Aida Rodrigo

Such great news, Josh! Congratulations! 🎉

Patterning of cell identities in the posterior E8.5 mouse embryo. Co-expression of mesoderm marker TBXT (blue) and neural marker SOX2 (green) identifies cells in the neuromesodermal (NMP) progenitor region at the intersection of their respective gene expression gradients. TBX6 (red) marks paraxial mesoderm and also marks sporadic mesoderm-committed cells emerging within the NMP region. LAMINB1 (white) marks the nuclear envelope of all cells. Credit: Matthew French.

Measuring properties of individual cells in relation to their neighbors in 3D tissues is challenging. @cellysally.bsky.social &co develop a computational toolkit to facilitate this, analyzing developmental patterning in mouse, chick & #Drosophila #embryo @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4lQMeNu

📣 Cilia Lab is growing 📣 - we have 2️⃣ open positions at @uoe-igc.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social for talented and motivated researchers interested in disease modelling & genetic therapies which target #RareRespiratoryDiseases at their root cause. 🧪🧪#ciliopathies #PrimaryCiliaryDyskinesia 1/4

MRC Postdoctoral Research Scientists x 5 - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences Applications are now open for up to five postdoctoral positions in the area of developmental epigenetics.

Interested in developmental epigenetics? So are we! Apply now to join us for your postdoc!

Multiple positions across multiple groups @mrc-lms.bsky.social

Projects spanning germline demethylation, gene regulation, genome architecture in development & disease 👇👇

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Publishing scientific papers is an obstacle course. There are many aspects to this but lengthy review times are one. That's why I am very excited about the new initiative @biologyopen.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social open access journal: Fast & Fair 1/n 🧪
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Paper alert! I am really pleased to share the final version of the work led by Irène Amblard in the team on a regulatory switch controlling Cdx2 expression during posterior body development! #regulatorylogic #devbio @mrc-lms.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social

H2AK119ub Safeguards Against Ectopic Transcription Factor Mediated Gene Activation in the Developing Forebrain The PRC1 complex regulates developmental gene expression in mammals by ubiquitinating histones (H2AK119ub) and nucleating repressive chromatin interactions. Human genetic data and functional experimen...

Excited to share our hot-off-the-press @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
that explores how PRC1-mediated H2AK119ub deposition safeguards lineage fidelity during forebrain development. Fantastic work by @lucyadoyle.bsky.social and our colleagues & collaborators. 🥳🧬🧠🔬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to share our latest on adult neural stem cells & OPCs #GLIA2025 @gliameeting.bsky.social
Stop by our posters!
T15-005A Ana Delgado (Tuesday) Intraventricular OPCs and macrophages/microglia
T15-023C Hanae Omiya (Thursday) Epigenetic/transcriptomic heterogeneity of adult neural stem cells

🧪 Job alert 🔊 we are hiring a Research Assistant - join the Simões Group at DPAG-IDRM @ox.ac.uk supporting #cardiovascular development and regeneration research, working with #zebrafish and #human stem cell systems: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... @oxforddpag.bsky.social @idrm.ox.ac.uk (1/4)

Last two weeks to sign up for the Career Catalyst Mentorship Programme. Opportunities for 1:1 Mentoring. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I am looking for a new postdoc to join the lab. Interested in pluripotency, germ cells, and in investigating these in a genetically tractable cnidarian? Get in touch! We offer a long-term contract, excellent research environment, and a lovely city #Galway. www.urifranklab.org

Save the date! March 23-26 will be the dates for our 2026 @bsdb.bsky.social annual meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis!

Excited to reveal more details soon!

Want to attend with a reduced rate, and have access to conference/travel grants for other meetings too? Don't forget to join the BSDB :)

Screen with the conference poster

Woman in an auditorium, she is 1 of 3 wearing an FFP2, sadly that doesn’t include the woman in front of us who’s coughing…

At EMBO Beyond the standard workshop! Can’t wait for the unconventional science 🧪 with mice (Mus and Acomys), bats, naked mole rats, a whole organoid zoo (presented by @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social), salamanders. Our student snuck in a conventional fish poster 🥸🐟

CellTalk HHD | Human Heart Development Research CellTalk-Human Heart Development is a BBSRC funded consortium established to find out more about how cells come together to build the heart as it grows inside the womb.

🫀Job alert 🧬 come and be our colleague! Join a BBSRC-funded consortium aiming to understand how the human heart develops - you will be contributing multimodal single cell & spatial transcriptomics data using zebrafish and human cardiac organoids as models. Learn more: www.heartdevelopment.org (1/4)

We have a job opening for postdoc with expertise in bioinformatics and a strong interest in regeneration. We work on (successful) spinal cord regeneration in the zebrafish. Get in touch if that’s something that would interest you!

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The NCBI annotation pipeline for new genome assemblies is an amazing service to research communities! We've greatly benefited from annotation on the newest axolotl genome. No small feat!!

James @lab-turner.bsky.social will be at the EMBO Workshop on unconventional vertebrates!

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This is the very last chance to join us in Edinburgh to learn new biology! Check the updated programme: meetings.embo.org/event/25-ver...
Guaranteed you will leave inspired, full of ideas and very likely new collaborators!
#EMBOvertrebateModels #EMBOevents 🧪 🦇 🐿️ 🦌 🐒

Please spread the word!

Registration deadline extended to 25 May 2025!

We would like to thank @biologists.bsky.social and @isrbio.bsky.social for support to ReBilD course. @intersted_applicants: Still few spots left, deadline is approaching soon. mdibl.org/course/rebil...

I'll be there! :)

BBC Inside Science - How vulnerable is our power supply? - BBC Sounds Massive power cuts brought parts of Spain, Portugal and France to a standstill this week.

EDINBURGH AXOLOTLS!

Super-excited to hear my wonderful colleague @aidarodrigo.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 talking about the axototl colony she has established in our institute @edinuni-irr.bsky.social 😃

Available on BBC sounds: Aida's section starts at 23.37

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Exciting story! Congrats Karen and team! 🎉

🚨ISRB Webinar Alert - Zone 3: The Americas 🚨 Join us on May 16th at 12pm US East Coast Time. Featuring Dr. Sarah McMenamin from @bostoncollege.bsky.social and Dr. Erica Crespi from @wsupress.bsky.social. Find all details at isrbio.org/event-6181293

🚨 Last week to register! 🚨

Do not miss this unique opportunity to get inspired by unconventional biology!

Very excited for this meeting.

We'll revisit fundamental concepts in #DevBio and ask how they might be informed by emerging #SynBio tools. We'll also discuss ideas around purpose and agency in synthetic morphogenesis, and generally have a VERY NICE TIME.

Spaces available for short talks!

My lab @kinshiplab.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc 🚨 with Sept start date

Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour.

Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org

📢 Abstract submission deadline EXTENDED to April 25 📢

Last chance to get a short talk or poster slot at the EMBO Workshop on unconventional vertebrates!

Anyone interested in learning more about these fascinating creatures: registrations open until May 8.

Please repost and tell your colleagues! 🦇

Beyond the standard: Unconventional vertebrate models in biomedicine The use of a handful of model organisms has proven essential for scientific discovery and to unlock new therapeutics to combat human disease. As society looks to the future, the gateway to new scient…

Interested in biological research beyond the standard?
Join us in Edinburgh for the EMBO Workshop exploring how unconventional vertebrate models are becoming engines for biomedical research! 🦇 🐿️ 🦌 🐒 🦍 🐹🧍‍♀️

🚨 Abstract submission deadline: 11 April 2025 🚨

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Such beautiful work, Tatiana! Congratulations to the whole team! 🎉