Really lucky I got to attend the @bsdb.bsky.social spring meeting - Molecules to Morphogenesis. (Despite getting a cold on day 1 🙈) I got to hear incredible science, meet great people, and came away with a head full of ideas I can’t wait to test in the lab! #BSDB 🧪
Delighted to introduce KELPE: mESCs with two insulated genomic landing pads, which we use to generate new synNotch and PUFFFIN neighbour-labelling lines.
They were named after kelpies, creatures from Scottish folklore, and they look pretty on a kelpie micropattern!
#DevBio #SynBio
📢 BioImagingUK Community Meeting 2026 is GO!
📅 12 Oct | 10:00–17:00
📍 Natural History Museum, London
✅ Free to attend (lunch included!)
Careers, funding, community updates & more
Travel bursaries for techs & ECRs — apply by 8 May
Register👇 LINK in comments
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✨Development from the tail up 🦎 Gecko embryo tail glowing with HNK1 🟢 and DAPI 🔵 under the microscope 🔬 Proof that even the tail end of an embryo can be fabulous. 📸 Image by Maria Elena de Ballard #FluorescenceFriday
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What a great feeling; to see the latest issue of @jcellsci.bsky.social featuring interviews from two fantastic scientists *after* I had the fortune of hearing their keynote lectures at the #biologists100 conference! #conferencing is really the best way to feel part of the scientific community! 🧪
@theguardian.com I’d love to know who designed the slides for the contestants?
It's the moment you've all been waiting for... Invertebrate of the year voting is now open! 🗳️ Who will be your winner? theguardian.com/invertebrateoftheyear25
"Cell-estial bloom" Image from Özge Özgüç: A ‘Cell-estial bloom’ of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) flourishes on a micropatterned island. This image presents a colony of live hiPSCs, with fluorescently labelled Lamin B delineating the nuclear lamina within each cell. Acquired with a Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan microscope, this maximum intensity projection is enhanced with depth-coded coloring to reveal the captivating three-dimensional landscape.
"Dancing actinotroch" by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano: Actinotroch larva of a phoronid worm with phalloidin shown in yellow and acetylated tubulin in magenta. Imaged with a Zeiss LSM 800 at 10 x magnification.
"Who’s active?" by Julia Peloggia de Castro: The image depicts a zebrafish embryo at 9 hours post-fertilisation on a lateral view. Cells are stained with MitoTracker, which labels active mitochondria, and cell membranes are labelled in cyan with a EGFP transgenic membrane tag. Image was taken using a 20x objective on a spinning disk confocal microscope.
🎉Congratulations to the Top 3 images from the Node–FocalPlane image competition!
1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social
2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social
3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social
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@focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100
Send us your science images and art of embryos, organoids or stem cells! The YEN2025 Image Competition celebrates the beauty and complexity of developmental biology.
Follow us to vote for the best entries between 2nd-16th May.
The author standing in front of a colourful poster summarising her research, indicating the poster number 252
A scientific poster introducing the work of the author investigating the role of Wnt signalling in patterning and morphogenesis of chimeric gastruloids, an in vitro model of early embryonic development
Day 2 of #biologists100! My poster is up, please visit #252 on Wednesday! But until then, more interviews await 👩🏾💼🎤🔬
the Node's conference reporter, Jen Annoh, posing with the polaroid frame in the atrium of the conference venue. On the frame the text reads "Jen Annoh #Wnt3". Behind Jen is a roller banner about The Company of Biologists.
Over the next few days at #biologists100, try to catch @joyceyu.bsky.social with the Node's polaroid frame 📸
We'd love to promote you and your research: write your name and key words of things you're passionate about, and smile! 😃
Here's an example from our reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social #Wnt3
Jen Annoh and me in front of a sign welcoming us to Biologists@100
We are ready for much science!
The amazing Dr Jen Annoh @jens-cells.bsky.social will be the roving reporter for @the-node.bsky.social during #Biologists100. Watch out for her posts 🕵️♀️🧪🔬😀
The most deserving winner of the 2025 Tickle Medal is Muzlifah Haniffa!
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Congratulations to our 2025 Raff PhD medal winner @impeiyee.bsky.social from @liverpooluni.bsky.social
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Congratulations @helenweavers.bsky.social
2025 Women in Cell Biology Early Career medal winner
Author standing besides the welcome sign to the Biologists@100 conference in great cheer
Author holding up her name tag, for the first time introducing her as Dr Jen Annoh inside the entry hall of the Biologists@100 conference
🧪 Happy #conference Day Everyone and Welcome to #biologists100! I’ll be reporting on fantastic science for @the-node.bsky.social so if you see me with a microphone, please come say hi!
A screenshot of a preList with a QR code for uploading preprints to be included in the list.
I’m excited to attend the @biologists.bsky.social Biologists@100 next week. With @prelights.bsky.social, I’m collating a preList of all preprints at the conference. If you’re coming with a #preprint of your own, make sure I don’t miss it here: forms.gle/JYiTFj8iSUcT...
#biologists100
I absolutely love this beginners guide to scientific conferences by @jens-cells.bsky.social. It's not only useful for beginners either- there is lots of great advice even for those of us who have been attending conferences since the last millenium.
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Not long until #biologists100!
We made a short video with @prelights.bsky.social & @focalplane.bsky.social to guide you through the practicalities of the conference:
🎥 thenode.biologists.com/a-practical-...
And if this is your first time attending a conference, check out Jen's useful guide 👇
#SciComm #ScienceCimmunication #SciEngage #SciWrite #AcademicSky #AcademicLife #ConferenceTips #biologists100
🧪Attending your first scientific #conference? Thinking about what to pack, or just looking to make sure you prepared all the essentials? Have a look at The Beginner’s Guide to Scientific Conferences I got to publish for @the-node.bsky.social, out now! ☺️☺️ thenode.biologists.com/the-beginner...
Attending #biologists100 in Liverpool?
We’ve put together a pre-conference recording together with @the-node.bsky.social and @prelights.bsky.social.
And @jens-cells.bsky.social has published a general conference guide on the Node to help you prep!
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/03/17/b...
I like how you framed this post! 😉 very excited to see the outcome of the project
A very hard decision 🙈 but choosing a favourite will help them feature at #biologists100!!
Fly embyro with cells labeled to show heart formation. The heart (cyan) forms from two distant regions of the embryo (far left). These regions migrate to the embryo midline, where they fuse into a tube to make the first heart structure (far right). Precise alignment and pairing of these cells are crucial for proper heart development.
Cells “speed date” to find their perfect neighbors when forming tissues. This marks a pivotal step in creating functional organs, like in this early heart development illustrated in a fly larvae.
Learn more: www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...
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@biophysj.bsky.social
With less than 2 weeks to go to #biologists100, I’ve been thinking about what to pack - and how to bring my poster!
What are the must-have items you never attend without? Are you Team Poster Tube or Team Canvas? Help first-timers prepare! #AcademicTravel#SciComm #ConferenceTips@the-node.bsky.social
Ever heard of scientific 'Photo Gallery' articles? 📷🧪
I hadn't either—until the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America asked me to make one! Love this concept of visual storytelling. Let’s gooo! ✨ #SciArt
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Two women being interviewed during the International Women’s Day march, holding signs saying: “Dr. has no gender”, “It’s a dress not a yes”
A group of 4 young adults holding signs at the International Women’s Day march, with other attendees in the background
A sign saying “Dr. has no gender” in the foreground, and attendees of the International Women’s Day march in the background
Happy #InternationalWomensDay!! It was my first time celebrating by marching for women’s rights and safety, and the most memorable by far!
Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
To celebrate, we're sharing photos of some of the talented and dedicated women who work across IRR as researchers, technicians, students and professional service staff. We're very proud to work alongside you all!