We are thrilled to announce our new preprint from the wonderful @sorayavillaseca.bsky.social
Ever wondered how cells squeeze through tiny spaces in embryos?
Neural crest cells use Dynein to transport their nucleus along microtubules.
Check out the preprint!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Zebrafish gastrulation colorfully captured by #SPIM. Credit to Dr. Gopi Shah (prev. with @mpi-cbg.de). #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈🐟 #ZebrafishZunday 🧪
Elena Scarpa & The Squeezable Cells Lab
The many faces of the developing zebrafish 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔
#FluorescenceFriday
Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking.
It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems.
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Chahare, N., Imamura, C., & Nerurkar, N. (2026). Morphometric analysis reveals that the chick cranial neural tube expands as an active shell [Preprint]. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.64898/202... #EpithelialMechanics
Very excited to be sharing our new paper, just out in Nature Cell Biology!
The big question we investigate: How do migrating cells put their front 🔴 and back 🔵 in the right place?
✨Rare model organisms can teach us how to build a body differently. In snail embryos blastomeres can be as big as the rest of the embryo! 🐌Phrontis vibex blastula stained for tubulin (gray), phalloidin (blue) and histone (magenta). 🔬
#ModelMonday #DevBio
📸: Clemens Cabernard
Multi-modal comparison of primary and stem cell-derived β-cells nominates targets for maturation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Zebrafish Rock!
🧰 New tool alert! ⚙️
#MorphoGrad, an open-source toolbox for simulating reaction–diffusion systems in 1D and 2D tissues, with cell-to-cell parameter heterogeneity & graphical user interface.
No heavy coding required. Explore complex morphogen gradient models interactively.
doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...
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🔬Des scientifiques au #lfikyoto pour éveiller la curiosité de nos élèves !
Avec « En Quête de Bio », nos élèves se sont glissés dans la peau de scientifiques pour découvrir les mystères du vivant, de la drosophile au poisson-zèbre.
Merci @sfbd.bsky.social 💙🤍❤️
@michaelrera.bsky.social
#biologie
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Stem-cell-derived β-like-cells (SCβ-cells) provide a promising platform for diabetes modelling and cell replacement therapy, but their incomplete functional maturation remains a challenge. Here, we co...
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Studying morphogen gradient-based tissue patterning in silico while accounting for
biological variability remains challenging. Here, we present a MATLAB-based protocol
for simulating steady-state morp...
