We missed you in Ventura. Julia gave a great talk!

Great paper. Further supports Jim Weston's model that cranial neural crest mesenchyme is essentially just mesoderm delaminating at a later post-gastrulation stages.

Still time to register for this webinar tomorrow (13th March)!

Honoured to receive this recognition from @isscr.org along with excellent colleagues- particularly since they noted the ethical advances which @nicolasrivron.bsky.social and I have tried to support in the growing SCBEM field alongside our research, showing the community’s value of ethical leadership

Not dead but in critical condition. Every once in a while I can still get it to work.

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🔗 to paper: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Fantastic program and initiative by @socdevbio.bsky.social for postdocs going on the job market - register!
#devbio #PILife

Yeah but check out these pharyngeal arch neural crest cells

I’m in the same boat. Autoreply says 1/30. Hopefully NIH pushes back this requirement until they can fix this bug.

Should still have frozen sperm. Email me.

Embryonic stem cells across bird species - Nature Biotechnology A method to produce embryonic stem cells for a range of bird species opens up opportunities in agriculture, developmental biology and species conservation.

A method to produce embryonic stem cells for a range of bird species opens up opportunities in agriculture, developmental biology and species conservation #NBTNV go.nature.com/4ntGnih
rdcu.be/eJagy

Origin of Ewing sarcoma by embryonic reprogramming of neural crest to mesoderm Using a zebrafish genetic model of Ewing sarcoma, Vasileva et al. provide evidence for a neural crest origin of the disease. These findings offer new insight into how a single oncogenic fusion can hij...

Wonderful collaboration of Claire Arata and co-first-author Elena Vasileva from Amatruda lab. Claire provided the neural crest driver and Elena the EWS oncofusion. Best combination since PB&J. Amazing that expression of a single oncofusion in crest produces ectopic fins.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Origin of Ewing sarcoma by embryonic reprogramming of neural crest to mesoderm Using a zebrafish genetic model of Ewing sarcoma, Vasileva et al. provide evidence for a neural crest origin of the disease. These findings offer new insight into how a single oncogenic fusion can hij...

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Great to see this in print. Amazing work!

Go back and watch some Luis Suarez highlights

A developmental atlas of zebrafish gills links early vascular patterning to adult architecture Gills are essential for fish respiration and have a highly specialized cellular architecture enabling efficient gas exchange. Surprisingly, the developmental processes underlying gill formation in zeb...

Beautiful atlas of fish gill development from the Lecaudey lab. There are few structures more amazing in biology than gills!

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Amazing study!

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...

1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Wonderful to have my second ever grad student stop by the lab today. Elizabeth Zuniga. She is now faculty working on eye development at Baylor College of Medicine. Such joy to see your former trainees doing so well.

Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team!
Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05...
Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wait what?!

Library of Congress yesterday. It’s impressive inside.

How about this?

She will be a fantastic faculty hire for whoever can snag her

I still use mine several days a week to make panini sandwiches

You just made my day John. Thanks so much for the kind comments.

Fish gills and human ears share the same genetic blueprint Evolutionarily conserved molecular program used to form gills and ears.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Wonderful backstory of this gem by @mathithiru.bsky.social & @crumplab.bsky.social from earlier this year...
🔗 to original research: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 to the Node article: thenode.biologists.com/fish-frogs-f...

I've been told the decision to cancel special emphasis panels has not been finalized yet but is definitely being considered.

Worthy event to support the engine of innovation in our country.