Filipa Simões
@simoesfilipa.bsky.social
Development and Regeneration of the Heart | Cardio-Immuno Genomics | Group Leader University of Oxford IDRM-DPAG | playing with zebrafish & cardiac organoids | academic mama of 2 children & 1 dog | curiosity led
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Immune-mediated cardiac development and regeneration
The complex interplay between the immune and cardiovascular systems during development, homeostasis and regeneration represents a rapidly evolving fie…
www.sciencedirect.com
Just published! Our Review on how immune cells masterfully orchestrate heart development and regeneration. Beyond fighting pathogens, they're actually building & repairing your heart! Learn how cutting-edge technologies are driving therapeutic opportunities here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@shifaant.bsky.social @srinivas-lab.bsky.social peaking into the chick heart - love it!!
This week's scientific video, created by Dr Shifaan Thowfeequ from the Shankar Srinivas lab, is titled “Chasing the wave – in search of the origins of the first heartbeat.” The video captures the mechanical and chemical dynamics of an embryonic chick heart as it first forms and starts to beat.
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@shifaant.bsky.social @srinivas-lab.bsky.social peaking into the chick heart - love it!!
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If you’re not aware of BiO’s Fast & Fair initiative, do listen to this podcast or find out more on the website (journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/fa...). We’re trying to tackle two big issues with the peer review process - how to make it quicker & how to recognise the crucial work of peer reviewers
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you’re not aware of BiO’s Fast & Fair initiative, do listen to this podcast or find out more on the website (journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/fa...). We’re trying to tackle two big issues with the peer review process - how to make it quicker & how to recognise the crucial work of peer reviewers
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Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
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He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Anthony A. Hyman will become EMBL’s next Director General.
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
He joins EMBL from @mpi-cbg.de in Dresden. He is also Professor of Molecular Biology @tudresden.bsky.social, and was a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg from 1993 to 1999.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
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So excited to share this as a new junior PI:
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
So excited to share this as a new junior PI:
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
My brand-new lab website! 🎉🪰🌀
www.bischofflab.com
Please pass it on to young, motivated researchers looking for PhD positions 😊
And for the #FluorescenceFriday community: don’t miss the SciArt Gallery!
#CellBio #DevBio #PhDjob #PhDposition #Science
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I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life)
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
GENOMIC IMPRINTING | Edge.org
www.edge.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life)
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on.
www.edge.org/conversation...
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Students applying for grad school, or reaching out to professors. I have an important piece of advice for you: STOP DOING THIS 👇 (a thread) #STEM #PhD #gradschool #academictips
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Students applying for grad school, or reaching out to professors. I have an important piece of advice for you: STOP DOING THIS 👇 (a thread) #STEM #PhD #gradschool #academictips
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I should also point out that some of you are starting to use AI-assisted emails, and we can tell. Use your own words, own thoughts, be honest, be real, dig a little deep and ask yourselves "what really excites me about this" and please stop with the cookie cutter, AI copy-paste emails. End of PSA.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I should also point out that some of you are starting to use AI-assisted emails, and we can tell. Use your own words, own thoughts, be honest, be real, dig a little deep and ask yourselves "what really excites me about this" and please stop with the cookie cutter, AI copy-paste emails. End of PSA.
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🚨 here it is the #DashBoard accompanying our new paper
(see 🧵 below)
➡️ spatial-pancreatic-maps.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk
😃 have fun exploring the dataset & #spatial #maps 🗺️
👏 👏 Kudo to Sami (#Siwanarta Ma) MScs Bioinformatics for building the #DashBoard !!
(see 🧵 below)
➡️ spatial-pancreatic-maps.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk
😃 have fun exploring the dataset & #spatial #maps 🗺️
👏 👏 Kudo to Sami (#Siwanarta Ma) MScs Bioinformatics for building the #DashBoard !!
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🚨 here it is the #DashBoard accompanying our new paper
(see 🧵 below)
➡️ spatial-pancreatic-maps.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk
😃 have fun exploring the dataset & #spatial #maps 🗺️
👏 👏 Kudo to Sami (#Siwanarta Ma) MScs Bioinformatics for building the #DashBoard !!
(see 🧵 below)
➡️ spatial-pancreatic-maps.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk
😃 have fun exploring the dataset & #spatial #maps 🗺️
👏 👏 Kudo to Sami (#Siwanarta Ma) MScs Bioinformatics for building the #DashBoard !!
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We are recruiting - deadline approaching!!! Postdoc position available in my lab to develop an exciting project with @alexfsantos2401.bsky.social to advance our understanding of food allergy and oral tolerance in early life.
#ILC #organoids #intestine #FoodAllergy
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...
#ILC #organoids #intestine #FoodAllergy
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We are recruiting - deadline approaching!!! Postdoc position available in my lab to develop an exciting project with @alexfsantos2401.bsky.social to advance our understanding of food allergy and oral tolerance in early life.
#ILC #organoids #intestine #FoodAllergy
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...
#ILC #organoids #intestine #FoodAllergy
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...
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The lab’s first pre-print! We investigated how growth-inducing Erk activity waves are regulated in regenerating zebrafish scales. We discovered that Erk waves are followed by waves of expression of their own inhibitors, as predicted by excitable waves theory. tinyurl.com/26r2cmpj
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The lab’s first pre-print! We investigated how growth-inducing Erk activity waves are regulated in regenerating zebrafish scales. We discovered that Erk waves are followed by waves of expression of their own inhibitors, as predicted by excitable waves theory. tinyurl.com/26r2cmpj
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A remarkable scientist, innovator, and role model--well worth a read. 🧪
Check out our latest issue where we interview Cassandra Extavour, who studies the evolution of the genetic mechanisms employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development, and differentiation at Harvard University. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Q & A
Interview with Cassandra Extavour, who studies the evolution of the genetic mechanisms
employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development, and
differentiation at Harvard Univ...
www.cell.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A remarkable scientist, innovator, and role model--well worth a read. 🧪
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I am very excited to be organizing a session for postdocs (with focus on those in the job market). Be on the lookout for info and registration! 🐟🧪
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I am very excited to be organizing a session for postdocs (with focus on those in the job market). Be on the lookout for info and registration! 🐟🧪
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1. We start a major consortium programme funded by the sLoLa of BBSRC (shorturl.at/aUbnt) to decipher the semantic rules of enhancer arrangements driving regulator genes of development (shorturl.at/6qcjW).
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November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
1. We start a major consortium programme funded by the sLoLa of BBSRC (shorturl.at/aUbnt) to decipher the semantic rules of enhancer arrangements driving regulator genes of development (shorturl.at/6qcjW).
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Folks, it is finally out! Our paper on T2T assemblies of the zebrafish genome is on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Folks, it is finally out! Our paper on T2T assemblies of the zebrafish genome is on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Re-upping this with a Bluetorial in a shameless act of self-promotion. 1/n
Cell cycle-driven transcriptome maturation confers multilineage competence to cardiopharyngeal progenitors
Wei Wang, @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Wei Wang, @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Re-upping this with a Bluetorial in a shameless act of self-promotion. 1/n
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The importance of getting away from your screen and talking to other people: The Sense of Community (with thanks to @andrewmaynard.net for stimulating this post) occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
The Importance of Community | Athene Donald's Blog
occamstypewriter.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The importance of getting away from your screen and talking to other people: The Sense of Community (with thanks to @andrewmaynard.net for stimulating this post) occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hydra (Hydra vulgaris) ✨Small but mighty! Hydra can regenerate its entire body, even its head 🧠 A classic model for regeneration, stem cell dynamics, and body axis patterning 📸 Image by Daniel Bressan de Andrade #ModelMonday #DevBio #Regeneration
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hydra (Hydra vulgaris) ✨Small but mighty! Hydra can regenerate its entire body, even its head 🧠 A classic model for regeneration, stem cell dynamics, and body axis patterning 📸 Image by Daniel Bressan de Andrade #ModelMonday #DevBio #Regeneration
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Flashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Flashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.
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New paper from the lab on a new Gateway compatible toolkit for transgenesis in eukaryotes, led by former technician Will Gillespie.
Open access @dev-journal.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Open access @dev-journal.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
MultiSite Assembly of Gateway Induced Clones (MAGIC): a flexible cloning toolbox for use in vertebrate model systems
Summary: A comprehensive suite of Gateway-compatible plasmids for in vitro and in vivo transgenesis in vertebrate model systems has been developed, together with a relational, modifiable, open-source ...
journals.biologists.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New paper from the lab on a new Gateway compatible toolkit for transgenesis in eukaryotes, led by former technician Will Gillespie.
Open access @dev-journal.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Open access @dev-journal.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Our study on the role of LTR5HS and SVAs in regulation of human neural crest migration is now published as peer-reviewed paper on @molsystbiol.org!
Congrats to first author brilliant postdoc Laura Deelen, and all the authors involved! @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Congrats to first author brilliant postdoc Laura Deelen, and all the authors involved! @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
September 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Our study on the role of LTR5HS and SVAs in regulation of human neural crest migration is now published as peer-reviewed paper on @molsystbiol.org!
Congrats to first author brilliant postdoc Laura Deelen, and all the authors involved! @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Congrats to first author brilliant postdoc Laura Deelen, and all the authors involved! @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Last week I had the pleasure of hosting Dr Marianne Bronner for our CReM seminar series. Through this series, we’re committed to giving our mentees and trainees exposure to 🤯 science from those pushing the boundaries in their field, and extraordinary mentors , and Marianne checks every single box.
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Last week I had the pleasure of hosting Dr Marianne Bronner for our CReM seminar series. Through this series, we’re committed to giving our mentees and trainees exposure to 🤯 science from those pushing the boundaries in their field, and extraordinary mentors , and Marianne checks every single box.
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Sara Cox completes marathon challenge and raises over £7m for Children in Need
Sara Cox completes marathon challenge and raises over £7m for Children in Need
Radio 2 DJ covered 135 miles in five days carrying a Pudsey Bear backpack from Kielder Forest to Pudsey, Leeds
The BBC presenter Sara Cox has completed her arduous challenge to cover 135 miles in five days, which has raised more than £7m for the Children in Need charity.
The 50-year-old, who presents Radio 2’s Teatime show on weekdays, crossed the finish line for her great northern marathon challenge at about 3.30pm on Friday after covering the equivalent of five marathons in five days, where she was greeted by a performance from former Spice Girl Melanie C. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sara Cox completes marathon challenge and raises over £7m for Children in Need
I’ve been quite in awe (and inspired!) by Sara’s grit and determination- running the equivalent of 5 marathons in 5 days #powerwoman💥 if you can, consider donating for BBC Children in Need: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c...
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I’ve been quite in awe (and inspired!) by Sara’s grit and determination- running the equivalent of 5 marathons in 5 days #powerwoman💥 if you can, consider donating for BBC Children in Need: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c...
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I won't talk about NMeth @natmethods.nature.com forever (probably), but I do want to brag a bit about the November focus issue on cell segmentation and tracking, which is many ways is my last hurrah (and final editorial) for the journal. I am so proud of these papers!! www.nature.com/nmeth/volume...
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I won't talk about NMeth @natmethods.nature.com forever (probably), but I do want to brag a bit about the November focus issue on cell segmentation and tracking, which is many ways is my last hurrah (and final editorial) for the journal. I am so proud of these papers!! www.nature.com/nmeth/volume...