Photo of Gail R. Martin
SDB is sad to announce the passing of Gail R. Martin (1944-2026) after a short illness in San Francisco. Martin served as SDB President in 2007 and was the recipient the Conklin Medal in 2002 and the @FASEBorg Excellence in Science Award in 2011. bit.ly/4aIfu5d
17.02.2026 23:24 — 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1Thank you for the outstanding help! Cerebellum rocks! 🧠
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Out today officially! Such a cool story and I feel very lucky to have been involved - congrats to @sumrubayin.bsky.social and @jensbager.bsky.social along with everyone else involved! Was fun to get back to my roots in cerebellar development for a bit 🧠
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The regenerative potential of adult Nestin+ cerebellar astroglia is limited compared to in neonates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691510v1
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Building upon this work, we are currently exploring ways to promote regeneration in the lab @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
www.bayinlab.com/research
Excited to share the final piece of my postdoctoral work from the Joyner Lab, exploring the regenerative potential of the adult cerebellar astroglia in collaboration with @ricardkoche. 🧠
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Hahaha sorry not sorry 😂
13.11.2025 21:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🥺😱
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It’s time! @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
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Check out our latest episode with Dr. @sumrubayin.bsky.social from the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social!
Learn about her research on neural regeneration in the neonatal mouse #cerebellum. 🧠
This was such a fun conversation. Thank you for having me.
11.11.2025 10:51 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Candid photo of Zara Weinberg. She has short red hair, bangs and glasses. She is laughing.
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
Zara Weinberg passed away earlier this week. She joined my lab earlier this year when her postdoc lab formally closed.
She was a brilliant scientist, supportive mentor, dear friend, avid music fan, rabid believer in public transit, open science champion, and above all just an amazing human.
A screenshot of the paper PDF
Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop
A #LifelongDevSI Perspective from @sumrubayin.bsky.social, @bensteventon.bsky.social and @storerlab.bsky.social (@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social) reflecting on a recent workshop
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Congratulations 🍾 excited to see this out!
11.10.2025 17:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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A Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 Oct. Not only did he make a discovery that laid the foundations for stem cell research, he also created one of the best environments for research at the Wellcome/CRUK Gurdon Institute wellcome.org/news/sir-joh...
09.10.2025 13:39 — 👍 151 🔁 51 💬 5 📌 6This photo was taken at the Gurdon Institute 2022 Retreat, my first as a group leader, John's last one.
07.10.2025 18:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
John Gurdon's research inspired me in my own scientific pursuits as a stem cell biologist. Starting my lab at
@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social was therefore particularly exciting. Seeing him around daily only underscored his admirable dedication to science and research. RIP John.
tinyurl.com/nha6z25h
Check out our new beautiful cover page image by @geraldinejowett.bsky.social 😍
07.10.2025 10:22 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our 2025 GI retreat prize winners are:
🎉Social Engagement: Giada Vanacore and Shay Melamed
🙂 Research Culture: Theresa Gross-Thebing
🙌 Good Citizen: Sam Banjo
🔬Image Competition: @geraldinejowett.bsky.social
🌳Green: Tamara Romero
Thank you all for your great community spirit and positive vibes!
Excited to take on this new role! @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
@pdncambridge.bsky.social
LRRC58 defines an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex sensitive to cysteine abundance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.678073v1
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🚀 Looking for a Bioinformatician / Data Scientist to join our crew and explore regeneration through single-cell genomics & evolutionary biology! @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
📩 Questions? Contact us ✉️
🔗 Apply here: www.mpg.de/25243280/bio...
New article out now!
Our researchers @sumrubayin.bsky.social, @bensteventon.bsky.social, and @storerlab.bsky.social share key takeaways from a workshop on complex tissue regeneration, highlighting the need for more collaboration and interdisciplinary work.
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Excited to share our recent viewpoint with @storerlab.bsky.social led by Kirsten Sadler, on epigenetic mechanisms of regenerative resilience.
Ageing versus developmental silencing: Answers from the epigenome - Sadler - The FEBS Journal - febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check out the posters from the lab at the @isrbio.bsky.social biennial symposium at Madison by Niamh Divers (today) and Giada Vanacore (tomorrow)!
12.08.2025 14:20 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thanks to all who joined this meeting and workshop. And to the @isrbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social for helping make it happen! I know of several fruitful collaborations that have stemmed from it
07.08.2025 16:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0congratulations :))
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Excited to share our reflections on our workshop last summer @bensteventon.bsky.social @storerlab.bsky.social
We are grateful to all the attendees & @isrbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social for their support.
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