Reposted by Kongju ZhuSociety for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 04/12/2025🎄 Day 4 of the 24 Days of Development ✨🧬 In 1984, Drosophila homeotic genes were found to be conserved across animals, including humans 🧬🐸. This article highlights a shared genetic toolkit for embryonic development 🔬🌟🎁 doi.org/10.1016/j.yd... 01511
Reposted by Kongju ZhuJohn Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/11/2025SAVE THE DATE! Stoked to organize the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting with @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, @lowelab.bsky.social, and Shelbi Russell. Come learn about Biomedicine, Biomechanics, and the Biosphere, August 24-28, 2026. Registration dates, etc., coming soon! Please RT 112075
Reposted by Kongju ZhuPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 06/11/2025A lovely example of the interplay of morphogen dynamics, tissue mechanics, cell mechanics and signal transduction at the most crucial stage of embryogenesis. And a good example of why talk of development being "programmed" into the genome is simply the wrong language. www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...cell.comCrosstalk between tissue mechanics and BMP4 signaling regulates symmetry breaking in human gastrula modelsBrivanlou and colleagues used optogenetics to spatially control BMP4 expression in human stem cell models across different mechanical regimes. By combining these experiments with mathematical modeling... 13610
Reposted by Kongju ZhuKristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 28/10/2025🚨Excited to kick off our online seminar series on Metabolism in Development and Physiology! Please help us grow a collaborative and supportive community by joining (<1min): forms.gle/Y8QzucogKKrZ... #Metabolism #Development #StemCells Please RT! 🙏forms.gleSign-up form - Metabolism in Development and Physiology Seminar SeriesPlease fill out your details below if you are interested in receiving updates on the Metabolism in Development and Physiology seminar series. This seminar series will take place every second Thursday ... 11614
Kongju Zhu @kongjuzhu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Fantastic work from Xi and Qi-long! Chicken ES cells will take classic chicken embryology to a new level. 093
Reposted by Kongju ZhuArthur Michaut 🔬🐣 @amichaut.bsky.social · 12/05/2025🚨📣 New preprint alert! Excited to share my new postdoc work on direct force and mechanical properties measurements in live embryos! A great team effort with A. Chamolly (theory), under the supervision of F. Corson and @jeromegros.bsky.social 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #devbio #mechanicsbiorxiv.orgDirect measurements of active forces and material properties unveil the active mechanics of early embryogenesisDespite progress in probing tissue mechanics, direct long-term measurements in live embryonic epithelia are lacking. This limits our understanding of amniote embryonic morphogenesis, which takes place... 18434