Anestis Tsakiridis

Developmental origins of paediatric cancer symposium A one-day event showcasing the latest cutting-edge research on the modelling, biology and treatment of paediatric cancers in the context of their developmental origins.

Abstract deadline extended to 20 March for our @cclguk.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social-DMM
symposium on the developmental origins of paediatric cancers (8 June, @crick.ac.uk)-short talk slots still available.

See: www.cclg.org.uk/information-...

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Today’s seminar, hosted jointly by DRN and the Cancer Research Seminar Track (CREST) @sheffielduni.bsky.social:

Dr Duncan Sproul @sproullab.bsky.social, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, Univ. Edinburgh @edinburghuni.bsky.social

Host: Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social

All welcome!

Final call for everyone interested in the links between developmental biology and childhood cancer: only 2 days remaining to register and submit abstracts for our @cclguk.bsky.social, @dmmjournal.bsky.social symposium on the developmental origins of paediatric cancers taking place this June

PDRA position still open in my lab for anyone who wants to solve some outstanding questions in limb development. We have a variety of models and approaches (everything from stem cells to chicks and catsharks). Please share!

International Childhood Cancer Day: Research as the key to better survival rates - St. Anna CCRI International Childhood Cancer Day: Research as the key to better survival rates (Vienna, February 15, 2026) Every year, around 400,000 children and adolescents worldwide are diagnosed with cancer, wi...

🎗️#InternationalChildhoodCancerDay! Every year, around 400,000 children worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. Progress is possible: through research, international collaboration and close cooperation between science and clinical care. Read more:🔗 ccri.at/internationa...

Developmental origins of paediatric cancer symposium A one-day event showcasing the latest cutting-edge research on the modelling, biology and treatment of paediatric cancers in the context of their developmental origins.

2 weeks to go until the registration/abstract submission deadline for our @cclguk.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social symposium on the developmental origins of paediatric cancers at the @crick.ac.uk this June. Great speaker line up and slots for short talks: www.cclg.org.uk/information-...

Last couple spots remaining for the Craniofacial GRC in sunny CA! Looks to be a full house, with a great set of up-and-coming #craniofacial biologists spanning evo/devo, genetics, multiomics all the way to stem cells, engineering and repair. @brugmannlab.bsky.social www.grc.org/craniofacial...

MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates - Research Professional News Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls

Appalling news for the biosciences in the UK. I have three grants under review at the moment so the last week since I heard these rumours have been a definite career low point. Shifting priorities (read political interference) are bad enough
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Check out this postdoc opportunity in a great lab in Sheffield! 🐣🔬

I am completely baffled by the total lack of any action or any evidence of speaking out from our scientific ‘leaders’. We’re in a void of information and the consequences are potentially catastrophic- especially as it looks like BBSRC are following suit.

Thank you Teresa!

Thank you Anahi! Primers for which gene 😂?

Thank you Pleasie!

The lab turned 10 this month, what better way to celebrate than with an amazing cake from @faycooper.bsky.social! I feel lucky to have worked alongside so many talented students, postdocs, and colleagues here in Sheffield over the years.

🚨DEADLINE TOMORROW FRIDAY 16th JANUARY
If you are interested in DevBio, *don't think about it twice*
👇STEPS:
1)Submit an abstract bsdb.org/meetings/
2)Become a @bsdb.bsky.social member if you aren't already bsdb.org/about-us/#me...
3)Apply for travel grants bsdb.org/membership/#...

See you there!

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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

Thank you @stanna-ccri.bsky.social for hosting us, great to see clinicians and groups working on different aspects of neuroblastoma biology coming together and discussing openly about how to build better models that will accelerate the development of new treatments against this devastating disease.

Meeting schedule now online for @bsdb.bsky.social 2026 spring meeting: Molecules to Morphogenesis!

***Abstracts due in by January 16***

Join the outstanding line up! Submit your abstract for a short talk, flash talk, or poster presentation:
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bsdb.org/meetings/

Development's Pathway to Independence Programme Our grants support and encourage the sharing of knowledge throughout the community by facilitating international collaboration, event attendance and the organisation of scientific meetings, conference...

Applications are open for @dev-journal.bsky.social 2026 Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs applying for group leader positions:

Mentoring
Profile raising
Leadership training
Network building

Spread the word...

www.biologists.com/grants/devel...

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

All welcome!

We are very happy to share our new PrePrint: Myosin VI orchestrates estrogen-driven gene expression in breast
cancer cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We characterise how Myosin VI is a key regulator of the Estrogen Receptor. Perturbation of Myosin VI impedes ER functionality.

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

All welcome!

📣 Paper alert!

I am delighted that our paper exploring the impact of Neanderthal-derived variants on the activity of a disease-associated craniofacial enhancer has been published in Development today!
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Defining the Reproductive and Offspring Developmental Impacts of e-Cigarettes at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Defining the Reproductive and Offspring Developmental Impacts of e-Cigarettes at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com

An exciting PhD opportunity to work at the University of Sheffield on how e-cigarettes affect reproduction and offspring: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please repost - Multiple PhDs available

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🚨 Come join us @sheffielduni.bsky.social for a PhD on the evolution and development of feathers and flight! 🐣🔬

This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪

Last chance to apply - closing Nov 3rd: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52936/ Consider coming to Cambridge to work on a highly collaborative project on lung stem cells and lung disease with @labrawlins.bsky.social and @jennydickens41.bsky.social

🚨 PhD Projects 🚨

We are advertising two UKRI funded PhD projects at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social. #stemcells #development #embryology #reproductivephysiology #mathmaticalmodelling #quantitativebiology

Hierarchical lineage architecture of human and avian spinal cord revealed by single-cell genomic barcoding The formation of neural circuits depends on the precise spatial and temporal organisation of neuronal populations during development. In the vertebrate spinal cord, progenitors are patterned into mole...

Thrilled to share my main postdoc work with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

We used genomic barcoding + scRNAseq in chick & human embryos to reveal a lineage architecture that reshapes how we understand neural tube development & cell fate decisions
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...