Our research has made the front cover of Nature Genetics 🌟
“The Genome Awakens,” artwork by Christophe Wirtz, depicts the maternal-to-zygotic transition – capturing the dynamic transformation of genome architecture during early embryogenesis 🧬
New technology reveals hidden DNA scaffolding built before life ‘switches on.’
Understanding this 3D organisation is critical as its failure can lead to developmental disorders and diseases such as cancer.
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Happy to share our latest paper.
Our findings uncover a unique chromatin architecture and spatial chromosome arrangement in gonadal germ cells and document that alongside global DNA demethylation, the germline epigenetic reprogramming involves reorganisation of the 3D genome.
@camilledion.bsky.social of @mrc-lms.bsky.social presented a talk on the role of L1TD1 in germ cell regulation and male fertility.
Welcome to YEN 2025. We are kicking off today with Peter Rugg-Gunn who presented their impressive in vitro system of implantation and post-implantation developmentm
🤓Curious about developmental biology? It’s not too late to register for YEN2025! Check out our amazing lineup of speakers in the post below👇🏻
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You can still register to attend the YEN 2025 Conference for FREE! You can join online or in person at the Crick Institute in London on Monday 19th May.
Check the comments for student/postdoc talks!
This #FluorescenceFriday feels like fluorescence xmas!
Thanks for all your submissions to the YEN Image Competition. Excited to see so many spectacular visualisations of embryonic development and stem cell biology!
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🏆Calling all developmental biology enthusiasts! Submit your most stunning images capturing the beauty of development for a chance to win and to get featured! 📅Deadline: 1st May 2025!
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Proud to see my colleague Florian Schneider bringing the topic of transgender medicine and care to the #ETW2025
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Great opportunity to highlight your research and celebrate the great imaging possibilities in dev bio! #YEN2025
What to look forward to at #YEN2025?
Well we asked you about your field and these were the 100 most common words.
There's still time to submit your abstract for the @yen-network.bsky.social conference, happening on 19 May at @crick.ac.uk!
They're also running an image competition 🖼️
Find out more:
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Don’t forget to submit your abstract for this fantastic conference 🚀
We would like to take this opporunity to thank our amazing sponsors. You will have a chance to talk to representatives of our industry sponsors at YEN2025.
Don't forget that abstract submission closes this Sunday 13th April!
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🚨 Abstracts are due next week! 🚨
Submit your abstract to give a talk or poster at YEN 2025 by the 12th April!
Share this opportunity with dev bio and stem cell PhD students. The conference is FREE and full of great science.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Happy World Frog Day!
Here are some Xenopus laevis H2B/membrane labelled blastula stage cells from the roof of the blastocoel.
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.
Each year our Scientific Pespectives sessions focus on a topic we think is important to highlight. At YEN2025 we will be joined by Rob Tetley (Nikon Instruments) and Simon Hanassab (AI4Health, Imperial College London) who will talk about how new technologies can advance dev bio and IVF research.
Exiting news! We have revived our tradition of the YEN Image Competition. Please submit your science images and art by the 1st May 2025 and follow us to get updates on where to vote!
Don’t forget to sign up and submit your abstract for this amazing conference! 📆 Abstract submission deadline is 13th April.
Looking forward to seeing you all there 🔬
YEN 2025 Poster. Francis Crick Institute 19th May 2025 One-day hybrid meeting
Less than a month to go before the abstract submission deadline on Sunday 13th April 2025!
Register using the QR code or visit our website.
When you've been in the cell culture hood all day and finally get to take off your gloves:
✈️Ready for takeoff to Manipal for the IGSTC workshop on andrology and reproduction! Excited for insightful discussions, collaborations, and a rich cultural exchange in this vibrant academic hub. See you soon! #IGSTC25 #Andrology #Manipal @reproductionms.bsky.social
Ever feel small? This will make you feel even smaller - but in a good way! 😉Because the universe just got more amazing: astronomers have discovered the largest known structure in the universe, a network of 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 billion light-years & holding 200 quadrillion solar masses!🌌
Sign up today to the 17th YEN Conference!
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Deadline for poster/talk abstracts is 13th April 2025.
Do you have an instagram account? Follow us for sciart and movies of embryos like this one! www.instagram.com/yen_network/
Can you guess what these cells are? Hint: It's a dorsolateral view of a zebrafish embryo. Image credit: Jonas Hartmann
