Igor Schneider

I'm thrilled to be co-teaching this wonderful course again this fall. Come join us at the MBL for a transformative experience!

Regeneration of fins and limbs relies on a shared cellular playbook The findings strengthen the case that regeneration is an old trait, offering insights into how complex tissues rebuild themselves.

www.sciencenews.org/article/rege... @josanesousa.bsky.social @gabrielalima19.bsky.social @perezlouise.bsky.social @patyschneider22.bsky.social

She holds y’all in high esteem — she even missed Mardi Gras to be there

Bluesky Map Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

⚡👩‍🔬Electrical signals are key for promoting organ regenerative growth, a new study!

Out now in Science Advances, from the Mateus group @ritamateus.bsky.social at PoL and @mpi-cbg.de along with the lab of Frank Jülicher @mpipks.bsky.social

Read the news here: tud.link/7jzptz
Video:©️ Mateus group

Fantastic news for the US scientific community! Congrats Neil!

Previously we had shown that axolotl tail regeneration occurs in the absence of somitogenesis. In the updated manuscript we propose that vertebral segmentation during tail regeneration occurs through a process of buckling instability. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

LSU featuring our recent published research led by the amazing @josanesousa.bsky.social and @gabrielalima19.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hidden struggles: Cambridge scientists share the truth behind their success In a career defined by constant questioning, self-doubt can become an occupational hazard. Now, for the first time, a group of Cambridge scientists reveal the personal struggles they’ve faced – and co...

Science is a tough career. We are so over-trained in scepticism we end up constantly doubting ourselves. The worst part can be thinking you are alone in your self-doubt. By sharing our common experiences, we hope our new book helps those going through a career crisis:

www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...

Thank you

Thanks Laura ☺️

And it's out indeed! Huge congrats to @josanesousa.bsky.social, @gabrielalima19.bsky.social, @perezlouise.bsky.social & Hannah Schof! A true tour-de-force that highlights how emerging model systems can shed new light on long-standing macro-evolutionary questions. Go #axolotl, #polypterus #zebrafish!

Investigate regeneration and repair using whole animals or organ/tissue systems at EMBO Workshop "The molecular and cellular basis of #regeneration and #TissueRepair" in #Krems, AT, 21–25 Sep 2026.

Deadline: 20 May

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-tissue-repair
#EMBORegeneration #EMBOevents 🧪

Cool work Christine!

You can now search the entire EvoDevo Papers database (~1.8k posts). Check it out on the website evodevo.brunovellutini.com or read more here: brunovellutini.com/posts/evodev...

#EvoDevo #DevBio #EvoBio

Congrats Jessica and coauthors!

Mouse digit AAV gene delivery into fibroblasts regulates regenerative outcome AAV delivery of putative proregenerative genes into proximal, nonregenerative mouse digit fibroblasts induces regeneration.

It’s finally out!! Congrats @vivijou.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

a cartoon of an axolotl blowing a kiss with a heart in the background . ALT: a cartoon of an axolotl blowing a kiss with a heart in the background .

1/ Can #Axolotls teach us new things about #HeartRegeneration?

A great collaboration between Elly Tanaka and Miguel Torres labs.

We’re happy to share our new work in which we ask how axolotls regenerate their hearts and could they help mammals with that?
doi.org/10.64898/202...

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

A bit late but a paper from our lab has been published!
Human fingertip regeneration is a fact, it happens in children and adults (not only in children as it has been long believed). We describe here the regenerative phases and analyse the proteome of wound exudates.

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

Enabling Discovery Through Genomics (EDGE)

The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

New paper from our lab and @friedrich-group.bsky.social !! Insights into morphogen gradient scaling to regenerate a limb at the appropriate size. #axolotl, #limbregeneration

Specialized signaling centers direct cell fate and spatial organization in a mesodermal organoid model Stem cell–derived mesodermal organoids reveal how signaling centers guide cell fate and tissue organization.

🎉 Our deconstructed, stem-cell–based approach to studying signaling centers and limb-development cell types is out! 🥳 So nice to see it in its final form after the preprint— and huge thanks to the community for all the enthusiasm and interest since then!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ectopic head regeneration after nervous system ablation in a sea anemone Via genetic ablation of neurons, Mazloumi Gavgani et al. show that the nervous system is essential for defining axial polarity during whole-body regeneration in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

Our paper on the role of neurons in Nematostella head regeneration is now out at @currentbiology.bsky.social Big thank you to all collaborators, it was a pleasure!

Ectopic head regeneration after nervous system ablation in a sea anemone: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals - Nature Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence...

🧪 #EvoSky #EcoSky

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

How do four-eyed fish see above & underwater? 🌤️🌊 Our new preprint reveals how Anableps rewired its retina for dual vision- evolution at work 👁️👁️ Kudos to @perezlouise.bsky.social @josanesousa.bsky.social @keylapruett.bsky.social + team!
🔗 tinyurl.com/3a8r9xy5

Hosting @karen-crow.bsky.social here at LSU as our seminar speaker for the Division of Cellular, Developmental and Integrative Biology. Don’t miss her talk at 3:30pm 🧬!! @lsuscience.bsky.social

Neil Shubin: defender of American science Our podcast on science and technology. We speak to the polar palaeontologist poised to lead America’s National Academy of Sciences

“It’s too easy to be swamped by a short-term political and social environment.” Neil Shubin tells “Babbage” why he remains optimistic about science in America

Please share/repost widely: I have a postdoc position available. Please see ad below and reach out to apply.

academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15449

🔬 Limb regeneration depends on regenerative signaling center cells — but how do these cells influence others to proliferate, migrate, or differentiate?
We’re recruiting PhD or Postdoc candidates to explore this with our collaborator @osvaldo-chara.bsky.social !