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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · 8d

Today, I pay tribute to Dr. Jane Goudall — remarkable scientist, who was truly inspirational. Her groundbreaking work, commitment not only transformed our understanding of the natural world but also inspired generations, including myself, to pursue science with purpose and passion.

janegoodall.org

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kuba sędziński @kuba-sedzinski.bsky.social · 18d

🧵1/14 Preprint thread! Can we predict a cell’s fate based on its dynamics? 🔮 Our new study unveils a framework for watching development unfold in real-time, revealing how a cell's shape and movement encode info about its future fate. 🔬📄 Preprint: tinyurl.com/4shf8v4x

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The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · 17d

Latest from the lab: the immensely talented Johnny Bou Rouphael and Laila El Khattabi in the team report the discovery and functional analysis defective splicing in a human developmental disorder. www.linkedin.com/posts/bassem...

Heterozygous pathogenic variants in the splicing factor SF1 lead to a large spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders | Bassem Hassan

Latest from the lab: the immensely talented Johnny Bou Rouphael and Laila El Khattabi in the team report the discovery and functional analysis defective splicing in a human developmental disorder.

www.linkedin.com

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · 21d

Key question ! Nice work ! Congrats!

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Denis Jabaudon @djabaudon.bsky.social · 21d

Ever wondered how robust cellular identity is to external perturbations? Here we disrupt cellular environmnent in vivo and in vitro, and find cell population specific sensitivities. Environment sculpts development yes, but not all cells are made of the same wood. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cell-extrinsic controls over neocortical neuron fate and diversity

Cell-extrinsic cues are key for neocortical cell identity and diversity.

www.science.org

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The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · 28d

Registration is now open for 2026 GRC on Neural Development
@neuraldevgrc.bsky.social
Register early because places go fast!

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wonderful !!! Congratulations Juliane !

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The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · Sep 1

Latest from the lab, the beautiful work of Iryna Mohylyak and colleagues describing a temporal developmental transcriptional program for mitochondrial quality control and synaptic connectivity, with @jdejuan-sanz.bsky.social, Olga Corti and @steinaerts.bsky.social
labs
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temporal transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial morphology primes activity-dependent circuit connectivity - Nature Communications

This study investigates the developmental transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial quality control. Authors identify the Drosophila factor Mirana, homologous to mammalian TZAP, as a key temporal re...

www.nature.com

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Aug 25

Dear [email protected], dear [email protected],
to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link:
droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 25

🥳 Yeah !!!! Congrats Juliane!!

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congrats!! 🙌

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 20

Merci !

maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks Allison!!

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thank you Juliane!

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thank you Zayna. Hope to see you soon too !!

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks you Dafni!

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you Juliette !!

maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you Max

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you to all the Members of the Académie des Sciences, to @bassemh.bsky.social, our collaborators, fundings, colleague and friends for their support !

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 19

It is a Great Honour to receive the 'Les Grandes Avancées en Biologie' award 🏅 from the @academiesciences.bsky.social and to share our work during this fabulous day celebrating Science. Thank you!
@hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @frm-officiel.bsky.social

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations 🥂 !!!

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Steven Marygold @steven-flybase.bsky.social · Jun 11

European-based researchers can help support future #flybase curation by donating at this site: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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maheandria.bsky.social @maheandria.bsky.social · Jun 6

Amazing! Congrats Benjamin @bboumard.bsky.social and all Team! 🥳

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · Jun 3

FlyBase needs our help.

Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · Jun 3

#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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The Hassan Brain Development Team @hassanbraindevlab.bsky.social · May 7

New from the lab: @maheandria.bsky.social and colleagues in collaboration with the Hiesinger, Stoeckli and von Kleist labs dissect the sequential emergence of axonal targeting during development in today's issue of Nature Neuroscience:
rdcu.be/ek010

Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Neuroscience - The developmental origin of behavioral individuality is unclear. The authors show that a temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in...

rdcu.be

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