Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Samuel Barnes (Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social)

Host: Andrew Lin @andrewclin.bsky.social

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If you're looking for a postdoc in developmental/evo-devo biology, check out this position with @matt-towers.bsky.social @drn-sheffield.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social ! Great lab, great university and great city! 🐣 🔬

Meet our keynote speakers at #EZM2026!
13th European Zebrafish Meeting, taking place in Vienna, July 7–11.

🧬 Pavel Tomancak (Dresden) has made key contributions to evolutionary developmental biology and tissue morphogenesis, advancing our understanding of how complex biological forms arise.

Meet our keynote speakers at #EZM2026!
13th European Zebrafish Meeting, taking place in Vienna, July 7–11.

🧬 Elly Tanaka (IMP, Vienna) is a leader in the molecular and cellular biology of limb and spinal cord regeneration, with pioneering contributions to regenerative biology.

Thinking about EZM2026 in Vienna? 🐟
Travel grants are now open for students & ECRs.
7–11 July 2026 | Deadline: March 15
Hope to see many of you there! @ezsociety.bsky.social #zebrafish

Today we welcome two speakers in our DRN External Seminar Series:

Professor Ruth Arkell (The Australian National University)
Host: Marysia Placzek

and

Dr Alessandro Mongera @mongeralab.bsky.social (University College London)
Host: Henry Roehl

All welcome!

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DRN new publication alert:

Manning et al., 2025, @emmanning.bsky.social, co-led by Marysia Placzek and Elsie Place @elsieplace.bsky.social, in collaboration with Seth Blackshaw @sethblackshaw.bsky.social

Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Oliver Bower (Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk and University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk)

Host: Peter Andrews

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Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Takuya Azami (University of Edinburgh) @tazami.bsky.social

Host: Anestis Tsakiridis
@tsakiridis.bsky.social

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Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.

Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Professor Jens Januschke (University of Dundee) @dundee.ac.uk

Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social

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Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Ryan MacDonald @macdonaldlab.bsky.social (University College London)

Sponsored by the Physiological Society
@physoc.bsky.social

Host: Emily Noël
@noelresearchlab.bsky.social

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2024 WOLPERT MEDAL WINNER: SALLY LOWELL - BSDB - British Society for Developmental Biology Following the sad passing of one of the greats of Developmental Biology, Lewis Wolpert, the BSDB committee has decided to launch a new annual medal in his honour. Lewis was well known for his ability ...

The BSDB Wolpert Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to teaching and communication of Developmental Biology
bsdb.org/2024/04/15/2...
@bsdb.bsky.social

Today we are honoured to host Dr Sally Lowell @cellysally.bsky.social (University of Edinburgh), winner of the 2024 BSDB Wolpert Medal, who is giving a talk in our DRN external seminar series
@bsdb.bsky.social
Host: Marysia Placzek
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Thank you for hosting me! It was a lovely visit.

Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Parthive Patel @gutstresslab.bsky.social (University of Bristol)

Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social

Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social

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Several DRN members (present and past) attended and presented work at the recent #UKZF2025 #zebrafish meeting in Exmouth and Exeter.

Many thanks to the organisers Steffen @scholpplab.bsky.social, Carol @yhcarolyang.bsky.social, Soojin, Greg and Nik for a great meeting!

Congratulations to DRN PhD students Corinna Snashall, Sude Uyulgan @sudeuyulgan.bsky.social, James Birch, Thomas Cozens and Jason Morgan, who gave excellent talks in the School of Biosciences 3rd year symposium this week

Ceriani et al. (2025). A machine-learning-based approach to predict early hallmarks of progressive hearing loss. Hearing Research 464, 109328.

doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

@hearingshef.bsky.social

Ectopic sodium channel expression decreases excitability of Drosophila Kenyon cells Abstract figure legend: We tested the effects of expressing the bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel NaChBac in the Kenyon cells of the Drosophila memory centre, the mushroom body. NaChBac expressi...

Greenin-Whitehead et al., (2025). Ectopic sodium channel expression decreases excitability of Drosophila Kenyon cells. The Journal of Physiology.

doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

@andrewclin.bsky.social

Peloggia, Cheung, et al. (2025). Paired and solitary ionocytes in the zebrafish olfactory epithelium. Chemical Senses 50, bjaf031.

doi.org/10.1093/chem...

@jupeloggia.bsky.social

Meza-Escobar, O. (2025). Embedding ESD Principles into Anatomy Teaching. Good Practice Highlights, University of Sheffield.

sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...

Wong, Zhang et al. (2025). NANOG is repurposed after implantation to repress Sox2 and begin pluripotency extinction. EMBO J.

doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00527-9

@tsakiridis.bsky.social

Ramirez Moreno et al. (2025). E-cadherin endocytosis promotes non-canonical EGFR:STAT signalling to induce cell death and inhibit heterochromatinisation. PLoS Genet. 2025 Jul 21;21(7):e1011781

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011781

@nataliabulgakova.bsky.social

Recent publications from DRN members, Aug–Sept 2025

#Heterochromatin, #Drosophila #olfaction, #pluripotency extinction, #anatomy #education, #zebrafish olfactory #ionocytes, #hearing loss, #machine #learning and more!

See thread for details ⬇️

Excited to welcome everyone to the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop: Nature of Intelligence

The two-day agenda is packed with inspiring talks, discussions, and a panel exploring the frontiers of natural and artificial intelligence.

@asab.org @drn-sheffield.bsky.social #AI #cognition #neuroscience

David Ish-Horowicz memorial symposium, Francis Crick Institute, London, 23 June 2025. - YouTube A public symposium organised by friends, scientific colleages and David's wife Ros Diamond to cellebrate David Ish-Horowiccz's, FRS, scientific achievements,...

Dear friends and scientific colleagues,
(especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz).

Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared).

Many thanks
Best regards
Ilan

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Call for Abstracts Extended! 🌟
Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop.

@asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social
#ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB

Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Derek Boyd from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, talking on the biological, environmental, and social factors that shaped respiratory health in English cities during the Industrial Revolution

Host: Samantha Purchase

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Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Giselle Wiggin from Nxera Pharma, Cambridge, talking on the application of structure-based drug design to GPCR drug discovery.

Host: Tanya Whitfield

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