révèle son rôle essentiel dans le développement embryonnaire 🧬
✍️ @laghalab.bsky.social et Ovidiu Radulescu
📕 @natcomms.nature.com | buff.ly/pmtzA1t
L’art délicat de faire taire les gènes
Le développement embryonnaire ne requiert pas uniquement l’activation des gènes, mais également une régulation fine de leur répression.
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alexandremayran.bsky.social
Fantastic work congrats to you all, it's been great to see this story being build over the years
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aurhin.bsky.social
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
hoxd13a reporter in a zebrafish larva
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denisduboule.bsky.social
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
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florenceniedergang.bsky.social
Pleased to announce launching Institut Cochin Foundation, on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m., upon registration, either in the Rosalind Franklin room, 22 rue Méchain, Paris or via video conference: presentation of @institutcochin.bsky.social, meet researchers and call for donations-thanks for your support!
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kitazawa-taro.bsky.social
Please RP.
We are thrilled to announce that our lab’s first preprint is out!
”Whole-genome single-cell multimodal history tracing to reveal cell identity transition”

We report HisTrac-seq, a multiomic single-cell molecular recording platform.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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paveltomancak.bsky.social
Looks like private funders, HHMI,CZI etc., are not going to “save” US research. Europe is setting up mechanisms to attract US researchers & it may work. But, common, target junior talent, don’t shower money on superstars who will be flying professors & return to US when the science winter passes.
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laghalab.bsky.social
#jobAlert We are hiring! If you like #imaging ,gene regulation and a dynamic group please apply. We are looking for a research assistant with a master degree and prior experience in academia.
igmm-montpel.bsky.social
🎯 Hiring: Biology Research Assistant (M/F)
Join IGMM Montpellier to study gene expression dynamics during Drosophila development @laghalab.bsky.social
6-month contract, renewable up to 2 years.
Start Sept 15, 2025 | Apply by Aug 11
🔗 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

#Hiring #Biology #Research #IGMM
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Assistant ingénieur en biologie (H/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
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k4tj4.bsky.social
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Brain Surfaces of 70 primate species
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alicegros.bsky.social
So excited to share my 1st paper !!🌞
Co-authored with @jules-vanaret.bsky.social @dunsingvalentin.bsky.social, we developped an integrated pipeline for imaging, segmenting and analysing cell-scale patterns in gene expression + tissue properties in complex 3D tissues
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
A quantitative pipeline for whole-mount deep imaging and analysis of multi-layered organoids across scales
elifesciences.org
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gracebower.bsky.social
A dream come true: my first first-author publication! 🧬 🎉 Working to unravel the mysteries of long-range gene regulation has been an incredible journey. Endless gratitude to Evgeny, the lab, and all of the amazing collaborators who helped make this happen 🙌
evgenykvon.bsky.social
Our paper describing the Range Extender element which is required and sufficient for long-range enhancer activation at the Shh locus is now available at @nature.com. Congrats to @gracebower.bsky.social who led the study. Below is a brief summary of the main findings www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity - Nature
The REX element is associated with long-range enhancer–promoter interactions.
www.nature.com
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evgenykvon.bsky.social
Our paper describing the Range Extender element which is required and sufficient for long-range enhancer activation at the Shh locus is now available at @nature.com. Congrats to @gracebower.bsky.social who led the study. Below is a brief summary of the main findings www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
Range extender mediates long-distance enhancer activity - Nature
The REX element is associated with long-range enhancer–promoter interactions.
www.nature.com
alexandremayran.bsky.social
Congrats! Happy to see it out!