Priti Agarwal

Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...

q.e.d Science Critical Thinking AI for constructive criticism and science evaluation

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com
@qedscience.bsky.social

Model organisms as platforms for training scientific minds

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The secret to our big brains? Going with the flow(Tissue fluidization)!

A stunning image!

Pathway to Independence: a forecast for the future of developmental biology ABSTRACT. In 2022, Development launched its Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, aimed at supporting postdocs as they transition to their first independent position. In 2025, we welcome our third c...

It's online! In this series of perspectives @dev-journal.bsky.social, yours truly talks about the exciting open questions and many things to do in the field of dev bio and neuroscience #DevBio🧪 #PIsOfTomorrow journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Thanks, Ethan!

Stage-specific transcriptomics of a leader cell reveals cell machineries driving collective invasion Collective cell invasion underlies organ development, epithelial repair, and cancer metastasis. Leader cells remodel extracellular matrix, sense guidance cues, reorganize their cytoskeleton, and coord...

🚨 New preprint!
We profile the transcriptome of the C. elegans distal tip cell: a persistent leader cell that invades basement membrane to shape the gonad.

Our dataset defines the molecular signature of invasive leader cells & uncovers new regulators of collective cell invasion.

Cell Migration Seminars Cell Migration Seminars every Tuesday at 16:00 BST.

If anyone ever wants to brush up on a lot of cell migration concepts don't forget we have several wonderful scientists who have given talks previously in cell migration seminars. I find it so comforting to go look at old videos, maybe someone else who will do as well!!
youtube.com/@cellmigrati...

🚨 The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series is back on Sept 25!
🎤 We have an exciting line-up of speakers this fall. See the image below for details
🌐 Website: sites.google.com/view/devmech...
📝 Interested in presenting? Sign up here: tinyurl.com/2munv5bv

📢📢Hiring 2 Research Assistants & 2 Postdocs at Emory University in Atlanta to study cytoskeletal biophysics/biochemistry. Please RT.

RAs: great for recent bachelor's/master's in Physics/Bio/Chem/Biochem. Email CV and interests to shekhar@emory.edu.

More info: www.shekharlab.org

A snapshot of the mechanics shaping organs: what plants and animals can teach each other.
Thank you Mabel, @MabelMathew_M and Ankita @Dash_Ankita
for putting this together.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lamy3si8Q...

Excited to share the final version of the STRESS software paper 🎉 Do you want to measure cell or tissue stresses using deformable beads or droplets, please check this paper:

nature.com/articles/s41...

Full access: rdcu.be/ezlGj

and the preprint thread below ⬇️

x.com/CampasLab/st...

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...

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

Caenorhabditis elegans germline flux pulls its stem-cell niche cells into shape - Journal of Biosciences Journal of Biosciences -

Happy to share my recent clipboard article link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks to @kavita-babu.bsky.social and @wormlockholmes.bsky.social
for giving me this wonderful opportunity! #germline #mechanics #cellmorphogenesis #Organ-leveldynamics

Sure.

Could I be included in the group?

Interested in understanding how cells move collectively and build tissues and organs! Join the collective cell migration/dynamics starter pack by @maikbischoff.bsky.social👇 #cell migration #cellbio #devbio

Program and application instructions for the 2025 Mechanobiology of tissue morphogenesis and disease workshop in Baeza, Spain, October 21-23. Apply at https://www.unia.es/estudios-y-acceso/oferta-academica/formacion-continua/workshop-mechanobiology-of-tissue-morphogenesis-and-disease

Interested in Developmental Mechanics??? We are organizing a mechanobiology workshop in Baeza, Spain, October 21-23, 2025. Come join us (and please help us spread the word)!!!

Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included.

training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

Proliferation-driven mechanical compression induces signalling centre formation during mammalian organ development - Nature Cell Biology Shroff and colleagues report that cell proliferation induces localized mechanical compression in the tissue, driving the formation of the main mouse tooth signalling centre via differential YAP…

Shroff, N. P., Xu, P., Kim, S., Shelton, E. R., ..., Campàs, O. & Klein, O. D. (2024). Proliferation-driven mechanical compression induces signalling centre formation during mammalian organ development. Nature Cell Biology. #EpithelialMechanics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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!‬

🔬💡A serendipitous discovery while troubleshooting an imaging issue led Yamini @yamini.bsky.social down a project studying mechanically induced morphogenesis in Hydra

Check out this new 'behind the paper story' ⬇️

*Paid internship opportunity*

@biologists.bsky.social is looking for a 3-month intern this summer to work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and
@focalplane.bsky.social

If you're interested in #SciCommm & #publishing, and have the right to work in the UK, apply by 5 June 👇

Story of resilience!

A most inspiring thread!

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!

These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.

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Thank you so much, @mads100tist.bsky.social

#NewFaculty!
Welcome to the campus, Dr @pritiagarwal.bsky.social !

🎙️In an interview with Rupsy Khurana, Dr Priti Agarwal talks about her journey, motivations, and research, along with her exciting plans for the future at NCBS.

Read Here: news.ncbs.res.in/spotlight/nc...

@rupsykhurana.bsky.social

The International Developmental Mechanics Zoom Seminar Series returns Sep 2025! with new co-organizers @goncaerdemci.bsky.social‬ and @tarafinegan.bsky.social. A new website live: sites.google.com/view/devmech....
Dev Mech enthusiasts, please register at this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...