Davis Laundon
@davislaundon.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Imaging and Evolutionary Biology
at the University of Southampton. Using 3D #microscopy to investigate the evolution of the mammalian placenta #vEM #microCT
at the University of Southampton. Using 3D #microscopy to investigate the evolution of the mammalian placenta #vEM #microCT
Reposted by Davis Laundon
📜We are thrilled to announce that the latest MorphoNet paper is officially published 🎉 ! Discover 5 varied use cases in which MorphoNet helps segment, curate, evaluate & validate complex 3D+t datasets, and much more 🧑💻 ! Read at @elife.bsky.social : doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📜We are thrilled to announce that the latest MorphoNet paper is officially published 🎉 ! Discover 5 varied use cases in which MorphoNet helps segment, curate, evaluate & validate complex 3D+t datasets, and much more 🧑💻 ! Read at @elife.bsky.social : doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Nature research paper: Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals
go.nature.com/4i0i61w
go.nature.com/4i0i61w
Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals - Nature
Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence for convergent genomic evolution across the animal kingdom and recurring periods of terrestrial colonization.
go.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Nature research paper: Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals
go.nature.com/4i0i61w
go.nature.com/4i0i61w
Reposted by Davis Laundon
First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
The evolutionary origins of synaptic proteins and their changing roles in different organisms across evolution
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Recent studies have shed further light on the evolutionary origins of chemical synapses, In this Review, Colgren and Burkhardt explore how ancient proteins were...
rdcu.be
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com
Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E
@jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a nonrandom pattern of giant cells
Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells have a wide range of sizes and ploidies, but the mechanisms patterning their size and spatial distribution remain unclear. This study shows that the pathway controllin...
journals.plos.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Friday seminar treat with a talk by Prof. De Tomaso on the reproductive and regenerative prowesses of colonial ascidians at @msarscentre.bsky.social in #SunnyBergen
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Friday seminar treat with a talk by Prof. De Tomaso on the reproductive and regenerative prowesses of colonial ascidians at @msarscentre.bsky.social in #SunnyBergen
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Gestation length both shapes and is shaped by other life history traits in terrestrial eutherian mammals
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Thodoris Danis et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Thodoris Danis et al.
Gestation length both shapes and is shaped by other life history traits in terrestrial eutherian mammals
Abstract. The length of gestation in eutherian mammals, which is key to their reproductive success, is closely connected to other life history traits, body
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Gestation length both shapes and is shaped by other life history traits in terrestrial eutherian mammals
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Thodoris Danis et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Thodoris Danis et al.
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Glushkova, Böhm, & Beck @maxplanck.de develop a publicly available computational method to measure the thickness of biological membranes in cryo-electron tomograms. Analysis of algae & human cells reveals systematic membrane thickness variations within & across organelles rupress.org/jcb/article/...
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Glushkova, Böhm, & Beck @maxplanck.de develop a publicly available computational method to measure the thickness of biological membranes in cryo-electron tomograms. Analysis of algae & human cells reveals systematic membrane thickness variations within & across organelles rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Reposted by Davis Laundon
The lab had an excellent time at IFPA 2025 in Erfurt. @drjanecleal.bsky.social, @davislaundon.bsky.social, and myself presented talks while @ananditau.bsky.social and Ella presented posters. Great science, great company… and even fire dancers! 🔥
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The lab had an excellent time at IFPA 2025 in Erfurt. @drjanecleal.bsky.social, @davislaundon.bsky.social, and myself presented talks while @ananditau.bsky.social and Ella presented posters. Great science, great company… and even fire dancers! 🔥
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Our latest discovery science on chytrid fungi is just out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Using a range of tools we explore how chitin-degrading specialists are adapted and evolved. @thembauk.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
May 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Our latest discovery science on chytrid fungi is just out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Using a range of tools we explore how chitin-degrading specialists are adapted and evolved. @thembauk.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Davis Laundon
The Nikon AX-NSPARC demo is gearing up at the
@ncis-marseille.bsky.social! Starting for #FluorescenceFriday with a large field-of-view confocal #cellfie of COS cells labeled for actin ⚫ endoplasmic reticulum 🟡 mitochondria 🔴 and nucleus 🔵. Fluorescence microscopy is also nice in inverted colors 🌈🧪
@ncis-marseille.bsky.social! Starting for #FluorescenceFriday with a large field-of-view confocal #cellfie of COS cells labeled for actin ⚫ endoplasmic reticulum 🟡 mitochondria 🔴 and nucleus 🔵. Fluorescence microscopy is also nice in inverted colors 🌈🧪
February 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The Nikon AX-NSPARC demo is gearing up at the
@ncis-marseille.bsky.social! Starting for #FluorescenceFriday with a large field-of-view confocal #cellfie of COS cells labeled for actin ⚫ endoplasmic reticulum 🟡 mitochondria 🔴 and nucleus 🔵. Fluorescence microscopy is also nice in inverted colors 🌈🧪
@ncis-marseille.bsky.social! Starting for #FluorescenceFriday with a large field-of-view confocal #cellfie of COS cells labeled for actin ⚫ endoplasmic reticulum 🟡 mitochondria 🔴 and nucleus 🔵. Fluorescence microscopy is also nice in inverted colors 🌈🧪
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Microtubules still doing their thing in an early ascidian embryo (Phallusia). Thanks to the Ascidian BioCell Team
February 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Microtubules still doing their thing in an early ascidian embryo (Phallusia). Thanks to the Ascidian BioCell Team
Reposted by Davis Laundon
📝 FeatureForest: the power of foundation models, the usability of random forests.
Nomen est omen! We use features of the biggest models and train a handy random forest based pixel classifier with them. 👍
Hit bioRxiv recently… check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Nomen est omen! We use features of the biggest models and train a handy random forest based pixel classifier with them. 👍
Hit bioRxiv recently… check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
📝 FeatureForest: the power of foundation models, the usability of random forests.
Nomen est omen! We use features of the biggest models and train a handy random forest based pixel classifier with them. 👍
Hit bioRxiv recently… check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Nomen est omen! We use features of the biggest models and train a handy random forest based pixel classifier with them. 👍
Hit bioRxiv recently… check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out our latest paper 'High-resolution X-ray phase-contrast tomography of human placenta with different wavefront markers' feat. synchrotron μCT imaging, correlative histology, 3D analysis, and X-ray fluorescence🚨
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Check out our latest paper 'High-resolution X-ray phase-contrast tomography of human placenta with different wavefront markers' feat. synchrotron μCT imaging, correlative histology, 3D analysis, and X-ray fluorescence🚨
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Microscopy Nodes is now up on bioRxiv! 🚀
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is a Blender extension that seamlessly integrates and visualizes 3D microscopy data (TIF & @zarr.dev).
High-quality volume rendering for anyone, in both EM and fluorescence, regardless of computational expertise! 🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Davis Laundon
My image is on the cover! It depicts the fascinating world of choanoflagellates – tiny organisms that are the closest living relatives of animals. @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social discovered how cells in colonies communicate to regulate their shape and the coordinated beating of their cilia!
#sciart
#sciart
January 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
My image is on the cover! It depicts the fascinating world of choanoflagellates – tiny organisms that are the closest living relatives of animals. @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social discovered how cells in colonies communicate to regulate their shape and the coordinated beating of their cilia!
#sciart
#sciart
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Thank you, Will. Absolutely agreed 😀. The cover was created by @davislaundon.bsky.social & @ella-maru.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Thank you, Will. Absolutely agreed 😀. The cover was created by @davislaundon.bsky.social & @ella-maru.bsky.social
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Fascinating work by Jeffrey Colgren @jeffcolgren.bsky.social & Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social reveals electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in #choanoflagellate colonies 🤩👏 Out now in Science Advances 🧪 #evobio
Read the paper ➡️ doi.org/g8x466
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymzb9ppv
Read the paper ➡️ doi.org/g8x466
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymzb9ppv
Tiny microbe colonies communicate to coordinate their behavior
A new study published in Science Advances reveals evidence of electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in choanoflagellates, the closest living relatives of animals. This elaborate example of cel...
tinyurl.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fascinating work by Jeffrey Colgren @jeffcolgren.bsky.social & Pawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social reveals electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in #choanoflagellate colonies 🤩👏 Out now in Science Advances 🧪 #evobio
Read the paper ➡️ doi.org/g8x466
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymzb9ppv
Read the paper ➡️ doi.org/g8x466
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymzb9ppv
Reposted by Davis Laundon
Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thrilled to see #choanoflagellates on the cover of Science Advances🤩. Our latest work "Electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in the closest relative of animals" out now. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👏 @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social