Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequSrinivas Lab @srinivas-lab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Promises to be another great meeting, bringing the fab developmental biology community together! 042
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 04/05/2026As a Guest Editor for @JoVE, @m-stower.bsky.social and I are organising a Topical Collection titled “Understanding Morphogenesis During Embryonic Development”. Interested in contributing? Please submit an abstract here: app.jove.com/methods-coll... 001
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequSrinivas Lab @srinivas-lab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We are happy to share our new bioRxiv pre-print on A-P axis patterning. A great collaboration with Felix Zhou (UT Southwestern) & the Yeomans group (Physics, Oxford) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 03117
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequFilipa Simões @simoesfilipa.bsky.social · 28/11/2025@shifaant.bsky.social @srinivas-lab.bsky.social peaking into the chick heart - love it!! 0122
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 08/10/2025The 'sparks' of life! Our latest work on the role of #calcium dynamics in the early #embryo. 🎇🔬🐁 @idrm.ox.ac.uk @oxforddpag.bsky.social @srinivas-lab.bsky.social #lightsheetmicroscopy #GCAMP 043
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 07/10/2025During #development, distal visceral #endoderm (DVE) cells migrate to shape A-P axis specification. @m-stower.bsky.social @srinivas-lab.bsky.social &co reveal the role of Ca2+ dynamics in this, showing that inhibition of #calcium transients causes DVE arrest @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nHWxF4 032
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 20/08/2025#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u 319596
Reposted by Shifaan Thowfeequthe Node @the-node.bsky.social · 04/06/2025*TODAY Wed 4 June 15:00 BST (UTC+1)* Development presents... webinar, celebrating the winners of the @bsdb.bsky.social postdoc poster prize from the Biologists @ 100 conference. We'll hear from @giuliapaci.bsky.social and @shifaant.bsky.social Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 165
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequDr Jacinta Kalisch-Smith @jkalism.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Very happy to share I've written a review on placental vascular formation in mice and humans, now published in @dev-journal.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... @idrm.ox.ac.uk Funded by the @thebhf.bsky.socialjournals.biologists.comFeto-placental blood vessel developmentSummary: This Review contains an overview of placental vascular development and pathologies in mice and humans and highlights key remaining questions in the field. 1176
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 02/06/2025*This Wed 4 June 15:00 BST* Register to attend our next Development presents... webinar, celebrating the winners of the @bsdb.bsky.social postdoc poster prize from the Biologists @ 100 conference. We'll hear from @giuliapaci.bsky.social and @shifaant.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 074
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequDevelopment @dev-journal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Register now to attend our #DevPres webinar next week, featuring the winners of the @bsdb.bsky.social poster prize, @shifaant.bsky.social and @giuliapaci.bsky.social, and chaired by Abigail Tucker. 4 June at 15:00 BST us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 01112
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 15/04/2025Visa costs will limit Britain's ability to court those who may seek to leave the U.S. after Trump's administration cut funding for universities and research bodies, says Professor Alison Noble FRS, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society: www.reuters.com/world/uk/hig...reuters.comHigh UK visa costs deter international scientists and engineersIt took Ed Roberts over a year to find a senior scientist to work at his cancer research laboratory in Scotland, a delay he blames on high UK visa costs that made it harder to attract international workers. 7179
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequRory Cooper @rorylcooper.bsky.social · 10/04/2025This is the head of a chicken embryo after 16 days of development, imaged with light sheet microscopy 🐣🔬🧪 5515
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 24/03/2025The sun is shining over the beautiful city of Liverpool for @biologists.bsky.social ‘s Centenary Meeting ( #biologists100) 080
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequOliver Stone @oliverastone.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Very happy to share our work on lymphatic endothelial cell specification, which was published in Nature Cardiovascular Research this week. 2268
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequDave Grainger @degrainger.bsky.social · 13/01/2025✨Excited to share our work revisiting the developmental origins of mammalian lymphatic endothelial cells.✨ A summary of our key findings using scRNA-seq, snMultiome-seq and imaging to show the direct specification of mesenchymal progenitors to LECs🧵 #blutorial #blabstract tinyurl.com/LECspectinyurl.comDirect specification of lymphatic endothelium from mesenchymal progenitors - Nature Cardiovascular ResearchLupu, Grainger, Kirschnick et al. show that, contrary to prevailing belief, the initial specification of mammalian lymphatic endothelial cells primarily occurs from previously unidentified mesenchymal... 12512
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Excited to have provided the cover images for the new Kaufman's Atlas of Mouse Development Supplement (edited by Gillian Morriss-Kay & Shankar Srinivas) – the go-to reference resource for all mammalian developmental biologists. 060
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Have always been fascinated about these elusive giants–the beaked whales. Until now nothing was known about this extant species; known from only seven records and have never been seen alive at sea. Turns out it has a nine-chambered stomach and vestigial teeth! www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r...doc.govt.nzSpade-toothed whale reveals new discoveriesVestigial teeth were just one of many new discoveries made by scientists during the dissection of the rarest whale in the world, Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou says. 030
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequSrinivas Lab @srinivas-lab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Happy to share our latest review by @shifaant.bsky.social with @cwhanna.bsky.social. A detailed look at extraembryonic tissues – the 'other half' of the conceptus. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natrevmcb.bsky.socialnature.comOrigin, fate and function of extraembryonic tissues during mammalian development - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell BiologyDuring mammalian embryogenesis, extraembryonic tissues are required for the patterning and morphogenesis of the embryo. This Review discusses how signalling networks and epigenetic modifications regul... 0165
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Beautifully written essay by @jbwallingford.bsky.social that every developmental biologist should read. aeon.co/essays/after...aeon.coAfter 3,000 years of science, the embryo is very different | Aeon EssaysFor 3,000 years, humans have struggled to understand the embryo. Now there is a revolution underway 130
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Nice to see our latest review published in @natrevmcb.bsky.social today – a collaborative exploration of mammalian extraembryonic development with @cwhanna.bsky.social for an invaluable epigenetic focus. @srinivas-lab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comOrigin, fate and function of extraembryonic tissues during mammalian development - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell BiologyDuring mammalian embryogenesis, extraembryonic tissues are required for the patterning and morphogenesis of the embryo. This Review discusses how signalling networks and epigenetic modifications regul... 0179
Shifaan Thowfeequ @shifaant.bsky.social · 19/11/2024A scenic walk to work this morning. Oxford, Oxfordshire. 170
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequSrinivas Lab @srinivas-lab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Happy to have the Srinivas lab on Bluesky! Even our embryos are starting to feel a little festive in the Srinivas lab! We are excited to share our new bioRχiv pre-print – investigating the role of calcium in the early embryo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 23910
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequMatthew Stower @m-stower.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Feeling Festive! Very happy to share our new bioRχiv pre-print – investigating the role of calcium signalling in the early mouse embryo: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 093
Reposted by Shifaan ThowfeequbioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Calcium signalling is required for anterior patterning in the mouse embryo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… biorxiv.orgCalcium signalling is required for anterior patterning in the mouse embryo https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.14.623160v1 Anterior-Posterior axis formation in the mouse embryo requires the active migration of the DVE cell 053