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Rebecca Ann Jones

@rebannjones.bsky.social
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Post-doctoral researcher at Princeton University. PhD from The Francis Crick Institute. Developmental cell biology to better understand human disease. Fascinated by how cells move. She/her.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The vote was 55-0.
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Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed
Uefa nations have agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments if the global governing body continues with its plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's not often single author primary research papers are published in our field & it's even rarer when the author is a Nobel Prize winner Check out the new work by Eric Wieschaus in @dev-journal.bsky.social Flattening maternal gradients in Drosophila embryo journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Maternal patterning in early Drosophila embryos: how much information can single maternal gradients supply?
Highlighted Article: Comparison of the patterning capacity of Drosophila embryos that have only one of the three maternal gradients known to control anterior posterior patterning.
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Henry De Belly @henrydebelly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Very excited to be sharing our new paper, just out in Nature Cell Biology! The big question we investigate: How do migrating cells put their front 🔴 and back 🔵 in the right place?
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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
John Gurdon (1933-2025) by Jim Smith journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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John Gurdon (1933-2025)
John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. His discovery, made when he was a PhD student, that the nuclei of differentiated cells retain th...
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Amazing work by @vitoryang.bsky.social and colleagues! Go cell migration ❤️
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PacBio @pacbio.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The HiFi Yield Leaderboard is here! 🏁 Q1 is officially in and the Princeton University (@princeton.edu) Genomics Core Facility is leading the pack with 181 Gb of HiFi yield on Revio. Our next winner will be announced in June. Congrats to the team for setting an impressive pace! #PacBio #Princeton
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International Society of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A new paper published in @jcb.org by postdoc Jorge Diaz from the Mayor lab at UCL shows that during collective migration, epithelial-like clusters generate traction force mainly through cryptic protrusions at the centre, while mesenchymal clusters do so at their periphery: doi.org/10.1083/jcb....
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
@jimsmith31.bsky.social ?
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This. I shudder to think of all the expensive and time-consuming experiments needlessly repeated due to lack of negative results reporting. Just because it's not 'exciting' doesn't mean it's not important.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Unpopular opinion: biologists are still the ones who understand biology best
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Steffen Scholpp @scholpplab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Thrilled to share that we have been awarded a Wellcome DA to explore cytoneme-based cell communication in development! A fantastic collaboration with Kyle @kylewedgwood.bsky.social at @lsiexeter.bsky.social, and Hilary Ashe & Cerys Manning at Manchester - exciting times ahead! tinyurl.com/2ytm6y2w
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Exeter researchers awarded £3.5M to uncover how cells communicate during development
Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the forma...
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The scientist who made 'magic' real for me and inspired my love of developmental biology. A sad day and a huge loss. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I absolutely loved my time at @crick.ac.uk with @jimsmith31.bsky.social I can't recommend this program enough 🙂
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Ronan Chaligné @ronanchaligne.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨🚨 We're hiring! 🚨🚨 The Single-cell Analytics Innovation Lab (SAIL) at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social is looking for a Junior Technician to join our wet lab team! You'll work with spatial genomics and single-cell technologies, helping us push the boundaries of cutting-edge analysis in cancer research.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Our first extraordinary biologist for this week is Jim Smith, former Editor-in-Chief of @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social Director, who was also part of the Biologists @ 100 organising committee. #100biologists
The Company of Biologists 100 logo to the left and QR code to the right.
 
Portrait of Jim Smith to the left, text to the right
 
100 extraordinary biologists

Jim Smith

Jim Smith served as Company Director, former Editor-in-Chief of Development and was part of the Biologists @ 100 organising committee. Having researched mesoderm development, Jim is an Emeritus Scientist at The Crick, UK, and the President of the Zoological Society of London, UK.

#100biologists #biologists100
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epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
What do we see when looking at cells under the microscope? 👉Some are bigger than others, some are elongated and align with the neighbors & others seem to move. Cool, right? But wouldn't it be cooler to quantify these observations? I'm @juliaeckert.bsky.social. Let's explore some analysis software!‬
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 23/05/2025
Proseg is a segmentation tool for single-cell spatial transcriptomics data that uses unsupervised probabilistic modeling of transcript spatial distribution, for accurate segmentation without multimodal staining. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
@david-j-barry.bsky.social perfectly summarizes this - very flattered to see our work featured at the top of the EMBL-EBI AI Ready list @bioimagearchive.bsky.social. A truly fruitful cross-disciplinary collaboration made possible by the incredibly talented STP scientists at @crick.ac.uk 🔬💻🐟!
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kenzo ivanovitch @kenzoivanovitch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We’re excited to share the first publication from our lab, now out in @EMBOPress! @shayma-a.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk Using live imaging in the mouse embryo, we tracked how heart progenitors migrate and assemble into the heart tube.
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
📢New publication alert! Exciting new research on start points for DNA replication in human cells by Dr Torsten Krude, students here in Zoology and colleagues @crick.ac.uk Read more about it: bit.ly/3F1PYvN
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Debraj Ghose @debrajghose.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
We found that cells use emergent collective memory—arising from simple chemical reactions—to outperform physical limits of detecting chemical gradients. Curious how? 1/n 8 min talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XH... bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #biophysics #cellbiology
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Local collective memory from ratiometric signaling outperforms cellular gradient sensing limits
YouTube video by Debraj Shubham Ghose
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Ahhh cell migration, so much cool reading to do!
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
What governs where DNA replication begins in human cells? Here, we show that origins of replication in human DNA are epigenetically specified and that crucially, this epigenetic mark is required for both DNA replication and cell proliferation! @narjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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brangwynnelab.bsky.social @brangwynnelab.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
What drives cytoplasmic mRNA organization? We created unbiased, genome-wide maps of mesoscale RNA-RNA spatial proximity, revealing impact of encoded protein function. Fantastic work from @lindsayabecker.bsky.social @sofiquinodoz.bsky.social @davidaknowles.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Genome-wide mapping of mesoscale neuronal RNA organization and condensation
Subcellular RNA organization can affect critical cellular functions. However, our understanding of RNA microenvironments, particularly biomolecular condensates, remains limited, largely due to a lack ...
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Dave Barry @david-j-barry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Calling all... 🔬 Microscopists 💻 BioImage Analysts 👩‍🔬 Life Scientists 📅 Save the Date The 5th edition of the Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium will take place on November 24/25th 2025. More details to follow... #CBIAS2025
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Sara Wickstrom @sarawickstrom.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Happy to share our review on methodology for measuring and manipulating mechanical forces with specific focus on developmental biology! Congrats to authors @clemvilleneuve.bsky.social @mccreery.bsky.social and hats off to the community for developing awesome tools www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Measuring and manipulating mechanical forces during development - Nature Cell Biology
This Review discusses the recent advances in experimental approaches to interrogate the mechanical forces that mediate tissue deformations during development, highlighting the insights afforded at bot...
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Watch this space for some fascinating science! Excited to see this, congratulations @tsakiridis.bsky.social 🥼🔬!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This! I've seen this a couple of times at conferences from established, well-known PIs and it is amazing. It's also a great opportunity to network with them and talk science.
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Dave Barry @david-j-barry.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Here it is, in collaboration with @lankylaste.bsky.social, Lina Gerontogianni & Gavin Kelly: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... * Stats tests often used inappropriately * Masses of data points are often unnecessary * Inferring biological significance almost impossible without appropriate controls
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Enhancing Reproducibility Through Bioimage Analysis: The Significance of Effect Sizes and Controls
Bioimage analysis is a powerful tool for investigating complex biological processes, but its robustness depends on both technical precision and rigorous experimental design. In particular, the use of ...
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Jonathan Kagan @jkagan1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
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Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
OK this is super-cool. I want to try it immediately! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Live imaging of the extracellular matrix with a glycan-binding fluorophore - Nature Methods
Rhobo6 is a cell-impermeable small-molecule fluorophore that displays reversible fluorogenic binding to glycans, making it a general, wash-free, and non-perturbative label for the extracellular matrix...
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Amazing opportunity with an amazing scientist/person!
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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The #nucleus contains the info of a #cell, but it does much more than that !! Since the nucleus is *big*, acts as the main intracellular obstacle, and during #CellMigration can get 'trapped'/stuck until the cell pushes it FWD. #scicomm @focalplane.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social #Skyscience
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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Great to see the mTurquoise2 plasmids that we've generated used as markers of subcellular structures rupress.org/jcb/article/...
Subcellular localization of non-translating (free) RNAs and translation sites. (A) Schematic maps of the mTurquoise markers used to label different subcellular sites. (B) Representative images of the NIH3T3 GFP/RFP cells co-transfected with NV-MS2 and one of each mTurquoise plasmid labeling ER, Golgi, LE, Lyso, and PM. Images were acquired on an LSM980 confocal microscope. RNA is in red and subcellular locations in hot cyan. Single z-planes are presented, and scale bars are 10 and 2 µm for zoom insets. White arrows indicate NV RNA associated with the turquoise surfaces. (C) Representative images of cells co-expressing ΔNC and one of each mTurquoise plasmid. Translating and non-translating FL RNAs associated with the subcellular surfaces (hot cyan) are indicated by yellow and white arrows, respectively. Single z-planes are presented, and scale bars are 10 and 2 µm for zoom insets. In zoom insets, the letters T, R, G, and M denote turquoise, red, green, and merge, respectively.
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Zero, yes 0, cases of cervical cancer in women who received the HPV vaccination at 12-13 years in Scotland. Vaccines Save Lives. academic.oup.com/jnci/article...
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Invasive cervical cancer incidence following bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination: a population-based observational study of age at immunization, dose, and deprivation
AbstractBackground. High-risk human papillomavirus causes cervical cancer. Vaccines have been developed that significantly reduce the incidence of preinvas
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Amy Orsborn @neuroamyo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
How it feels to be working on a grant application right now.
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a sign that says " what is even happening " next to a dumpster
ALT: a sign that says " what is even happening " next to a dumpster
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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
After the directed #cellmigration #GRC I want to point out, that I added new scientists to my starter packs! Comment, if you want to be added (doesn't matter if you were on the GRC). Also, even if you "followed all" months ago, please check for newcomers 😁! #cellbio #devbio #morphogenesis
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Megan Chastney @mchastney.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
For early career researchers interested in the Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules GRS/GRC this May, don’t forget to sign up! The deadline for submitting an abstract to be considered for an oral presentation for the GRS is less than a week away! Register here: www.grc.org/fibronectin-...
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2025 Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules (GRS) will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Rebecca Ann Jones @rebannjones.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As my first post on here it would be remiss of me not to express my sense of wonder and scientific awe following the Directed Cell Migration GRC/GRS! It was a privilege to chair the latter alongside @tlnagy.bsky.social. The people, as always, make the meeting and I am so happy to have met you all!
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