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Thrilled to share new Evo-Devo work where we address the molecular, cellular & morphometric basis of an extreme axis segmentation program in the Japanese eel — an animal that forms 120 vertebrae.
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Deadline fast approaching to register for this great meeting! And that’s not just because of the stunning poster illustration
New Pre-Print Alert!
Evolving initial conditions: an alternative developmental route to morphological diversity
with Shannon Taylor and @jamesehammond.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New paper out in @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social. We uncover unexpected complexity in how metabolism changes when the embryo implants or when stem cells exit naive pluripotency, revealing a central role for dynamic TCA cycle rewiring in cell fate decisions. www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
The plasmids from Karapidaki et al. are on Addgene!
Grab them here:
www.addgene.org/browse/artic...
Really exciting to see our new review published!
This review explores the evolutionary history of the extra-embryonic endoderm, an evolutionarily ancient tissue co-opted to form the yolk sac, and explores how in vitro models are uncovering its biology.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
🚨 New preprint 🚨
Massive shoutout to first author @abinagui.bsky.social !!!
The common view is that regenerative competence declines with age. We challenge this idea by showing that axolotl tail regenerative competence is emerges during a defined embryonic window. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Physics of Living Matter 19
@bensteventon.bsky.social announces that the Physics of Living Matter conference is back in Cambridge, UK, for its 19th edition. Find out more in this post on the Node. ⬇️
thenode.biologists.com/physics-of-l...
We had an amazing day #Morpho5🖐️ last Friday!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fantastic day of science, discussion, and community!!|
We're currently gathering and preparing the photos from the symposium. Stay tuned! 📸
Using carbon tracing and functional experiments, Kafkia, Pladevall-Morera, et al.
show that TCA cycle rewiring underlies mouse embryo implantation and the exit from
naive pluripotency. In this context...
Summary: This Review examines the evolutionary history of the extra-embryonic endoderm, an evolutionarily ancient tissue co-opted to form the yolk sac, and explores how in vitro models are uncovering ...
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These images show live embryos of animals (jellyfish, crustacean, worm, sea urchin, sea squirt, beetle) and one of animals closest single-celled relatives. They were captured taking advantage of fluorescent proteins localised on the outer membrane of cells, allowing us to observe cell outlines. 1/9
