Register today for our next #AI Clinic, led by EIPM Member Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha (@hajirasouliha), on "Using #LLMs and #AI Paper-Review Tools to Revise Scientific Manuscripts: A Case Study on Generating Synthetic Human #Blastocyst Images," on March 25th!

Jasmin Simpson presented research at #SfEBES2026 on how combined maternal and paternal #lowProtein diets affect early embryo development. Mouse embryos from two low-protein parents showed 20% lower #blastocyst survival and altered morphology, linked to disrupted 1C-metabolism.
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Ancient viral DNA is essential for human embryo development, study shows Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover genetic material from ancient viruses (called endogenous retroviruses or…

Ancient #viral #DNA is essential for human #embryo development ...

| #genome | #virus | #blastocyst | Via @sciencex.bsky.social

This large multicenter cohort study indicated that between frozen embryo transfer (FET) may reduce the risk of monozygotic twinning (MZT) at the blastocyst stage.

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#ClinicalAssistedReproductiveTechnology #Blastocyst

KI NO TEA Kyoto Dry Gin package with a circular botanical logo which looks suspiciously like a blastocyst.

Lovely present from a former student who comes from Japan.

Particularly impressed by the stylised #blastocyst logo. #GinSoakedBoy

"A matter of life" is discovery in Biology at its best. Here from “A Matter of Life”, Bob Edwards tells his impression when, together with J Purdy, they saw for the first time a human #blastocyst, The proximity of the thrill that comes with the moment of a real discovery. #MustRead #Oldham

This study highlights the importance of rapid re-expansion as a predictor of clinical pregnancy and underscores its potential utility in enhancing the selection process for embryo transfer.

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#quotes #books #excerpts #citations #embryology #embryo #pregnancy #tissue #blastocyst

H3K27 dimethylation dynamics reveal stepwise establishment of facultative heterochromatin in early mouse embryos Nature Cell Biology - Matsuwaka et al. show that JARID2-PRC2 initiates H3K27me2 deposition during the eight-cell-to-morula transition, following H2AK119 mono-ubiquitylation deposition. It is also...

#NCB2024
In October, Inoue & co showed that JARID2-#PRC2 initiates H3K27me2 deposition during the 8-cell-to-morula transition, following H2AK119 mono-ubiquitylation deposition; and it is required for H3K27me3 deposition at the #blastocyst stage.
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Low-input lipidomics reveals lipid metabolism remodelling during early mammalian embryo development Nature Cell Biology - Using low-input lipidomics in mouse and human embryos, Zhang, Shui, Li and colleagues find that lipid unsaturation increases with development towards the blastocyst stage....

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In February, with low-input #lipidomics in mouse & human #embryos, Zhang et al found that lipid unsaturation increases with development towards the #blastocyst; and that lipid desaturases contribute to embryo implantation.
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H3K27 dimethylation dynamics reveal stepwise establishment of facultative heterochromatin in early mouse embryos Nature Cell Biology - Matsuwaka et al. show that JARID2-PRC2 initiates H3K27me2 deposition during the eight-cell-to-morula transition, following H2AK119 mono-ubiquitylation deposition. It is also...

🥂 Congrats to Inoue & co for their new study in our journal (Nature Cell Biology) showing that JARID2-#PRC2 initiates H3K27me2 deposition in the 8-cell-to-morula transition and is also required for subsequent #H3K27me3 deposition at the #blastocyst.
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