Spinal cord regeneration across species | Group Leader and Chancellor's Fellow at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh.
Aida Rodrigo
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Developmental biology bringing together regenerative biology, neurobiology, mathematical modelling, evo-devo and much more to Edinburgh!
19-22 April 2027
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Aida Rodrigo
Save the date! The 2027 BSDB Spring Meeting will take place on 19 - 22 April in Edinburgh.
An exciting programme with a fantastic lineup of speakers showcasing developmental biology across scales!
More details soon!
British Society for Developmental Biology
New tool from the lab...check out Novabrowse: An interactive and customizable tool for interpreting BLAST results in genomic context!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Does your favorite gene seems to be missing from your species of interest?
Are you sure?
🧵👇 1/n
Last night we had the pleasure of watching Laura Arbanas, who is doing her #PhD with @aidarodrigo.bsky.social at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social, give the most wonderful overview of the magnificent #axolotl as part of #pint26 @pintofscience.uk
When you share an office with the queen of the #axolotls (aidarodrigo.bsky.social) you also get to share the birthday joy! 🥳 Happy 2nd birthday to the OG axolotls (treats baked by Laura Arbanas and @cellysally.bsky.social’s daughter)
Very happy to see my PhD work in Biorxiv as of today.
I was recently in a talk from @itaiyanai.bsky.social where he talked about his Night Science idea. The talk was already 5 minutes in when it immediately hit too close to home. I had no idea what to make out of this data for so long…
Elaine Emmerson
Elaine Emmerson
Alonso Ortega-Gurrola
Nick Leigh
Reminder! Application deadline Friday 8th May
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🐸 Amphibians take over Europe!!
📍 Prague. July 3–5, 2026.
The European Amphibian Conference 2026 is coming: 3 days of cutting-edge science, bold ideas, iconic speakers, and serious frog & axolotl energy ✨
👉 Register. Submit. Be there. Do not miss it.
amphib-conf2026.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
We are happy to share our new bioRxiv pre-print on A-P axis patterning. A great collaboration with Felix Zhou (UT Southwestern) & the Yeomans group (Physics, Oxford)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Proud to share this work with @kevinchalut.bsky.social and Byron Mui. Why do some injuries scar while others regenerate? Using digit tip models, we show the ECM is a key driver. HA-rich ECM promotes regeneration, and boosting it can shift healing away from fibrosis. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sally Lowell
We are delighted to announce that we are now open for applications for 2026 summer school
Dates: 11th - 18th September 2026
Deadline for applications: 8th May
See our website for info on how to apply.. and to check out our stellar speaker list!
www.stemcellsummerschool.org/apply
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Stem Cell Summer School
Mekayla Storer
Jakub Harnos lab
🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders?
In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo
www.science.org
Why mammals cannot regenerate limbs like amphibians do presents a long-standing puzzle in biology. To uncover the underlying differences, we compared amputation responses of embryonic mouse (Mus musculus) and Xenopus laevis tadpole limbs. Lowering ...
