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London BioImage Interest Group @biig-ucl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next London BioImage Interest Group (L-BIIG) meeting will be on Friday 9th October at 12pm. Check the poster for details and visit our website to find out how to join (QR code).

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epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Swedlund, B., Danan, J. J., Jiang, T.-X., Ben Tahar, S., Poon, K., ..., Ehrenreich, I. M., & Morsut, L. (2026). A novel reaction-diffusion architecture for engineering self-organized patterns in mammalian cells. Synthetic Biology. #EpithelialMechanics doi.org/10.64898/202...

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Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🧬✨ VGZT SEASON 8 IS HERE! ✨🧬 Calling all developmental biology enthusiasts 👀 A new season of Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks is officially underway, and we have an exciting speaker line-up coming your way! Check out the poster below for everything coming up in Season 8! 👇 #devbio#gastrulation#sci

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London BioImage Interest Group @biig-ucl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We are excited to share that the first session of London BIIG will be on Friday 11th September at 12pm at the LMCB! Talks: Yongjoo Kim (UCL) & Nina Thornton (Crick) #l-biig Refreshments will be provided. Directions for LMCB can be found on our website.

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you are based in and around London and interested in bioimage analysis, give the London-BIIG a follow!

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Another fishy #FluorescenceFriday. Even a simple DAPI (blue-yellow) and actin (red) staining can decorate the zebrafish one-day-old embryo spectacularly! 🐟

Colours: phalloidin (TKZ_Scarlet LUT) and DAPI (KTZ_NavyGold LUT)

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London BioImage Interest Group @biig-ucl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Some great images from UCL included here! Including from one of our co-organisers @matyasbl.bsky.social 🎉

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Young Embryologist Network @yen-network.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We are excited to announce the results of the YEN 2026 Image Competition! Thanks to all who submitted an entry. This year amazing work has been shared with us complementing our perspectives talks on art+science. We congratulate the winners of the YEN and public votes! #yen2026 #yenimagecompetition

A collection of images from the YEN2026 Image Competition

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🌟 Meet the #SDB2026 Social Media Workforce!🔬 Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social is a Postdoc in Mongera lab at University College London (see a 🔬? it’s probably him 😉). He studies how mechanics and signaling interact during tissue elongation using synthetic embryo models 🧫

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Check out the YEN Image Competition. The spectacular image on the YEN 2026 poster was the winner of last year's competition!

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Young Embryologist Network @yen-network.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The YEN 2026 Image Competition is open for submissions! Enter by sending us an original image you made in the field of developmental biology. Winners will be decided by public voting. Top 10 images will be featured in future YEN materials! Submit your image here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

✨ A developmental biology classic! Somitogenesis of a chick embryo 🐣 is lighting up in this fluorescent HCR staining. The notochord (Chordin 🟡) and somites (PAX7 💎) are labelled. 🔬 📸 credit: Tatiane Kanno #FluorescenceFriday #devbio

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

JCS snapshot - Tracking coordinated cellular dynamics in time-lapse microscopy with ARCOS.px @macdobry.bsky.social presents the key findings from their recent JCS paper with @bgraedel.bsky.social and colleagues @olivierpertz.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Great visual guide for how to make interpretable plots in R.

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Toby Andrews @tobyandrews.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Job alert! 📣 I’m looking for a research assistant to join my new team @idrm.ox.ac.uk Were using #zebrafish to understand gene-environment interactions that shape the heart 🫀generate natural diversity 🐸🐭 and contribute to congenital defects ❤️‍🩹 Full info below, and please share! 🫶🏻 bit.ly/467TO0M

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Brugues Lab @brugueslab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread 🧵 and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤩 @poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

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Wolfram Pönisch @wolframponisch.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

My group will investigate the stochastic morphodynamics of living systems at the interface of biophysical modelling and computational biology. I will announce positions for PhD students and postdocs in the coming months! Feel free to DM me if you are interested!

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Cells & Development @cellsdev.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

We're in love with this cover image! 🧡 Part II of our Special Collection celebrating the Centennial of the Discovery of The Organiser is here. This issue focuses on the work presented at the Centennial Symposium at the University of Freiburg in September 2024: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cell...

Many small photos taken from the symposium organised to reveal Spemann and Mangold in the background.

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paveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#Mastodon, the Command Center for Large-Scale Lineage-Tracing Microscopy Datasets, is finally heading for publication (well, let's see). To #cite or not to cite shall no longer be the question 🙃, because the #preprint. Software is available in every #Fiji near you. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Zimeng Wu @zimengwu33.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking. It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... [1/6]

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🌈 Rainbow neurons on the move!🧠 MultiColor FlpOut of L3 optic lobe neurons projecting into the medulla neuropil. 📸 Image by Isabel Holguera. #FluorescenceFriday #DevBio

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Searching for physical principles of morphogenesis In this #OpenAccess Spotlight, Nikolas Claussen, Fridtjof Brauns and @streichan.bsky.social highlight the ‘physics of development’, focusing on the interplay between quantitative experiments and mathematical theory doi.org/10.1242/dev....

A figure illustrating examples of physics-inspired theory in developmental biology. Please read the linked article for more information.

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy (and spooky) #FluorescenceFriday Switching from frogs (which are underrated btw) to zebrafish has really made me appreciate transparent tissues! 🐟 28 hpf, ⚪ nuclei, 🔴 F-actin

Fluorescent microscopy image of a 28 hours post fertilization zebrafish labelled with DAPI and phalloidin

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Ale Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

📣Our project, “Mechanometabolic Control of Vertebrate Limb Elongation,” has been funded by Wellcome! Over the next 8 years, we’ll collaborate with @manningresearch.bsky.social and Nathalie Agar’s group to understand the mechanics of ECM-rich mesenchymal tissues! Funded positions available!🎉

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

1/12 A very special moment for me! 🎉 My first paper as corresponding author—a @jcb.org Perspective on how contact-based decision-making in collective cell migration can itself encode blueprints for complex patterns and shapes. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #cellbio #devbio #science 🧵for details

Cartoon of a speculative heterogenous cell population performing mesenchymal collective cell migration.

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Alice Godden @alicegodden.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Our new paper is out in Dev Biol! 🎉 🐸🧬 We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning 👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd... @devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social

Schematic overview of our project. Dissection of Xenopus neural crest following morpholino knockdown of miRNA, then extraction of RNA for RNA-seq

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Mouse (Mus musculus) 🐭 is the powerhouse of mammalian genetics, essential for studying embryogenesis, organ development and gene function using transgenic technologies. 📸 Image by Zhong Hua also featured on the cover of Developmental Biology textbook (11th edition) #ModelMonday

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thank you for sharing! I'd like to highlight the concept of embryonic 'actuation' where a mechanical state change is caused by cells acting on each other through mechanics and/or biochemical signals but importantly not mediated by fate transitions.

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Alex Fedorec @ajfedorec.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I'm going to be advertising for a few positions in my group in the next couple of months for a big project on synthetic microbial communities. I would love to hear from you if you are interested and I'd also appreciate if everyone could share this far and wide!

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

✨Not a rainbow trout… a rainbow zebrafish 🌈 🐟 The expression of 10 different genes simultaneously including Hox genes along the body axis, somites, brain regions, skeletal muscle, and heart 🔬Image by Alice Sherrard, Gabby Jerz & Nipam Patel 🧪 #FluorescenceFriday

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

🚨Only 4 days to apply!!!🚨Join the SDB SciComm Internship! Gain hands-on experience writing stories on the latest developmental biology discoveries🔬Connect with top mentors & earn $500 to attend the SDB Annual Meeting 🎉! 👉 www.sdbonline.org/science_comm... #SciComm #DevBio

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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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Young Embryologist Network @yen-network.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Interesting review about the role of ECM in development!

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Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hei... Please re-post 🙏

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Toby Andrews @tobyandrews.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳 We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n tinyurl.com/cell-stretch

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Mechanochemical coupling of cell shape and organ function optimizes heart size and contractile efficiency in zebrafish

Andrews et al. demonstrate that multiscale feedback between mechanical and chemical cues builds a functional heart to support zebrafish embryonic life. Cell recruitment and organ-scale forces drive tr...

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Anaïs Bailles @anaisbailles.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Very happy that the first article from my postdoc work in the Tomancak lab is now published @PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... We studied the self-organization of actin in aggregates made from Hydra cells. Thread below (1/9)

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Anh Hoang Le, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇻🇳 @anhhle2702.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I was looking through my old microscopy videos, and found this perfect shot of a macropinosome forming through the collapse of an actin-driven membrane ruffle (cyan). Immediately, CRYI-A (orange) is recruited to the vesicle to finish the job. Still in awe with this process after all those years!

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International Society of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

A cryosection immunofluorescence image of a Xenopus embryo showing fibronectin in 🔵, DAPI in ⚪, and Sox9 - a marker of the neural crest in 🟠. Image credit: Kai Weissenbruch from UCL #FluorescenceFriday #devbio

Cryosection immunofluorescence image from a Xenopus embryo showing the neural crest, fibronectin, and DAPI.

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

🪼 How did the animal body plan evolve? This ‘fundamental’ study in Clytia sheds light on how Wnt3 coordinates both gene expression and planar cell polarity during axis formation, offering key insights into the origins of morphogenesis. buff.ly/e1Un958 #DevBio

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Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

BSDB Bridging mechanics and genetics in early development at University of Warwick was great fun and I am grateful for the opportunity to present my PhD work.

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Petr Svoboda @svobodalab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#Argonautes2025 - argonautes.img.cas.cz Join us in Prague 27-30/8/2025 for the next edition of the Argonaute meeting #miRNA #siRNA #piRNA & #PIWI Abstract submission for talk selection deadline is 30/6! Please, spread the word @rnasociety.bsky.social @rti-umasschan.bsky.social

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Virtual Gastrulation Zoom Talks @vgzt2021.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Next Thurs, join us for the next Western VGZT 🌙 🗓️ Thursday, June 19 ⏰ 9:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 16:30 UTC / 17:30 BST / 18:30 CET Featuring: @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social 👉Exploring physiological constraints by sculpting with stem cells @sermenchero.bsky.social 👉What marsupials can teach us about time

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Mattia Serra @mattiaserra.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

📣 New paper out! How do thousands of cells shape the emergent geometry of the avian embryo? We identify distinct, independently controllable mechanisms that contribute to embryo size and shape. @alex-plum.bsky.social @bensteventon.bsky.social @Guillermo Serrano Najera www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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