We used @hcrimaging.bsky.social to reveal interesting new features of #neuralcrest development in #xenopus - Thanks to @dev-journal.bsky.social for featuring it on the cover!
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Fully funded PhD post, UK/Home student, starting 01/06/26. Interested in working at the interface of dev bio, biophysics and cell biology? Great collaboration with Amy Beedle and @leonerossetti.bsky.social Informal enquiries welcome. Deadline 15/03 #neuralcrest
www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
Collect #NeuralCrest Cells for #SingleCell #RNAseq from any vertebrate.
Our new paper, present an antibody-guided #FACS method to collect NCCs. No trans-genesis or in ovo manipulation required.
Demonstrated in wall #lizard #embryos using #microscopy, #RTqPCR and #scRNAseq.
doi.org/10.1111/ede....
Abstract deadline looming! Coming join us in June for a great meeting on developmental origins of paediatric cancers, including neuroblastoma organised by @tsakiridis.bsky.social and friends @childrenwithcancer.bsky.social #neuralcrest www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/dev...
⚡ We are delighted to share today’s #Highlights2025 article:
📕 In vivo modeling of lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 suggests pathomechanisms in cellular stress responses
Discover the article, here ➡️ buff.ly/VFjwRCC
#embryonicdevelopment #neuralcrest #stressresponse #sympatheticneurons
Think about craniofacial biology in sunny California😎! Don't forget to submit an abstract for the 2026 GRC Craniofacial. Many talk slots available from abstract selections. Deadline for talk abstracts 14 Dec, coming soon.... ☠️🐭🐟🐸🧬 #craniofacial #genetics #neuralcrest www.grc.org/craniofacial...
📢 Our newest episode is out!
Daylon and Arun chat with Dr. Carole LaBonne from Northwestern University about her work understanding the genesis of #NeuralCrest stem cells at the level of signaling pathways and transcription factors.
🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4qfiME4
Every figure in this paper uses HCR @hcrimaging.bsky.social
Such a game changing technique for studying gene expression #xenopus #neuralcrest
Regionalized & Sex-dependent scRNAseq of 🐭Aorta
Carotid
Aortic Arch
Descending Thoracic
Abdominal Aortic #SmoothMuscleCell
Arch
#SecondHeartField vs #NeuralCrest SMC
339 Regional SMC mRNA features ➡️ cardiovascular trait GWAS
#AortaEd
#NatCardiovascRes 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Transverse section through a developing chicken brain that shows nuclei in gray/white, TUBB3 in blue, alpha tubulin in orange and EB1 in green.
Explanted neural crest cells with nuclei in blue, alpha tubulin in pink and beta actin in green. Note the single cell dividing into three cells in the middle!
Happy to share these gorgeous images of a chicken neural tube with fiery green, orange, and blue microtubules and explanted #NeuralCrest cells with green actin and pink microtubules taken by Camilo Echeverria on this #FluorescenceFriday. #DevBio @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisvetmed.bsky.social
An image of migrating neural crest cells in an ex vivo explant taken at 20X magnification using a Zeiss Imager.M2 with Apotome. Blue= nuclei, white=phalloidin/filamentous actin, orange= EB1 and green=beta actin. The cells look like a galaxy.
Happy #FluorescenceFriday! New gorgeous data obtained by Camilo Echeverria. We are so excited to be using new tools in the lab to better understand cytoskeletal control of #NeuralCrest cell migration. #DevBio
Embryology! Neural crest! Looking for a postdoc? Job closes 25 Aug. Informal enquiries welcome, and anyone hanging out at the Xenopus meeting come say hi. #mouse #human #development #neuralcrest #chromatin
@the-node.bsky.social @marcotrizzino.bsky.social
In this #evodevo project, we explored how the #neuralcrest influences the development of the endostyle — the evolutionary precursor of the thyroid gland. The endostyle, an endoderm-derived organ unique to chordates and key to filter feeding, is found in vertebrates only in #lamprey
In this project, we explored how the #neuralcrest influences the development of the endostyle — the evolutionary precursor of the thyroid gland. The endostyle, an endoderm-derived organ unique to chordates and key to filter feeding, is found in vertebrates only in #lamprey
I am so grateful to @hypothesisfund.bsky.social for this honor. I am excited about the work we will be doing to decode the decisions that cells make:
Should they stay or should they go? Phenomenal to be chosen alongside @drstarbird.bsky.social! 🤩 #DevBio #CellBio #NeuralCrest
We're #hiring! Our group in the Cell Bio Dept at Hopkins is looking for a Research Technologist to join us and study #neuralcrest #cellmigration during #devbiol! Looking to build up your lab experience? Check it out! @socdevbio.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social
jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
Postdoc post in my lab from Autumn this year @lsiexeter.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
#Chromatin #StemCells #Enhancer #NeuralCrest #Transcription #CellFate
#NuRDIsTheWord
Apply and/or get in touch!
Super fun to se my photo on the cover of the latest issue of Developmental Dynamics. Sox10 expression in a common wall lizard embryo in somite stage 37 visualized with in situ hybridization. #EvoDevo #NeuralCrest #DevBio
Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...
We developed a transgene-free method to isolate neural crest cells using antibody labelling + FACS — tested in Podarcis muralis. It works as well as transgenic tools, opening doors for NCC research in non-model species! Link in comment.
#DevBio #scRNAseq #NeuralCrest #EvoDevo
Congratulations to Roberta Fiorino, predoc in the Trainor Lab, for receiving an award for the best talk at GRC #NeuralCrest & Cranial Placodes. The talk was titled "Genetic Modifiers Can Modulate the Phenotypic Variability of Craniofacial Diseases". #DevBio
Fantastic week in Tuscany at the Neural Crest and Placodes GRC 🤩
A of great science.
Glad to see our friendly #neuralcrest community is thriving and going strong 🤘🏻
Clearly #neuralcrestisthebest
And yes I didn’t follow @adameykolab.bsky.social in the pool and I still think this wise
By measuring electric currents in the migratory path of #Xenopus #NeuralCrest cells we found bioelectric patterns that resemble electric fields... we are still puzzled about the nature of these currents!
Society for Developmental Biology Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series Friday, March 14, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time Joshua York (Northwestern University) Shared features of blastula and neural crest stem cells evolved at the base of vertebrates Diana Fulmer (University of Pennsylvania) A critical role for histone methyltransferases GLP/G9a in neural crest development
The next Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held this Friday, March 14 at 3 pm Eastern Time featuring Joshua York from Northwestern University and Diana Fulmer @dianafulmer.bsky.social from @upenn.edu. Register today and join us. bit.ly/3YjeNdt #SDBPostdocSeminar #neuralcrest
Pleased to share my latest pre-print from my PhD work
🚨MicroRNA miR-196a controls neural crest patterning by repressing immature neural ectoderm programs in Xenopus embryos. 🐸🧬 @biouea.bsky.social
#miRNA #Xenopus #neuralcrest #ectoderm #RNA-seq
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Society for Developmental Biology Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series Friday, March 14, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Time Joshua York (Northwestern University) Shared features of blastula and neural crest stem cells evolved at the base of vertebrates Diana Fulmer (University of Pennsylvania) A critical role for histone methyltransferases GLP/G9a in neural crest development
The next Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar will be held Friday, March 14 at 3 pm Eastern Time featuring Joshua York from Northwestern University and Diana Fulmer @dianafulmer.bsky.social from @upenn.edu. Register today and join us. bit.ly/3YjeNdt #SDBPostdocSeminar #neuralcrest
Superb work by @justincotney.bsky.social
on the cellular & genetic mechanisms shaping the human face, with insights into normal facial variation and disease risk (+ specific impact of Neanderthal-introgressed sequences)
Wonderful resource for #NeuralCrest fans 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This is an excellent meeting for both #neuralcrest and #placode afficionados! An amazing line up of speakers at a great location. I have signed up and would highly recommend this to others.
Dear #neuralcrest afficionados Please Apply for the Neural Crest and Cranial Placodes GRC - the current application numbers put it at risk for cancellation going forward. Come to beautiful Tuscany and engage with interesting science! www.grc.org/neural-crest...
Dear #neuralcrest friends. Please register for this years conference or it could be the last!!!!
Behold our AI ruler!
Retouching pictures has never been so easy!
I present you the floating dinosaurs heads in the
Natural History Museum in London!
I always marvel before #neuralcrest creativity when designing brain protection and an efficient feeding apparatus
#NeuralCrestistheBest
