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Salómon Christer

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PhD student in Heidelberg. Studying renal diseases using Drosophila as a model.

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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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Mohammed Khallaf @khallaf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our new paper is out in @nature.com! We uncovered how a naked mole-rat queen 👑 controls an entire colony: a natural contraceptive scent that suppresses reproduction in other females! A remarkable mammalian parallel to bees and ants! 🐝🐜 @garyrlewin.bsky.social youtu.be/enfv3zJrWKM?...
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Naked mole-rats are ruled by a queen: this chemical puts her in power
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The elephant in the room: impact factor @amjeve.uk & @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social offer an honest look at impact factor trends in #DevBio, explain how Development serves its community, & make the case that sustaining developmental biology journals is a shared responsibility. doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Screenshot of a journal article webpage from Development. The page displays the editorial titled “The elephant in the room: impact factor”, published on 18 June 2026, authored by Alex Eve and James Briscoe. Below the title are article details, including the citation Development (2026) 153 (12): dev205838 and a DOI link. A toolbar contains options such as Split-screen, Views, PDF, Versions, Share, and Tools. The visible opening paragraphs discuss the journal’s response to community feedback about the impact factor (IF), describing it as a flawed and limited metric, referencing DORA (the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment), and arguing that research quality should be judged on its own merit rather than journal impact factor.
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Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 20/04/2026
☕ @joshifrenster.bsky.social @amartinezarias.bsky.social & co utilize mosaic mouse #gastruloids as a model of cell fitness & competition, identifying a temporal window between primed pluripotency and early gastrulation during which #CellCompetition occurs in mammalian #embryogenesis. bit.ly/4cBmfGK
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Mosaic gastruloids reveal a temporal restriction for developmental cell competition - Nature Cell Biology
Frenster et al. utilize mosaic mouse gastruloids as a model of cell fitness and competition, identifying a temporal window between primed pluripotency and early gastrulation during which cell competit...
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Vísindavefurinn @visindavefurinn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
www.ruv.is/utvarp/spila... Af hverju eru ávaxtaflugur svona oft notaðar í vísindatilraunum? Valgerður Jakobína Hjaltalín, nýdoktor á Heilbrigðisvísindasviði HÍ, svarar því í fróðlegu viðtali í Samfélaginu á RÚV (hefst 2:38). #visindavefur #vísindavefurinn #ávaxtaflugur
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Madeleine L Ball @madeleinelball.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Made a bluesky account especially for this - our new spotlight on a really interesting new paper is now available to read! Findings that go against what "should" be based on current knowledge are always some of my favourite discussions to have, one of the great joys of being in Biology. 🧬
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Salómon Christer @salomonchrister.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Delighted to see my PhD work finally published! Here we used the amazingly versatile Drosophila model system to uncover mechanisms behind the rare renal disorder Dent's disease. Have a read over at: www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
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A Drosophila model for Dent’s disease type 1 revealed impaired endoplasmic reticulum export of Cubilin as pathogenic mechanism
Mutations in the CLCN5 gene encoding the chloride-hydrogen exchanger ClC-5 cause Dent’s disease type 1, a genetic disorder of the endolysosomal pathway in the proximal tubules of the kidneys. A hallma...
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Lori O'Brien @llobrienlab.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Flashback #FluorescenceFriday to some of the first light-sheet imaging we were doing. Video shows the collecting duct system of the developing kidney labeled with a pan-cytokeratin antibody. Courtesy of former talented technician Deanna Hardesty.
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio
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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Lovely picture. A remarkable and kind scientist, who was true to his craft into his 90s.
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Salómon Christer @salomonchrister.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Very honoured to be given the opportunity to present at my favourite research conference @edrc2025.bsky.social in yesterdays panel on Disease models. I appreciated the engaging discussion and look forward to seeing more talks on the amazing work done in Drosophila!
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Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
✨Drosophila melanogaster 🪰The fly that changed science 🔬Drosophila has been a cornerstone for understanding genetic control of development, axis patterning, and organogenesis 🧪 GIF from Bruno Vellutini #ModelMonday #DevBio
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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Dear president@harvard.edu, dear gaudet@mcb.harvard.edu, to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link: droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The Editors-in-Chief of the 5 @biologists.bsky.social journals have written a joint Editorial, discussing the enormous challenges currently facing researchers in the US and how members of the community can support them through this difficult time. journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
Screenshot of the first page of the Editorial, 'Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times', written by James Briscoe, Craig Franklin, Daniel Gorelick. Elizabeth Patton and Michael Way. The publication information in the top line says, '© 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Cell Science (2025) 138, jcs263970. doi:10.1242/jcs.263970. The first paragraph of the article says, 'As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists’ journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creating. It is unusual for us to comment on a nation’s science policies or politics, but the rapid ongoing developments in the USA and their potential impact on research worldwide are beyond the usual.'
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Welcome to Development's Bluesky account 🧪 Development is a leading primary research journal in developmental and stem cell biology, published by The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social, a not-for-profit organisation, and edited by expert researchers in the #DevBio field.
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Development | The Company of Biologists
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