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Kyra Campbell

@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
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Developmental-biologist, Drosophililst and Fly Cancer Modeller. Fascinated by cells polarising, moving, building tissues and breaking tissues..

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Araújo Lab @araujolabub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Interested in #Cellbehaviour ? Winter is coming and along will come the #JuanDeLaCierva call for junior postdocs! DM or email @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social if you are interested in learning how genes modulate cell behaviour during development! #DevBio #Drosophila share.google/xDiuDuwrwqVJ...
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El Gobierno destina más de 1.200 M€ para la contratación de personal investigador y la financiación de proyectos de investigación, un 74,5% más que lo aprobado en 2018
El Gobierno destina más de 1.200 M€ para la contratación de personal investigador y la financiación de proyectos de investigación, un 74,5% más que lo aprobado en 2018
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Andrew Lin @andrewclin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're hiring! Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory Please spread the word! Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research... Deadline: 5 October 2026 Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org
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Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)
Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)
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Raphaël Clément @raphclement.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics, just out in Development! In which we learn about the three pillars of any mechanical model: forces, mechanical properties, and boundary conditions. @pflenne.bsky.social @alessandrochppr.bsky.social @caojialing1002.bsky.social @dev-journal.bsky.social
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A developmental biologist's guide to mechanics
Summary: A guide to mechanics in development: unlock how forces, material properties and geometry shape the forms of life.
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Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Interested in using #Drosophila genetics & advanced imaging combined with modeling to study inter-organ transport and epithelial dynamics? We’re hiring a #PhD student @uni-muenster.de, based at the Multiscale Imaging Center and @sfb1348.bsky.social Graduate School. Apply here tinyurl.com/ypx74a5d
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Aga Gambus @agagambus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We’ve been awarded European Commission Choose Europe for Science Co-fund at Uni of Birmingham! MOBILITY will fund 6 talented postdoctoral researchers at the transition to independence. All within remit of Molecular Biodiscovery. Applications open in October 😀👍. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/bi...
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First UK institution awarded Choose Europe for Science grant - University of Birmingham
Birmingham awarded £1.2m in ERC funding to attract talent from outside of Europe
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In Preparation @inprep.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Scientist Packs Bag For Conference Attendee Who Goes To Hotel Gym And Eats Salads
BOSTON, MA—Carefully folding running shoes, workout shorts, and a moisture-wicking shirt into her suitcase Sunday evening, Boston University biochemist Dr.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Samarpita Sen and Daniel St Johnston @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social discover that radical diffusion, not lifetime, determines the range of peroxidase-based proximity labelling. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Figure showing that the range of proximity labelling can be restricted by reducing BSST concentration or reaction time.
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Kyra Campbell @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Beautiful new paper out from the Mao lab!
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British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Save the date! The 2027 BSDB Spring Meeting will take place on 19 - 22 April in Edinburgh. An exciting programme with a fantastic lineup of speakers showcasing developmental biology across scales! More details soon!
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Eurico Morais-de-Sá @polarityi3s.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Drosophila border cells are beautiful to watch… but far from easy to image. Kudos to the brave and skilled @vitoryang.bsky.social, who took on the challenge of establishing border cell migration imaging in the lab! His movies are astonishing, and now our first-ever study on #cell #migration is out!
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Charlène Boumendil (She/Her) @charleneboumendil.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We are looking for a new group leader to join the IGH (Montpellier, France). I can’t wait to meet my future colleague! Apply :-) More infos here: igh.cnrs.fr/join-igh-as-...
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Join IGH as Group Leader - IGH
The Institute of Human Genetics invites applications for a Principal Investigator position in its main research areas. Read more...
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Jenny Regan @jennyregan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Like #hemocytes? I'm advertising a 3 year, BBSRC #postdoc position, in #Edinburgh, using #Drosophila & human cells to understand sex differences in the regulation of #macrophage function, an exciting collaboration with the Bénézech and Wood labs. Please share! 🪰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU604/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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Kyra Campbell @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I absolutely loved my visit to the @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @doctoremmerson.bsky.social was such a great host -great people and great science
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Elaine Emmerson @doctoremmerson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It was so nice to welcome @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social to Edinburgh and @edinuni-irr.bsky.social as our external seminar speaker yesterday. Thank you for a wonderful talk, great chat & cathartic moaning about funding challenges over dinner!
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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Our take on a really interesting new study by the Franz lab at UCL, a version of epithelial polarity where you would not expect it! Read our Spotlight and the original paper!
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Dan Bose @danbose.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm a bit late with this, but awesome to see it out in the wild! A real tour de force from @dozenoaks.bsky.social @timcraggs.bsky.social An amazing example of why we need to think more about flexibility in our biological questions! www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Kinesin-1 is highly flexible and adopts an open conformation in the absence of cargo
Kinesin-1 is an essential anterograde microtubule motor protein. The core kinesin motor is a homodimer of two heavy chains; N-terminal motor domains hydrolyse ATP and walk along microtubules, whilst a...
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Matthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I watched much of Ian Chapman's (Head of @ukri.org) appearance this morning at @ukparliament.parliament.uk Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.. A few points and new information that bioscientists may find interesting... A 🧵
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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🧠 Are you passionate about EM, neurons, ageing, neurodegeneration? Then you might be interested in a funded 4-year BBSRC NWD PhD project using vCLEM techniquesat Liverpool with @ianprior.bsky.social, @natsansor.bsky.social and @aliemliv.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/jobs/fully-f...
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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hi folks, Check out our updated website! Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon! fly-jedi.org
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Junior European Drosophila Investigators | Home
A simple website based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
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Simon Bullock @simonbullock11.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Lots of exciting PhD projects on offer at the LMB, including in our group 😊
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Rory Cooper @rorylcooper.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social! lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
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Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting! Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us! bsdb.org/meetings/ March 23-26, 2026 - UK
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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology
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Drosophila Spain @drosospain.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate
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Emma Rawlins @labrawlins.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Holly Lovegrove @lovegrovelab.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Interested in cell migration and developmental biology-check out this PhD opportunity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🔬 Sabies que…? 🧬 La Drosophila melanogaster, coneguda com a mosca de la fruita, és un insecte àmpliament utilitzat com a organisme model en biologia i genètica. 1/3
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Lucia Prieto Godino @neuroluci.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We are recruiting PhD students! If you are interested in evolutionary neuroscience, consider applying: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Prieto Godino Lab | Cellular and molecular bases of neural circuit and behavioural evolution
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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Very sad to hear that Sir John Gurdon, former Master of Magdalene College, has passed away at the age of 92. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... Here is a powerful reminder that you should never give up on your dreams.
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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Sad to hear of the death of John Gurdon this morning, aged 92.
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Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College
Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The PhD work of @bboumard.bsky.social officially out in print! Happy to share this issue with our downstairs colleagues in the BDD @frelab.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social www.cell.com/developmenta...
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Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila
Boumard et al. demonstrate gap-junction-dependent tissue-scale nucleotide sharing, which impacts cellular sensitivity to perturbation of nucleotide homeostasis and replication stress. Drosophila wing ...
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Kyra Campbell @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Guttastic! ❤️
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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
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Parthive Patel @gutstresslab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Thank you for hosting me! It was a lovely visit.
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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Now the #EDB @flybase.bsky.social representative Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social is presenting #Flybase future plans
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Kyra Campbell @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
We are loving the @edrc2025.bsky.social !! Please come find us at the poster sessions and coffee breaks!
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Alexis Barr @alexisbarr.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer. Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions. Please repost! More details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Description
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
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Kyra Campbell @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Montes-Labrador, P., Campbell, K., and Casali, A. (2025) Drosophila as a model for metastasis. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1482:135-154. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-97035-1_8. PMID: 40745140
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Very happy and proud to share the latest work from our lab. Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche in Drosophila
Robust and controlled intestinal regeneration involves reciprocal interactions between the intestinal epithelium and its microenvironment. Here, we id…
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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3
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Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Looking foward to the Northern(ish) Developmental Biology Meeting 2025 next week @sheffielduni.bsky.social! Thanks to the organisers @shaneherbert.bsky.social Raman Das @tsakiridis.bsky.social @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
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Franck Pichaud @fpichaud.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Delighted to share our latest work on the mechanisms of epithelial curvature and 3D morphogenesis ! Amazing work from newly graduated Dr @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social 🎉 @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Integrins coordinate basal surface contraction and oriented cell growth to enable thickening of a curved epithelium
During development, tissues undergo morphogenesis to achieve their final form. This process relies on coordinated cell shape changes, which have predo…
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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
‘These cracks, they let the developing cells in: A chronicle of trabeculation in the developing zebrafish heart’ 🎵 Theodora Stougiannou highlights recent work from @rashmi-priya.bsky.social & team. #preprint Check out the #preLight ⬇️ 👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/m...
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Mechanical fracturing of the extracellular matrix patterns the vertebrate heart - preLights
‘These cracks, They let the Developing Cells in: A Chronicle of Trabeculation in the developing Zebrafish Heart’ -- The authors of this study examine the initiating events that trigger trabecula forma...
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Dr Zeinab Rekad 🔬🧬🧪 @zeinabrekad.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This one is close to my scientific heart 💜: An excellent read shining the light on an aspect of RNA biology that is way too often overlooked. #RNAsky #RNAlocalization
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Control of epithelial tissue organization by mRNA localization - Nature Communications
Subcellular mRNA localization is prevalent but with poorly understood physiological roles. Here, the authors show that Net1 mRNA targeting to the basement membrane controls epithelial tissue organizat...
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