Job ad for a colleague:

Postdoc on microscopy at the Bioengineering in Reproductive Health Research Group in Barcelona.

Open position for a postdoc with a background in optics and/or microscopy, to study human oocytes using hyperspectral imaging at #IBECBarcelona

https://ibecbarcelona.eu/es/postdoc-on-microscopy-at-the-bioengineering-in-reproductive-health-research-group/

#Barcelona #DevBio

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2023 BSDB Cheryll Tickle medal is....🥁

Madeline Lancaster 🥳

This medal recognises Madeline's outstanding achievements in the field of #DevBio

We look foward to her talk at #EDBC2023 🏅

https://bsdb.org/2023/09/04/2022-bsdb-cheryll-tickle-medal-winner-madeline-lancaster/

Embryo-uterine interaction coordinates mouse embryogenesis during implantation (open access)
“adhesion between the trophoblast and the uterine matrix is required for in utero-like transition of the blastocyst to the egg cylinder.”

#EmbryonicDevelopment #Development #Placenta #trophoblast #DevBio

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2022113280

@schoppik

Cool finding. The seven-up gene has been known to the #Drosophila neuro-developmental biology field for quite some time. Here is an early paper from 1990:

“The Drosophila seven-up gene, a member of the steroid receptor gene superfamily, controls photoreceptor cell fates” by Mlodzik et al. 1990 (Gerry Rubin’s lab)
https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/0092-8674(90)90737-Y.pdf

Orchestrating cell fate in the nervous system seems to be a conserved role of seven-up wherever it pops up.

#neuroscience #DevBio

Our #MidweekMovie is a 360° view through a 3D reconstruction of a cleared E3 chick embryos transfected with TCF7L2 shRNA and labelled with CS2 and Robo3. Antonio Herrera, Sebastian Pons, et al. find that TCF7L2 knockdown decrease the ratio of axons that cross the contralateral tract.
📖 @Dev_journal: https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/150/16/dev201651/326215/Neurogenesis-redirects-catenin-from-adherens

#DevBio

This is so good

https://thenode.biologists.com/cracking-the-egg/careers/

#DevBio

This #ThrowbackThursday, we look back at the popular 'Forgotten classics' post about Gustafson and Wolpert's 1967 paper "Cellular movement and contact in sea urchin morphogenesis."

#DevBio #morphogenesis

https://thenode.biologists.com/forgotten-classics-principles-morphogenesis/

Very happy to see people taking up the idea of organising 'watch parties', getting together with others in their university or institute to watch live streaming of the smorgasbord of #DevBio delights that is the European Developmental Biology Congress

I hear reports of parties in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Melbourne... any others?

Or, if you want to join us in person, the Oxford early bird deadline is TOMORROW (Fri 25th).

https://thenode.biologists.com/get-the-edbc-watch-party-started/events/

Having to explain what #devbio is to everyone you meet outside of the field can feel like a chore but, in my latest post for the @the_node, I propose that this small gesture could have a big impact.

https://thenode.biologists.com/i-am-a-developmental-biologist/discussion/

An important perspective on disability in a scientific career, by Jack Morgan

Gives an overview of the experience of disabled scientists. highlights unmet needs and suggests solutions

I'm very pleased to to see this article spotlight a new Disability Support Grant set up by @BSDB to facilitate participation at BSDB conferences

Articles like this are so important and helpful. Big thanks to @Dev_journal for supporting our #DevBio community

https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/150/16/dev201905/325909/Disability-and-developmental-biology

Another article describing the findings.
#YolkSac #DevBio #Embryos #Science #Medicine #scicomm #Development

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-multiple-functions-yolk-sac-revealed.html

@steveroyle I suddenly feel the need to construct a #DevBio model organism playlist. Suggestions welcome.

Zebrafish are a scientist's favorite for early-stage research – especially to study human blood disorders
The power of zebrafish.
#Science #DevBio #Medicine #Genetics #Research #Scicomm

https://theconversation.com/zebrafish-are-a-scientists-favorite-for-early-stage-research-especially-to-study-human-blood-disorders-205110

Our next #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane. This week we focus on preprints that use #imaging techniques to answer questions in cell and developmental biology. We hope you find the list useful and let us know if there is a preprint we need to add!
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2023/08/11/microscopy-preprints-applications-in-cell-and-developmental-biology-5/

#CellBiology #devbio #microscopy #preprints

@crisprflydesign

Tagging with #neuroscience #DevBio: how neurons solve the synapse mRNA targeting problem.

For our #MidweekMovie, we are recommending that you catch up with the #DevPres talks on @the_node. The speakers, Hannah Gruner, Seth Donoughe & @allan_littlecar all use microscopy to address research questions in #evodevo.

https://thenode.biologists.com/development-presents-august-evo-devo-webinar/

#DevBio

@flypapers

#DevBio #FlyGenetics #Genetics #ImaginalDiscs #Drosophila

Check out the latest #LatinAmerican🔬 interview on FocalPlane. This week Mariana De Niz interviews Eugenia del Pino, a pioneer in scientific education in Ecuador.
#devbio #oogenesis #frogs #microscopy
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2023/08/01/an-interview-with-eugenia-del-pino/

Somehow it's August already... that means it's time for a new monthly #preprint list!

Browse through the preprints on #devbio and #stemcell biology that came out in July (and let us know if we've missed any!) 👇

https://thenode.biologists.com/july-2023-in-preprints/

📢#JobAlert Research Assistant position in my lab:
🪰🧬🧪🔬#Drosophila #genetics #devbio #imaging

In beautiful central Cambridge, at the Department of Genetics @Cambridge_Uni. Funded by the Wellcome Trust.

More details and to apply: https://jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/42219/

Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to informally discuss the position / lab / life in Cambridge.

Deadline 27 August, please spread the word!

@the_node @focalplane_jcs @TLM_Cambridge