🎉I am very excited to share that the Di Bella lab started at Fundacion Leloir in Argentina 🇦🇷. We will continue to study genetic and molecular mechanisms behind neuronal diversification in the cerebral cortex. We are now hiring at all levels 🧠 www.leloir.org.ar/nuevo-labora...

Building a lab without a massive startup package? It’s scary, but it’s possible. 🛶 In Ep 2 of "From Postdoc to PI," discover how to turn constraints into power with : Vatsala Thirumalai, @danielajdibella.bsky.social @sahbabesh.bsky.social 🎧 Tune in now: www.buzzsprout.com/1356877/epis...

I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉 @karalmckinley.bsky.social We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice. We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵

Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding

During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...

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Single-neuron encoding of rapidly learned visual information reshapes human perception https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.04.668333v1

Development matters: V2a neurons derived from distinct progenitor lineages show lasting molecular & functional differences despite identical culture conditions Direct TF reprogramming produces neurons with only superficial similarities to authentic cell types www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Distinct differentiation trajectories leave lasting impacts on gene regulation and function of V2a interneurons

During development, early regionalization segregates lineages and directs diverse cell fates. Sometimes, however, distinct progenitors produce analogous cell types. For example, V2a neurons, are excit...

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#DBfeature “When does human life begin?” teaching human embryology in the context of the American abortion debate “There is no consensus among biologists as to when an independent human life begins” by Scott Gilbert www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“When does human life begin?” teaching human embryology in the context of the American abortion debate

The Dobbs decision of the United States Supreme Court and the actions of several state legislatures have made it risky, if not outright dangerous, to …

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Important piece on the future of a critical US investment www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The BRAIN initiative: a pioneering program on the precipice - Nature Neuroscience

Launched in 2013, the BRAIN Initiative (BRAIN) in the United States aimed to unlock the mysteries of the brain and develop new treatments for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. The success o...

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Happy to share our mouse cortical organoid system, which recapitulates in vivo tempos and cell types. We used it to identify gene expression changes across subspecies during development, which might underlie neuroanatomical differences and affect disease penetrance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A MOUSE ORGANOID PLATFORM FOR MODELING CEREBRAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT AND CIS-REGULATORY EVOLUTION IN VITRO

Natural selection has shaped the gene regulatory networks that orchestrate the development of the neocortex, leading to diverse neocortical structure and function across mammals, but the molecular and...

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We’re thrilled to pre-advertise an EMBO Workshop we're organizing, featuring an incredible lineup of speakers! 🎉 Bring your unconventional models and join us in Edinburgh next June for an exciting and inspiring event. Stay tuned for our official poster and website, coming soon! 🧪