I just had the opportunity to share my work at the @embo.org workshop in Haining, China. Great discussions, very welcoming community and amazing venue! Thank you to @yanlanmao.bsky.social, Suhong Xu, Yi Arial Zeng and Xuebiao Yao for organising! I look forward to the next one!

So excited to share that my 1st paper is published!! Read all about how to manipulate the #MechanicalProperties of tissues using our custom built TiFM! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

TiFM2.0 – versatile mechanical measurement and actuation in live embryos

Summary: Precisely-controlled, sensitive cantilevers measure and perturb tissue forces and mechanical properties in their native locations in live embryos, providing a useful tool to study tissue mech...

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#DBfeature Research facilities in the UK, France, and Japan maintaining transgenic lines for Avian developmental biology By Lindsay Henderson, Yuya Okuzaki, Christophe Marcelle, Mike McGrew, and Ken-ichi Nishijima tinyurl.com/4drw4d6a #SpecialIssue on Avian model systems

Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This is a maximum intensity projection of depth shaded actin (🌈) in a section from an E9.5 🐭 neural tube (NT). 🔬 by postdoc @christinaadaly.bsky.social 👩‍🔬 🧪 Image shows the floor plate and lumen of the developing NT. #SciArt #DevBio #DevNeuro

#DBfeature 🪶 New tools bring embryonic feather bud development back to the forefront of efforts to understand vertebrate organogenesis By Jon Riddell and Denis Headon tinyurl.com/hzzhr5z8 #SpecialIssue on #Development and #Regeneration of ectodermal organs

#DBfeature #chick🐥 Generation of a transgenic chicken line with reporters for limb bud mesenchyme and apical ectodermal ridge cells Yuji Atsuta, Yi-Chen Chen, Yuna Hattori, Tatsuya Takemoto, Daisuke Saito tiom33.short.gy/DB520,53-61

Be part of the conversation on how avian models are transforming multiple fields of #research at #AvianModels25 – in person or virtually. 🎟️Register today: bit.ly/3ZBw2qS

#Science takes flight at the XII Avian Model Systems Meeting — and you can save by registering early! #AvianModels25 🐥 Secure your early bird rate today: bit.ly/3ZBw2qS

Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form…

Organized by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Ruth Williams, Ph.D.

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Maybe it's time we rethink the idea that development is a cell centric process? In this beautiful review, María-del-Carmen and @stramerlab.bsky.social discussed how the ECM underlies and influences many morphogenesis processes from wing unfolding to mammary gland development. doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

Excited to be giving a talk and sharing my work here! I look forward to making new friends and learning new things! #DevBio #BioPhysics

@physicsoflifeuk@physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social · last yr.

Registration is now OPEN for the UK Physics of Life Summer School 2025 – 8–11 Sept at Durham University! 🔗 Book now: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... ℹ️ Info & programme: www.physicsoflife.org.uk/summer-schoo... Wellcome Travel bursaries are available for LMICs

One of the reasons I love #DevelopmentalBiology is that it's so visually engaging. I had the pleasure of organising an image competition at the GRC last March, and share this passion. You can now check out these images on @the-node.bsky.social: thenode.biologists.com/grs-developm...

GRS Developmental Biology 2025 Image gallery - the Node

The 2025 Developmental Biology Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) was held on March 29-30 2025. This year, the GRS co-chairs Ana R. Hernandez Rodriguez and

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A heartfelt thank you to all the generous supporters of the Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology 2025. This event would not have been possible without your invaluable contribution.

It was an honour to contribute to the #DevelopmentalBiology community! Congratulations to Zainab Afzal @xainabafzal.bsky.social and Akshada Shankar Ganesh on being elected 2027 GRS DB chairs!

Swathi Arur@swathiarur.bsky.social · last yr.

Such a privilege to have organized GRC DB as Chair. I loved working with the GRS chairs, Ana Hernandez @analiahr.bsky.social and Anastasia. Congratulations Vice Chairs, Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social and Kat Hadjantonakis, and Chairs, Kathy Cheah and Ani Kicheva! Join GRC DB in 2027!

The Xiong Lab at #biologist100 A wonderful conference, great to meet so many people and share our passion for development! @lakshmib02.bsky.social @fengtongji.bsky.social

I'm so excited to share my work at #biologist100 Come and talk to me about how tissue stiffness regulates axis elongation! Poster 197.

@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social We celebrate the contributions of women in science and beyond. We recognise women who inspire, lead and push the boundaries of discovery every day. Together we work towards a future where science thrives through diversity, inclusion and equality. #InternationalWomensDay

Only one week left to register for the #DevelopmentalBiology GRC and GRS! And thank you to all our funders for the support! @swathiarur.bsky.social

Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine. @socdevbio.bsky.social

We’re honoured to receive funding from @biologists.bsky.social for our upcoming conference. 🙏 Thank you for championing the biology community! 🧬 Explore their journals, meetings, and grants at www.biologists.com. 📅 Don’t wait—register now and join us! 🎉 @swathiarur.bsky.social

Abstract submission for the #DevelopmentalBiology GRS and GRC is still open, apply now! Looking forward to sharing research and meeting new people! See the full programme in the comments. www.grc.org/developmenta... @swathiarur.bsky.social

Excited for the #DevelopmentalBiology GRC and GRS! Abstract deadline: 20th of January! With talks from @denisduboule.bsky.social @adameykolab.bsky.social @jacob-hanna.bsky.social @chrmosimann.bsky.social @cmhammell.bsky.social and @sarawickstrom.bsky.social amongst others, see full programme below!

For #FluorescenceFriday, an embryonic chicken spinal cord with neural progenitors and dorsal root ganglia cells in magenta and axons in orange, including ventral root #DevBio

Defended my PhD today!! 🥂🎓 So honoured to have shared this journey with the wonderful Xiong Lab, it's been so amazing!

There is such an exciting lineup of speakers! And join the accompanying GRS: 29th - 30th March, if you are a student or postdoc!

Swathi Arur@swathiarur.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us for the #Developmental Biology Gordon Research Conference & Seminar (Emergence of Shapes & Patterns in Development) in Pomona, California. March 30 - April 4, 2025. Submit an abstract by Nov 25 for consideration to speak! @analiahr.bsky.social

Very excited to share my 1st preprint here! We present a precise way to measure and manipulate tissues in early chicken embryos 🐣 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

TiFM2.0 - Versatile mechanical measurement and actuation in live embryos

During development, spatial-temporally patterned tissue-level stresses and mechanical properties create diverse tissue shapes. To understand the mechanics of small-scale embryonic tissues, precisely c...

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