🐣Chick embryo (Gallus gallus domesticus): a window into vertebrate development. From heart and limb formation to neural crest migration and axis patterning, this model has been cracking the developmental code for over a century. Image by Vincent Pasque #ModelMonday #DevBio

One of our lab’s favorite research models! 🤩 #DevBio #NeuralCrest

🪼 How did the animal body plan evolve?. This ‘fundamental’ study in Clytia sheds light on how Wnt3 coordinates both gene expression and planar cell polarity during axis formation, offering key insights into the origins of morphogenesis. #DevBio

Dual pathway regulation of castration response and ferroptosis in the prostate epithelium #biorxiv_devbio.

✨Development meets design in this embryonic chameleon lung 🫁 🦎. Smooth muscle swirls 🟣 and branching tips and cartilage 🟢 come together in reptilian lung morphogenesis. Image taken by @katie_e_goodwin 🔬🧪.#FluorescenceFriday #DevBio

Temporal orchestration of transcriptional and epigenomic programming underlying maternal embryonic diapause in a cricket model #biorxiv_devbio.

Scientists have found a new way to recreate inner ear hair cells in the lab to study hearing loss. .#DevBio #CellBio

Human ectodermal organoids reveal the cellular origin of DiGeorge Syndrome #biorxiv_devbio.

Epiblast Lumenogenesis is not a mammalian-specific trait #biorxiv_devbio.

A blastocyst-derived in vitro model of the human chorion #biorxiv_devbio.

Stem-cell modeling of cerebellar dysfunction of Angelman syndrome #biorxiv_devbio.

Species-specific chromatin architecture and neurogenesis mediated by a human enhancer #biorxiv_devbio.

A genetically engineered vertebrate animal model of NAA15-related heart disease uncovers myocardial growth, contractility, and . #biorxiv_devbio.

Microtubule acetylation by TAT1 is essential for touch sensation in zebrafish but dispensable for embryonic development #biorxiv_devbio.

Perturb-seq reveals distinct responses to pluripotency regulator dosages underlying the control of self-renewal and differentiation #biorxiv_devbio.

1/ Our new preprint: Noise-driven morphogenesis independent of transcriptional regulatory programs. #DevBio #Morphogenesis #PatternFormation #GeneRegulation.Details below…

Check out this RARE malformed embryo Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) @FloridaMuseum. The set of misshapen "donut" shark embryos show a complete lack of posterior anatomy, including the tail. Looks more like an Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola! CT scan to follow! #shark #devbio 🦈

🔊 UPM Dept. of Biology vacancies, Aug ‘24/Jan ‘25:. 🐣 TT Asst/Assoc Prof, vertebrate anaphysio-devbio, SG 18-22.🪴 TT Asst/Assoc Prof, plant anaphysio-devbio, SG 18-22.🌻 Non-TT Inst/Asst Prof, plant anaphysio-taxo, SG 14-18.🐇 Lecturer, genbio, vert anaphysio (min 652-974/hr)

Identification and Characterization of Adult Islet Pancridia Cells Capable of Differentiating into Islet Organoids #biorxiv_devbio.