Susie Wopat
@suewop.bsky.social
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Using fluorescence live imaging and an in vitro implantation model, we show that human embryo attachment begins with direct cell fusion via syncytin-2–MFSD2A interaction.
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Using fluorescence live imaging and an in vitro implantation model, we show that human embryo attachment begins with direct cell fusion via syncytin-2–MFSD2A interaction.
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
With @hansclevers.bsky.social.
Great work by @tnoordzij.bsky.social & @martinacelotti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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📣 New preprint: Mechanochemical feedback, tissue geometry & rigid-body dynamics initiate rotational migration in Drosophila via spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking. A mechanism generalizable to closed epithelia.
@sreejithsanthosh.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sreejithsanthosh.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📣 New preprint: Mechanochemical feedback, tissue geometry & rigid-body dynamics initiate rotational migration in Drosophila via spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking. A mechanism generalizable to closed epithelia.
@sreejithsanthosh.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sreejithsanthosh.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Happy to share our new work from my graduate lab: DynamicAtlas, a morphodynamic atlas of Drosophila development! We develop methods for morphological time alignment of live data. Surprisingly, we find that the kinematics of fly morphogenesis are *very* simple. Enjoy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DynamicAtlas: a morphodynamic atlas for Drosophila development - Nature Methods
DynamicAtlas integrates fixed and live imaging data to generate a morphodynamic atlas of Drosophila development.
www.nature.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy to share our new work from my graduate lab: DynamicAtlas, a morphodynamic atlas of Drosophila development! We develop methods for morphological time alignment of live data. Surprisingly, we find that the kinematics of fly morphogenesis are *very* simple. Enjoy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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zSwim, the zebrafish lab management software we’ve been developing is now officially listed in Duke OT&C’s technology portfolio! We’re launching an official Duke pilot in March 2026 at the new Ze-Core facility! If you’re in the zebrafish community, check it out!
otc.duke.edu/technologies...
otc.duke.edu/technologies...
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
zSwim, the zebrafish lab management software we’ve been developing is now officially listed in Duke OT&C’s technology portfolio! We’re launching an official Duke pilot in March 2026 at the new Ze-Core facility! If you’re in the zebrafish community, check it out!
otc.duke.edu/technologies...
otc.duke.edu/technologies...
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New paper alert! We report that #zebrafish endodermal cells use contact inhibition of locomotion as a dispersal and spacing mechanism. It’s a neat example of large-scale patterns emerging from local interactions using a simple set of rules. Summary in the thread below 1/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
New paper alert! We report that #zebrafish endodermal cells use contact inhibition of locomotion as a dispersal and spacing mechanism. It’s a neat example of large-scale patterns emerging from local interactions using a simple set of rules. Summary in the thread below 1/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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Our November in #preprints list is now up on the Node!
Check it out for the latest in #devbio and stem cell research ⤵️: thenode.biologists.com/november-in-...
Check it out for the latest in #devbio and stem cell research ⤵️: thenode.biologists.com/november-in-...
November in preprints - the Node
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.
thenode.biologists.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our November in #preprints list is now up on the Node!
Check it out for the latest in #devbio and stem cell research ⤵️: thenode.biologists.com/november-in-...
Check it out for the latest in #devbio and stem cell research ⤵️: thenode.biologists.com/november-in-...
Reposted by Susie Wopat
Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries news.ucsb.edu/2025/022264/... 🧪
Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries
Boris Shraiman is awarded the American Physical Society’s Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics.
news.ucsb.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries news.ucsb.edu/2025/022264/... 🧪
Reposted by Susie Wopat
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT
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Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Advanced grad students + postdocs: apply for the 2026 #kitpqbio summer course, "Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals," at buff.ly/OXXMKEv. Apply by Feb. 1.
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Course directors Adrienne Roeder (Cornell) and Sebastian Streichan (UCSB)
Reposted by Susie Wopat
Stationary and germ layer-specific cellular flows shape the zebrafish gastrula https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.10.687746v1
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Stationary and germ layer-specific cellular flows shape the zebrafish gastrula https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.10.687746v1
Reposted by Susie Wopat
Ascidians (Ciona intestinalis)🪸Our distant chordate cousins! 🌊 Simple sea squirts that reveal how vertebrate body plans evolved 🧬 A key model for notochord formation, neural induction, and cell lineage mapping 📸 Video by MBL Embryology 2019 #ModelMonday #DevBio #EvoDevo
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Ascidians (Ciona intestinalis)🪸Our distant chordate cousins! 🌊 Simple sea squirts that reveal how vertebrate body plans evolved 🧬 A key model for notochord formation, neural induction, and cell lineage mapping 📸 Video by MBL Embryology 2019 #ModelMonday #DevBio #EvoDevo
Reposted by Susie Wopat
If you registered for the West Coast SDB meeting, check out the updates to our meeting website. We added a detailed schedule and info on poster sizes and parking. #wcsdb2025 sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025_program
Society for Developmental Biology | ProgramSociety For Developmental Biology
sdbonline.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you registered for the West Coast SDB meeting, check out the updates to our meeting website. We added a detailed schedule and info on poster sizes and parking. #wcsdb2025 sdbonline.org/wcsdb2025_program
Reposted by Susie Wopat
The difference between Knowledge and Experience
July 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The difference between Knowledge and Experience
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Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
July 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
There’s a sizable group that protests every Friday at a local park in my home town. So of course I had to join my mom when I was home last week!
A true testament to how community-level organization can be a powerful act of resistance in current times!
A true testament to how community-level organization can be a powerful act of resistance in current times!
July 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There’s a sizable group that protests every Friday at a local park in my home town. So of course I had to join my mom when I was home last week!
A true testament to how community-level organization can be a powerful act of resistance in current times!
A true testament to how community-level organization can be a powerful act of resistance in current times!
Had an awesome time at IZFC this year in Madison! The zebrafish community is simply the best 🧬 🐟🔬
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Had an awesome time at IZFC this year in Madison! The zebrafish community is simply the best 🧬 🐟🔬
Reposted by Susie Wopat
Reposted by Susie Wopat
Give ‘em hell, Harvard.
April 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Give ‘em hell, Harvard.