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Blastoid: the backstory of the formation of blastocyst-like structure solely from stem cells.

Posted by , on 27 June 2018

In our recently published paper1, we showed that mouse stem cells self-organize into blastocyst-like structures, that we termed blastoids. Because blastoids can be generated in large numbers, can be finely ...
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The dorsal root of the matter: Using zebrafish to study the importance of movement on early brain growth

Posted by , on 8 May 2018

In our recent paper published in eLife, we found a novel form of movement-dependent neural feedback that drives early forebrain growth in zebrafish. In this article, I discuss the problems, ...
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Medaka fish sheds light on the evolutionary origin of vertebrate pair appendages

Posted by , on 23 April 2018

Link to the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0080-5   The evolutionary history of vertebrate appendages Have you ever wondered how our hands and feet evolved? This question, which commonly evokes fish crawling from ...
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PhD position: Origin and Evolution of Synaptic Proteins at Sars Centre in Bergen, Norway

Posted by , on 10 April 2018

There is a vacancy for a PhD position at the Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology (www.sars.no) in the research group headed by Dr. Pawel Burkhardt. The position is for a fixed-term period of ...
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Team work, good science

Posted by , on 8 March 2018

You can find our recently published eLife paper here.   At the Euro-Evo-Devo meeting in Lisbao I saw a talk by Sylvie Rétaux and became hooked by a blind and ...
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A droso4school CPD event for teachers

Posted by , on 20 February 2018

The droso4schools initiative is an educational outreach programme run by the Manchester Fly Facility, which I had the opportunity to be actively involved in during a month-long placement (see my ...
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How does it Work? My Experience with 3 Different Model Systems

Posted by , on 5 February 2018

For both young and established developmental biologists considering their next career move, choosing a model system with which to answer one’s research questions is a big decision. Of course, the ...
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CSHL Mouse Course: my perspective and why you should apply too

Posted by , on 2 February 2018

The deadline to apply for the 2018 Mouse Development, Stem Cells & Cancer course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is March 15th. If you don’t know much about the ...
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Why more is better in comparative developmental biology…

Posted by , on 26 January 2018

Our recent paper in “Nature” [1] deconstructs molecular arguments that have been used to homologize bilaterian nerve cords. Our work illustrates well the strength of the comparative approach and the ...
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The Tails of Fate

Posted by , on 18 January 2018

The epic journey of embryogenesis begins with a set of maternal instructions. These instructions are in the form of transcribed mRNA, some even translated into proteins and ready for action. ...
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