News from the lab: Genotyping genome-edited mutants made easier: Emeric Louis and colleagues introduce a parallel qPCR approach with an iGenotype index and R workflow for fast, robust, and scalable analysis. #GenomeEditing #CRISPR #Bioinformatics #Xenopus

Save the date! Xenopus Resources and Emerging Technologies (XRET) Meeting: October 2-5, 2026 at MBL, Woods Hole, MA www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

#Xenopus #Celegans #DevelopmentalBiology #ExperimentalModels #Organoids #AnimalCaps #Review
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Spatial Mapping of Kidney Development and Disease Mechanisms in Xenopus laevis: Wednesday, April 1st 2026 @ 11:00AM EDT. Hosted by Dr. Rachel Miller and Dr. Adrian Romero Mora. my.demio.com/ref/2ZwGxz9P... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting: August 24-28. 2026 - University of California, Santa Cruz. Registration now open: scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

Aquatic models including but not limited to:
#Zebrafish #Gar #Killifish #Medaka #Stickleback #Xiphophorus #Lamprey #Xenopus #Cephalopod #Squid #Hydra #Nematostella #Tunicate #SeaUrchin #Planarian #Ctenophore #Ciona #Echinoderm #Aiptasia #Coral

✨ Life in motion ✨
💙 The beating heart of a Xenopus laevis larva at stage 46.

#Xenopus #EvoDevo #DevBio #Science #Neuroscience

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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We are #Hiring! Our lab is looking for a LabTech/Lab Manager! Take a look to our research here!
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Xiao and colleagues show the basis for the IgX multimerization without the J chain. Published in Science Advances. www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

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Neurod2 knockdown in Xenopus laevis tadpole brain retains cells in a proliferating, progenitor-like state #micropublication #biology #data #caltechlibrary #Xenopus #ExpressionData #ModelsOfHumanDiseas micropublication.org/journals/biology/micropu...

European Amphibian Conference 2026, July 3-5, 2026, Prague, Czech Republic www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

Together we tried to understand why the #Xenopus embryo have motile #cilia.
In the second part of the workshop, they played at being researchers and tried to guess the stages of embryos using binocular.

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Read the article: DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2026.02.001
#Research #DevelopmentalBiology #MNHN #Endocrinology #Xenopus

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In #GENETICS, learn more about the recent improvements and updates in content types and software in Xenbase, a vital #genomic database for #frog model systems #Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. buff.ly/DlsopKO

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Meet Nayeli Reyes-Nava, 1st author of #EditorsChoice paper with @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social, @jbwallingford.bsky.social & co who used #Xenopus to study #Cilia motility disturbances in primary ciliary dyskinesia #PCD

Interview & article:
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The health impacts of microplastics are studied using a Xenopus amphibian model. - the Node Our study using Xenopus carries substantial significance, raising developmental immunotoxicity (DIT) concerns not only for aquatic vertebrates but also for human health.

@jackofrogy.bsky.social and Rachel Lombardo leverage the power of #Xenopus as a robust comparative model to study the health impacts of microplastics in this post on the Node 🐸⬇️

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Chytrid Fungus Linked To American Bullfrog Trade, New Study Says - Reptiles Magazine The International trade of bullfrogs, which began in the 1920s for the food trade may have been the cause of the disparate Bd lineages that occur around the world.

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis came from the bullfrog leg trade, and not the African clawed frog, study says #bullfrog #xenopus #Americanbullfrog #xenopuslaevis #amphibians #chytridfungus reptilesmagazine.com/chytrid-fung...

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Presenting our latest results!!

Glad to have been part of the team! Huge thanks to everyone especially @evapillai.bsky.social @niklasgampl.bsky.social and @franzelab.bsky.social !!!

#xenopus #mechanobiology

🧠 In the developing #Xenopus brain, retinal ganglion axons follow a precise path to the optic tectum. Reducing #Piezo1, a mechanosensitive ion channel, in axons or surrounding tissues, result in axons stalling, wandering, or misrouting.

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In their paper, Sarah Gerstner, Hanna Berger-Santangelo, Silke Pauli, Annette Borchers & co used the #Xenopus model to study a rare syndrome with #Craniofacial malformations caused by truncating variants in fibrosin-like 1, which they identified in 2020.

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Rpgrip1l and Cep290 transition zone proteins regulate Moap1 in vitro and in vivo. Congrats to all authors, incl. PhD student Sandra Hägele. And thanks to @sfb1453.bsky.social and @for5547.bsky.social and @dfg.de for support and input! Of course also thanks to #Xenopus 🐸

25 years of Xenbase. www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

🧪🐸 PhD position open in the Harnos Lab (Masaryk University, Brno)!
We study cell migration, WNT/PCP signaling, mitochondria & energy in Xenopus.
Start: June 2026 (flexible)
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