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Josh Brickman @josh-brickman.bsky.social · Aug 11

Very happy to see this nice collaboration with @niakanlab.bsky.social bear fruit. Beautiful work by @clairesimon.bsky.social culturing human embryos in the presence of FGF/ERK stimulation/inhibition. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Suppression of ERK signalling promotes pluripotent epiblast in the human blastocyst - Nature Communications

The authors show human embryo lineage specification in the blastocyst is driven by differential FGF/ERK signaling, which segregates yolk sac-fated hypoblast and embryonic epiblast. They establish naïv...

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Aug 11

Environmental context shapes microbial co-occurrence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.05.668733v1

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢There is still time to register for our #DevPres webinar on #stemcells and #organoids, taking place on Wednesday 13 August at 16:00 BST (UTC+1).

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Jul 31

Our upcoming #DevPres webinar focusses on stem cells and organoids, with talks from Toshi Yamada (UCSF), Chrysanthi-Maria (Anthie) Moysidou (Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social) and Daniel Medina-Cano (MSKCC).

13 August 16:00 BST

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Aug 11

In a thought-provoking @plosbiology.org Perspective article,
@briannosek.bsky.social asks whether science’s openness can be used against it, looking at how transparency and self-skepticism might be reframed in today’s discourse around golden standards

plos.io/4l8rNuE

#OpenScience 🧪

Science becomes trustworthy by constantly questioning itself

What happens when the greatest strengths of science, such as openness, humility, self-criticism and self-correction, are exploited for political gain? This Perspective calls for scientists to affirm t...

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Claudio Cantù @claudiocantu81.bsky.social · Aug 11

SOX2 and NR2F1 cooperate
to make #neurons in the #Thalamus
for visual input from the #retina

#DevBio

journals.biologists.com/bio/article/...
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@biologyopen.bsky.social

In collab w Sara Mercurio and Silvia Nicolis @btbsunimib.bsky.social

Driven by Linda Serra and @annanordin.bsky.social

SOX2 and NR2F1 coordinate the gene expression program of the early postnatal visual thalamus

Summary: The transcriptional regulators SOX2 and NR2F1 drive the development of the visual thalamus. Mutations in these genes cause visual impairment in humans.

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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · Aug 11

NCCR AntiResist, “New approaches to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria”, is recruiting a Scientific Officer (80-100%)

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@biozentrum @unibas.ch

#Biozentrum #Basel #research #science #joboffer #hiring #job #recruiting #careers #Scientific #Officer #NCCR #AntiResist

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kishalayish.bsky.social @kishalayish.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you Biology Open for this sweet initiative of featuring the authors' interview along with the article. Delighted to share my views on science with the community! Looking forward to the days to come; knowledge and discoveries to unravel! ✨❤️
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First person – Kishalay Ghosh and Rohit Iyer

ABSTRACT. First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Kishalay Ghos...

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · May 15

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Claudio Cantù @claudiocantu81.bsky.social · Jul 15

A 6-year long study from the Lab is finally out @genomeresearch.bsky.social

Mastered by @annanordin.bsky.social in collaboration with Chaitali Chakraborty from @remeseiro-lab.bsky.social

Why is our work Important? Discover it in the quick Bluetorial 👇

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Wnt signaling activation induces CTCF binding and loop formation at cis-regulatory elements of target genes

An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms

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Becker Group at CRTD @beckergroup.bsky.social · Jul 15

Fabulous opportunity in a great city with outstanding research in dev bio and biophysics!

Swedish Developmental Biology Organization @swedbo.bsky.social · Jul 14

Please RT:

#postdoc fellowship in #DevBio of Spinal Cord @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🇸🇪

Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...

Apply here 👇
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POSTDOC in neurodevelopment - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12840807

Postdoc in the molecular mechanisms and behavioral consequences of normal and abnormal mouse spinal cord development.

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Swedish Developmental Biology Organization @swedbo.bsky.social · Jul 14

Please RT:

#postdoc fellowship in #DevBio of Spinal Cord @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🇸🇪

Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...

Apply here 👇
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

POSTDOC in neurodevelopment - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12840807

Postdoc in the molecular mechanisms and behavioral consequences of normal and abnormal mouse spinal cord development.

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Ulrich Schwarz @ulrichschwarz.bsky.social · Jun 22

📢Conference alert📢

Only one week left to register for the Engineering Life 2025 Symposium at Dresden September 1-3. This year's edition focuses on the function of mechanical forces in biology.

engineering-life-dresden.de

Engineering Life 2025: ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MECHANICAL FORCES IN BIOLOGY

Engineering Life 2025, biological forces, force spectroscopy, measuring forces, developmental forces, molecular motors, forces in morphogenesis, cytoskeleton, DNA mechanics, bionanotechnology

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Jun 22

Extremely honored to receive this prize from @socdevbio.bsky.social, which recognizes not only my love for developmental biology, but the extremely online I am 🧪 (protect science, protect people, viva la dev bio!)

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Jun 1

This is how worm people cast their imaging molds. Consider me (i) jealous and (ii) full of questions #DevBio 🧪

A vinyl with imaging slides taped to them

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David Angeles @davidangeles.bsky.social · May 30

first time I ever hear of freeze-thaw cycles being a good thing for RNA! Very cool!

Phil Holliger @philholliger.bsky.social · May 29

New paper from my group rdcu.be/eoaRr "Trinucleotide substrates under pH–freeze–thaw cycles enable open-ended exponential RNA replication by a polymerase ribozyme" in Nature Chemistry — great collaboration with attwaterlab.uk.

Trinucleotide substrates under pH–freeze–thaw cycles enable open-ended exponential RNA replication by a polymerase ribozyme

Nature Chemistry - Models of abiotic RNA replication suffer from inherent product inhibition arising from the high stability of RNA duplexes. Now, it has been shown that RNA trinucleotide...

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Nature @nature.com · May 30

The further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be

https://go.nature.com/44VjEW9

Shifting research focus comes with the risk of reduced impact

An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents shows that the further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be.

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Silvia Remeseiro Lab @remeseiro-lab.bsky.social · May 12

🎫 Exclusive event: One-day symposium on #Brain #Tumor #Plasticity
🕣September 16, 2025. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social

Few spots available. Register here: ui.ungpd.com/Events/ed387...

Brain Tumor Plasticity

A growing body of evidence emphasizes the presence of significant intra-tumoral phenotypic diversity and plasticity within brain tumors. Inherent plasticity introduces an additional layer of intricacy...

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Swedish Developmental Biology Organization @swedbo.bsky.social · May 19

Today talks #DevBio from @ki.se 🇸🇪

Talks by
@genanderlab.bsky.social
and
Ning Xu Landén

We cannot wait! 💚

Swedish Developmental Biology Organization @swedbo.bsky.social · Jan 22

What #DevBio is going on in the North?
🐭🪰🪱🐈‍⬛🐰🫎🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇴🇮🇸

Check it out in our monthly Online Seminars:
www.swedbo.se/nordic-devel...

SEMINARS – Swedish Developmental Biology Organisation

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Swedish Developmental Biology Organization @swedbo.bsky.social · May 19

We love #DevBio and @the-node.bsky.social 💚 👇

the Node @the-node.bsky.social · May 11

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · May 11

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Claudio Cantù @claudiocantu81.bsky.social · May 12

This is a 6-year work co-driven across the years by Amaia Jauregi-Miguel, Simon Söderholm and Tamina Weiss, in collaboration with many scientists across countries 🇨🇭🇯🇵🇸🇪
We thank for the generous support
@vetenskapsradet.bsky.social
@cancerfonden
@scilifelab.se
@kawresearch.bsky.social
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Claudio Cantù @claudiocantu81.bsky.social · May 12

We had previously shown that TBX3 and #WNT cooperate in limb #DevBio

We now have a shocking finding, just published in @pnas.org

TBX3 physically engages with β-catenin to drive metastasis genes in #ColorectalCancer (CRC)

www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

The developmental factor TBX3 engages with the Wnt/β-catenin transcriptional complex in colorectal cancer to regulate metastasis genes

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · Apr 24

Someone, somewhere, needs a pic of a pIGLET-based transgenic #zebrafish today.

(pic credit Seth Jacobson, p14a.ubi:gm130-tdTomato) 🐽🍅
#MakeMoreTransgenics #AlwaysBeCloning #devbio

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.bsky.social · Apr 25

Uncovering the hidden complexity behind the brain’s master clock.
New research led by @nsmyllie.bsky.social, in Michael Hastings’s group, reveals that body clock proteins PER2 & CRY1 act more independently than previously thought:
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/uncovering-t...
#LMBResearch 🧪 🕙 🧠

Artistic representation of the complex dynamics exhibited by “clock proteins” within the brain.

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Andreas Midlang @midlangandreas.bsky.social · Apr 22

I am excited to share that one part of my PhD project is out as a preprint! 🤩

Michael Sars Centre @msarscentre.bsky.social · Apr 22

Congratulations to the Chatzigeorgiou lab @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social for a new preprint 🤩👏 @midlangandreas.bsky.social and team studied the mechanical forces at play during #Ciona postembryonic development, and found links to larval chemosensation and settlement behavior 🧪 Read the article ⤵️

Mechanics regulate the postembryonic developmental maturation and function of sensory neurons in a pre-vertebrate chordate

Physical forces are emerging as important contributors to a wide diversity of biological processes across multiple scales and contexts. The development of the nervous system is infuenced by mechanical...

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