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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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

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Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · 13d

We've updated our first #preprint from the lab! A collaboration with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

🔥 now including in vivo 🐭&👤 embryo data

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats Vale! 🎉

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Oliver Harschnitz @harschnitz.bsky.social · Sep 3

Beautiful work from Nan Xu and the @studerl.bsky.social lab in @natcellbio.nature.com combining directed differentiation of hPSCs and genome-wide CRISPR screens to identify the epigenetic factors Menin and SUZ12 as regulators of developmental pace across germ layers.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies Menin and SUZ12 as regulators of human developmental timing - Nature Cell Biology

Xu et al. perform a whole-genome CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen using directed differentiation systems. They find that MEN1 and SUZ12 modulate human developmental timing by epigenetically controlling biv...

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Pierre Vanderhaeghen @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social · Sep 3

New from the lab: Fatty Acid Metabolism Sets the Species-specific Tempo of Cortical Development through Protein Acetylation Dynamics. Led by amazing trio: @ryo2iwata.bsky.social , Isabel Gallego, @emirerkol.bsky.social, together with @steinaerts.bsky.social , @fendtlab.bsky.social

Species-specific Rates of Fatty Acid Metabolism Set the Scale of Temporal Patterning of Corticogenesis through Protein Acetylation Dynamics

Developmental processes display temporal differences across species, leading to divergence in organ size and composition. In the cerebral cortex, neurons of diverse identities are generated sequential...

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Sergio Menchero @sermenchero.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thrilled to share that our latest work on marsupial heterochrony is now online at @cp-devcell.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @lab-turner.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk We used scRNAseq to understand the asynchronous progression of developmental programmes in marsupials www.cell.com/developmenta...

Marsupial single-cell transcriptomics identifies temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programs

Menchero et al. generate a single-cell transcriptomic atlas in the opossum and show rapid progression of transcriptional programs in specific tissues relative to morphological landmarks. This shift in...

www.cell.com

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations 🥳

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Jun 10

Excited for the @isscr.org‬ meeting in Hong Kong this week? #ISSCR2025

We've curated a 'Focus on stem cells' collection to complement the meeting, highlighting recent research and review-type articles discussing the wide range of studies using #stemcells.
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...

Focus on stem cells
Stem cells are inextricably linked with developmental biology. They underpin the formation and maintenance of our tissues, and are activated after injury to enable repair and regeneration. The recent advances in using stem cells to build organoids and stem cell-based embryo models have allowed us to probe deeper into developmental biology to reveal the mechanical, chemical and cellular roles of self-organisation, morphogenesis, pluripotency and differentiation.

Curated to complement the 2025 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual Meeting in Hong Kong, this collection highlights recent research and review-type articles discussing the wide range of studies using stem cells. We hope you find this collection interesting and welcome your own submissions for consideration by our expert Editors from the field including James Briscoe, Matthias Lutolf and James Wells.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · May 19

Today we've announced the new Faraday Fellowship accelerated international route, which will grant up to £30 million in funding over the next two years to attract global talent and support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2025/05...

Royal Society announces £30m fund to attract global talent over next two years | Royal Society

International recruitment scheme comes amid announcement of Government principles for 10-year research funding

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fra-florini.bsky.social @fra-florini.bsky.social · May 19

So proud of this work finally out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We examined antigenic variation in malaria parasites at single-cell level and found a surprising level of diversity. Make sure to check it out and don’t miss my talk on Thursday to hear about this story! #malaria #scRNA-Seq #EMBLMalaria

Kirk Deitsch @kirkdeitsch.bsky.social · May 16

Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.

scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance

Nature Microbiology - Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that malaria parasites have unexpected flexibility in surface antigen expression, potentially providing parasites with greater adaptive...

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · May 17

Hi @marklewandoski.bsky.social ,

You are already on the DevBio II starter pack. Please check to make sure you can see your @ handle.

Devbio I was filled to its max of 150 members many months ago. So U stated a second pack which is almost full.

go.bsky.app/2qUqVKE

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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · Dec 17

@rrbehringer.bsky.social

the first Dev Bio starter pack:

go.bsky.app/M5AgJhn

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · May 9

Kudos to the organisers for an incredible event! @trayon.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · May 9

The @embo.org #EvoDevoTempo ⏳ Paris 2025 just came to an end ⏳🧬 So grateful to be part of this inspiring community! Tons of ideas to take back with me - and already looking forward to the next edition! 🚀

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Matthew L. Kraushar @matthewkraushar.bsky.social · May 9

As this @embo.org EvoDevoTempo Paris 2025 comes to close, my biggest takeaway message is that we absolutely must do this again!

Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community

Until next ⏰ time ⏰

Matthew L. Kraushar @matthewkraushar.bsky.social · May 7

having a lovely ⏱️time⏱️ at the #EMBO EvoDevoTempo meeting in paris

very much a field defined by its multidisciplinarity and diversity of model systems, leading to discoveries that wouldn't be possible otherwise

also, paris in the spring is definitely a thing

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Iana V. Kim @ianakim.bsky.social · May 7

I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Chromatin loops are an ancestral hallmark of the animal regulatory genome - Nature

The physical organization of the genome in non-bilaterian animals and their closest unicellular relatives is characterized; comparative analysis shows chromatin looping is a conserved feature of ...

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Mar 25

Peer review completed within 7 days!
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.

Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social

More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social

Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · Mar 24

Huge thanks to @trayon.bsky.social @babrahaminst.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social and @embo.org that made this possible!

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thrilled to start my collaboration in Lorenzo Calviello’s lab @translatomics.bsky.social at @humantechnopole.bsky.social! Excited to dive into Ribo-Seq, exchange ideas and uncover new insights on translational regulation. Looking forward to what’s ahead!
Let’s get started! 🧬💻✨

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Stephen Methot @smethot.bsky.social · Mar 14

Job opening in my research group!! Please share.

I'm looking for a lab technician to join my small team investigating how chromatin structure regulates gene expression in C. elegans.

www.fmi.ch/education-ca...

Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position

www.fmi.ch

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Benjamin Towbin @betowbin.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨New preprint alert!!! We show using #Celegans that mothers control the #ribosome levels of their offspring depending on their diet. Pioneered by fantastic
Sigma Pradhan (not yet on 🟦). #worms biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵

Intergenerational control of ribosomes under dietary restriction

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Chiara Azzi @azzichia.bsky.social · Mar 10

Very cool Ben! Congrats 🎉

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Mar 4

Last week, postdocs from @crg.eu & @babrahaminst.bsky.social came together to organise the International Postdoc Symposium, 2 incredible days full of science, dialogue & networking. These collaborations are so important! And Iris Uribesalgo, EU-LIFE Policy Officer, was there to talk about her role 😊

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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · Feb 27

It was great to participate in this #scicomm session and have a chance to present some of our recent #SciArt projects! I enjoyed very much to listen about other projects! Thank you #CRGBIpostdocs !

Iana V. Kim @ianakim.bsky.social · Feb 27

Such an inspiring discussion on how to disseminate science. It's all about making your research seen, heard and felt! Huge thanks to the panel members #CRGBIpostdocs @crg.eu @babrahaminst.bsky.social

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