Young Embryologist Network
@yen-network.bsky.social
We are a UK based community of early career stem cell and developmental biology scientists. Join us at our annual conferences in May. More information at youngembryologists.org
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During this time, he published a more detailed table of zebrafish cleavage and also studied karyokinesis. But that’s not all: in a collaboration with Warren Harmon Lewis, then at Wistar, they produced what is probably the first “motion picture" of zebrafish development. (6/7)
January 2, 2026 at 10:42 AM
During this time, he published a more detailed table of zebrafish cleavage and also studied karyokinesis. But that’s not all: in a collaboration with Warren Harmon Lewis, then at Wistar, they produced what is probably the first “motion picture" of zebrafish development. (6/7)
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Wow, this sounds like an incredible opportunity!
🚨 Alarm!!! 🚨
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
AI/ML course for microscopy image analysis!!! 🧐
In 2026 at Janelia (@hhmijanelia.bsky.social), no tuition, housing and meals provided! Isn’t that borderline unbelievable?!?
20 students, ~14 TAs and lecturers
🗓️ June 4-18 2026
✍️ Jan 15 2026 ✍️
🔁 pls!!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Deep Learning for Microscopy Image Analysis
Topics The following will be covered extensively during lectures, exercises, and project work: Image denoising and restoration (fully supervised and self-supervised) Image translation (e.g.,
www.janelia.org
December 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Wow, this sounds like an incredible opportunity!
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Last couple of days to vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 ❤️🔬!
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Last couple of days to vote for your favourite 'Featured image' from 2025 ❤️🔬!
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/19/v...
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We're in love with this cover image! 🧡
Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024:
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...
Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024:
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We're in love with this cover image! 🧡
Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024:
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...
Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024:
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...
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#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question 🙃, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question 🙃, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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At first glance, looks like a Gray–Scott reaction-diffusion
But it’s a fertilized starfish 🥚: proteins self-organizing into spiral waves across the membrane
Same dynamics seen in ❤️/🧠/🌊, even quantum fluids. Universality in action!
#ComplexSystems
news.mit.edu/2020/growth-...
But it’s a fertilized starfish 🥚: proteins self-organizing into spiral waves across the membrane
Same dynamics seen in ❤️/🧠/🌊, even quantum fluids. Universality in action!
#ComplexSystems
news.mit.edu/2020/growth-...
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
At first glance, looks like a Gray–Scott reaction-diffusion
But it’s a fertilized starfish 🥚: proteins self-organizing into spiral waves across the membrane
Same dynamics seen in ❤️/🧠/🌊, even quantum fluids. Universality in action!
#ComplexSystems
news.mit.edu/2020/growth-...
But it’s a fertilized starfish 🥚: proteins self-organizing into spiral waves across the membrane
Same dynamics seen in ❤️/🧠/🌊, even quantum fluids. Universality in action!
#ComplexSystems
news.mit.edu/2020/growth-...
Useful new tool for imaging and keeping track of large scale movements in embryo development!🔬
Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking.
It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Useful new tool for imaging and keeping track of large scale movements in embryo development!🔬
Beautiful images! Save some for the YEN 2026 image competition ;)
Love the #SciArt gallery on @maikbischoff.bsky.social's lab website 😍
www.bischofflab.com/portfolio
#microscopy #bioart #microscopymonday #cellfie #devbio #cellbio
www.bischofflab.com/portfolio
#microscopy #bioart #microscopymonday #cellfie #devbio #cellbio
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Beautiful images! Save some for the YEN 2026 image competition ;)
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Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Mark your calendars! The next SFB 1348 International Meeting will take place in #Münster from May 27-29, 2026, with a focus on #Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces. Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/m...
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Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy #FluorescenceFriday. This beautiful video shows slice by slice section of a zebrafish embryo's head. The embryo is almost completely transparent, proving that zebrafish is an amazing model system for microscopy.
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
Brightfield, red = actin, blue = DAPI
📹: Postdoc Matyas BL (@Mongera lab, UCL)
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Searching for physical principles of morphogenesis
In this #OpenAccess Spotlight, Nikolas Claussen, Fridtjof Brauns and @streichan.bsky.social highlight the ‘physics of development’, focusing on the interplay between quantitative experiments and mathematical theory
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
In this #OpenAccess Spotlight, Nikolas Claussen, Fridtjof Brauns and @streichan.bsky.social highlight the ‘physics of development’, focusing on the interplay between quantitative experiments and mathematical theory
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Searching for physical principles of morphogenesis
In this #OpenAccess Spotlight, Nikolas Claussen, Fridtjof Brauns and @streichan.bsky.social highlight the ‘physics of development’, focusing on the interplay between quantitative experiments and mathematical theory
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
In this #OpenAccess Spotlight, Nikolas Claussen, Fridtjof Brauns and @streichan.bsky.social highlight the ‘physics of development’, focusing on the interplay between quantitative experiments and mathematical theory
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
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I don’t always manage to get the cochlea out… But I love it when I do! #FluorescenceFriday
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I don’t always manage to get the cochlea out… But I love it when I do! #FluorescenceFriday
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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
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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
Here, we reveal how early developmental programs shape and maintain #zebrafish gill architecture throughout life
🔗 journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
#FluorescenceFriday #LifelongDevSI
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Happy (and spooky) #FluorescenceFriday
Switching from frogs (which are underrated btw) to zebrafish has really made me appreciate transparent tissues! 🐟
28 hpf, ⚪ nuclei, 🔴 F-actin
Switching from frogs (which are underrated btw) to zebrafish has really made me appreciate transparent tissues! 🐟
28 hpf, ⚪ nuclei, 🔴 F-actin
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy (and spooky) #FluorescenceFriday
Switching from frogs (which are underrated btw) to zebrafish has really made me appreciate transparent tissues! 🐟
28 hpf, ⚪ nuclei, 🔴 F-actin
Switching from frogs (which are underrated btw) to zebrafish has really made me appreciate transparent tissues! 🐟
28 hpf, ⚪ nuclei, 🔴 F-actin
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🏆 First Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🖼️
“A Model Meeting” by Karla Akari Garcia
Inspired by The Quaker Meeting, this watercolor honors animal research models, from mouse to axolotl, that have advanced developmental biology 🎨 A tribute to science’s often unsung heroes. #DevBioArt
Inspired by The Quaker Meeting, this watercolor honors animal research models, from mouse to axolotl, that have advanced developmental biology 🎨 A tribute to science’s often unsung heroes. #DevBioArt
October 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🏆 First Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🖼️
“A Model Meeting” by Karla Akari Garcia
Inspired by The Quaker Meeting, this watercolor honors animal research models, from mouse to axolotl, that have advanced developmental biology 🎨 A tribute to science’s often unsung heroes. #DevBioArt
Inspired by The Quaker Meeting, this watercolor honors animal research models, from mouse to axolotl, that have advanced developmental biology 🎨 A tribute to science’s often unsung heroes. #DevBioArt
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Amazing day at #GastrulationReloaded with thought provoking science and jaw dropping methods.
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Organizers and self-organization in developmental biology
This collection highlights papers studying self-organization, symmetry breaking, and developmental organizers.
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Amazing day at #GastrulationReloaded with thought provoking science and jaw dropping methods.
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
Also, for no reason at all, re-posting this open Collection: www.nature.com/collections/...
Don’t sweat the deadline, we’ll extend it and I’ll add relevant papers that come to me @natcomms.nature.com
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✴️Sea urchins have illuminated fertilization 🧫, early cleavage divisions 🔬, and gene regulation in embryonic patterning 🧬. A classic marine model that shaped our understanding of cell fate and axis formation. 📸 Image by Laurent Formery #ModelMonday #DevBio
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
✴️Sea urchins have illuminated fertilization 🧫, early cleavage divisions 🔬, and gene regulation in embryonic patterning 🧬. A classic marine model that shaped our understanding of cell fate and axis formation. 📸 Image by Laurent Formery #ModelMonday #DevBio
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Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College
Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
See this? This = implanting mouse embryo. Usually this happens inside its mother and is invisible to us, but we can actually watch implantation ex vivo with the hope of understanding why implantation goes awry in embryos of older women. A 🧵...
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#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
✍️ @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.
buff.ly
September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#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
✍️ @laghalab.bsky.social et Ovidiu Radulescu
📕 @natcomms.nature.com | buff.ly/pmtzA1t
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1/12 A very special moment for me! 🎉
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
September 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
1/12 A very special moment for me! 🎉
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes.
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#cellbio #devbio #science
🧵for details
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#Undergraduates #Postbacs @socdevbio.bsky.social is hosting a webinar Get Into Grad School September 21 at 3pm ET. Learn about doctoral programs, the key elements of a compelling grad school application, and the interview process. Register: bit.ly/3HFJ9BG
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#Undergraduates #Postbacs @socdevbio.bsky.social is hosting a webinar Get Into Grad School September 21 at 3pm ET. Learn about doctoral programs, the key elements of a compelling grad school application, and the interview process. Register: bit.ly/3HFJ9BG
This was the first dev bio textbook I ever picked up and inspired me to enter the field. An iconic image!
Mouse (Mus musculus) 🐭 is the powerhouse of mammalian genetics, essential for studying embryogenesis, organ development and gene function using transgenic technologies. 📸 Image by Zhong Hua also featured on the cover of Developmental Biology textbook (11th edition) #ModelMonday
September 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This was the first dev bio textbook I ever picked up and inspired me to enter the field. An iconic image!