What happens when evolution adds an extra pair of eyes? Male mayflies evolve an extra pair of dorsal compound eyes, the Turbanate eyes, thought to help males detect females during mating swarms. we have investigate how this remarkable evolutionary novelty develops. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

"IF is a flawed metric...not an indication of the quality of published research...But, we are not naive. We know IF influences authors' decisions about where to publish". ☝️ The dilemma every journal faces. And that last sentence is a huge understatement. 1/2 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

The elephant in the room: impact factor

Summary: This Editorial offers an honest look at impact factor trends in developmental biology, explains how Development serves its community, and makes the case that sustaining developmental biology ...

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#DBfeature Towards functional genetics in the European amphioxus: Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 editing reveals Ascl1/2.1 requirement for peripheral nervous system development by Rafath Chowdhury, Agnès Roure, Sébastien Darras @rafathchowdhury.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Latest publication from the #DEEVA team in @biom-banyuls.bsky.social and @obs-banyuls.fr and @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr in #WindyBanyuls Congratulations to @agnesroure.bsky.social and @rafathchowdhury.bsky.social #Ciona #ascidians

Six3/6 acts downstream of canonical Wnt signaling to regulate the formation of anterior neural border-derived structures in ascidian embryos

Highlighted Article: In ascidian embryos, canonical Wnt signaling limits the posterior extension of the most anterior structure, the palps, by activating Six3/6, which inhibits palps fate.

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Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am very happy to announce that the Echinox Lab will open in the BIOM unit at @obs-banyuls.fr in January 2026!! 🥳 We will use several echinoderm species to study animal body plan evolution. 🔽 Check our brand new lab website if you want to learn more about our future research www.echinox.org

Happy to share my last paper from my PhD work with the Deeva team! We establish new tools in European amphioxus: fertilized egg microinjection, F0 CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis & show Ascl1/2.1 is required for epidermal sensory neurons formation in amphioxus. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Towards functional genetics in the European amphioxus: efficient CRISPR/Cas9 editing reveals Ascl1/2.1 requirement for peripheral nervous system development.

Amphioxus, or cephalochordates, have a key phylogenetic position among chordates and serve as pivotal invertebrate models for investigating the evolut…

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🚨🚨🚨 Please RT! We're looking for a postdoc to join an exciting joint project between our lab @upf.edu & @crg.eu (Barcelona) and the Sander lab @mdc-berlin.bsky.social (Berlin) investigating how alternative splicing and microexons influences the maturation of pancreatic islets. Deadline: 30/09/25👇

We have a new website at #BIOM. It is still young, but after many years, we are now visible in the net!!!! biom.obs-banyuls.fr.

Presentation unité de recherche Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins (BIOM)

L’unité de recherche « Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins (BIOM) » a pour objectif d’étudier selon une approche évolutive les mécanismes de développement et d’adaptation des organismes. Cet ob...

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If you like snowflakes, check our new preprint about axial patterning in brittle stars ⭐ We looked at the expression of anteroposterior patterning genes in Amphipholis squamata juveniles, and compared it with existing data from other classes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @lowelab.bsky.social

Job alert! We are seeking a research technician and lab manager to join our lab and an ERC funded project. If you'd like to work with beautiful insects in beautiful Barcelona, don't hesitate and contact us: www.mayflyecoevodevo.com/joinus

Happy to share our Slow cooked work together with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social, @posnienlab.bsky.social , @nuneslab.bsky.social sky.social and Saad Arif and the collaboration of @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, Fernando Casares & @laurensr.bsky.social and many other friends rdcu.be/d8whP

Congratulations Naoyuki, Birthe and team 🧪👩‍🔬🪸🐳

Michael Sars Centre@msarscentre.bsky.social · 2y ago

A team of researchers from the group of @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social has established a new inland culture system for #Ciona 🌊🧪 Without the limitations of field collection, they are ready to tackle their next research goals 🙌 Out now in Open Biology @royalsociety.org ⤵️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsob.240340