Neural Development GRC 2026

Ontogeny and function of microglia and nerve-associated macrophages Macrophages are essential immune cells that arise early during embryogenesis and persist as tissue-resident cells into adulthood. This chapter explore…

Microglia and CNS macrophages are multifaceted cells!
We are excited to share our published chapter in Advances in Immunology.
If you are curious about where these cells come from and what roles they play; you can access it here:
lnkd.in/egqqUYQT

Link valid until August 16!
@masslab.bsky.social

Please help get the word out - We are hiring at all levels (graduate students, technicians, and postdocs)! If you are interested in sponges, cell biology, evolution, immunity, and symbiosis, please don’t hesitate to contact me to learn more.

Journal of Cell Science cover. The image shows an entire Drosophila midgut folded into a heart shape, with DNA labelled in magenta, the septate junction protein Lgl in blue and MARCM-induced mutant clones in yellow.

Issue 13 is complete

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Our cover image shows an entire Drosophila midgut folded into a heart shape, with DNA in magenta, Lgl in blue & mutant clones in yellow. See article by Carvalho et al.
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Just published: The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube

A global temporal chromatin program, operating across the CNS, directs binding of specific spatial TFs & hence when/where neurons & glia are born

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Development logo - Browse by subject: Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area. The ad has a black background with three vibrant scientific images: a developing embryo on the left, a green plant-like structure in the center, and a gastruloid (a circular cell with a bright pink center and blue outer ring) on the right. [Blue button: browse content].

Did you know we have a new 'Browse by subject' page?

Explore Development's content, now easily accessible by subject area:
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A Neuron-Optimized CRISPR/dCas9 Activation System for Robust and Specific Gene Regulation CRISPR-based technology has provided new avenues to interrogate gene function, but difficulties in transgene expression in post-mitotic neurons has delayed incorporation of these tools in the central ...

Big shout out to 1st author Svitlana Bach who completed these expts while a postdoc in our group, building off of work from her first postdoc building Crispr tools to manipulate the rodent Bdnf locus to investigate function.

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This project started well over a decade ago (I actually did bench work here!) when we noted the presence of these divergent transcripts in the human BDNF locus. Project had a lot of stops and starts, but really excited to finally get to share it 🧠🧪👩‍🔬

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Did you know we have a dedicated Jobs Board?

Whether you're looking for your next job, or you have an open position to advertise, do check out our Jobs Board:
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#DevBio #StemCells

Figure 1 (D-G) Visualization of the sparse-grid discretization of the ECS at ≈60% epiboly.

Mind the pores: studying morphogen gradients

Read this Research Highlight showcasing work from Justina Stark, Rohit Krishnan Harish, Ivo Sbalzarini @mosaicgroup.bsky.social and Michael Brand @tudresden.bsky.social:
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POSTDOC in neurodevelopment - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12840807 Postdoc in the molecular mechanisms and behavioral consequences of normal and abnormal mouse spinal cord development.

Please RT:

#postdoc fellowship in #DevBio of Spinal Cord @umeauniversitet.bsky.social 🇸🇪

Sara Wilson Lab www.umu.se/en/research/...

Apply here 👇
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Currents of Change: Metabolism shaping cell fate and evolution #MetabolismMondays - the Node All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Anna-Lena Brigitte Gunda VigilPhD

#MetabolismMondays
Meet Anna Vigil, #PhD student in @justinmcrocker.bsky.social lab @embl.org @embldbunit.bsky.social, discussing her work on how #metabolism impacts cell fate, development & #evolution #Drosophila.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio

🔬 The next international Developmental Biology course, organized by Institut Curie with @sorbonne-universite.fr, will focus on "From stem #cells to #morphogenesis".

📅 Apply by:
• July 20 (3.5 weeks with hands-on workshop)
• Aug 31 (10 days of seminars)

🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

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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Sounds super fun - GRC in Neural Dev is one of my favorites and I need to bookmark this for next year!

Society for Developmental Biology logo Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series SDB Postdoc Members -- Apply Today Application Deadline August 1, 2025 QR Code to EBH Seminar website

#DevBio #Postdocs! Abstracts are being accepted for speakers in the 2025-2026 Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series. SDB postdoctoral members are eligible to apply. Deadline: August 1. #SDBPostdocSeminar bit.ly/3x1ptgb

Neuron programming! Pro-neural TFs + 480 morphogen conditions + scRNA-seq --> Diverse iN subtypes of forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord, and PNS. @hsiuchuanlin.bsky.social‬ @jasperjanssens.bsky.social‬ and Treutlein Lab! @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #NGN2 #ASCL1

12th Dev Brains:

@junyuecao.bsky.social @alainchedotal.bsky.social
@cecilecharrier.bsky.social
@trayon.bsky.social
Isabel Espinosa-Medina
Beatriz Rico
Michael Ziller
Dwight Bergles

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@hjerling-leffler.bsky.social
@ulrikakmarklund.bsky.social
@flallemend.bsky.social

Deepika Dogra, Karin Tuschl, and I are thrilled to host the Neural Disorders RIG meeting of the @ZDMSociety on July 30, 10:00-11:30 am ET. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers. Register here: zdmsociety.org/2025-zdms-ri....

New work from Mercedes Peredes' group @ UCSF in @natneuro.nature.com led by JaeYeon Kim & Aunoy Poddar - Mercedes WOWED us with this amazing story in progress at GRC Neural Development 2024 in 🇮🇹 - great to see it out!
What amazing new science will we see at Neural Development GRC 2026?!? 👀🧠👀

Another great conversation @storiesofwin.bsky.social 👏🏽😍

This podcast has become one of my main ways to learn about #interesting questions in #neuroscience 🤓. I also really like how most profiles are so different from each other and different people’s journeys are!

#neuroscience

Molecular Hallmarks of Hydrocephalus @ScienceTranslational Medicine is out today. Grateful to work under leadership of Andy Hale, Ryann Fame, & Kris Kahle with other top-notch collaborators including @labfame.bsky.social members Arjun Rajan and Blake Zhou! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

👋🏻 Bluesky!