Meng Zhu

Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Julie Ahringer from @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social @geneticscam.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk gives talk on decoding genome regulation during development. Exploring how chromatin accessibility changes throughout development enable single cells to become multicellular organisms.

The regenerative potential of adult Nestin+ cerebellar astroglia is limited compared to in neonates There is a crucial need for strategies that stimulate repair in the adult brain. The neonatal mouse cerebellum can regenerate via the adaptive reprogramming of nestin (Nes)-expressing progenitors (NEP...

Excited to share the final piece of my postdoctoral work from the Joyner Lab, exploring the regenerative potential of the adult cerebellar astroglia in collaboration with @ricardkoche. 🧠

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Cover of the journal Development featuring the faces of different people.

Issue 24 is complete!

Marking the end of #biologists100, the cover features members of our community, including some featured 'extraordinary biologists' #100biologists, as well as our Editors and in-house team.

Thank you to all our authors and reviewers, past and present, for their contributions.

Very interesting work on the promotive role of hypoxia in somitogenesis. This aligns well with our observations from ex-utero embryo cultures under defined oxygen conditions (alturl.com/jv3n5). Much remains to be discovered about hypoxia biology and its impact on embryogenesis.

Next Monday, 24th November at 2:30 PM (UK), we are welcoming two ERCs: Meng Zhu @zhumeng123.bsky.social (Harvard University) and Alex Plum @alex-plum.bsky.social (University of California San Diego). Don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list to receive the Zoom link! Hope to see you all! :)

Next, @zhumeng123.bsky.social explores the genetic basis of timing in limb development by comparing chicken and mice. #GenBio25.

Meng has been named one of #100Biologists with extraordinary links to @biologists.bsky.social

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We are hiring!

preLights is a #preprint highlighting service—supported by @biologists.bsky.social—encouraging #ECRs to highlight and discuss preprints that spark interest or debate within the biological #community. #SciComm

Interested in joining? Our 'call for preLighters' is open for another week! ⬇️👀

As this @embo.org EvoDevoTempo Paris 2025 comes to close, my biggest takeaway message is that we absolutely must do this again!

Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community

Until next ⏰ time ⏰

Thank you Kongju !

Very honored and grateful to be named one of the 100 Extraordinary Biologists! It’s been a joy working with the @biologists.bsky.social team, contributing to the community, and having the opportunity to share my science

Predictable Engineering of Signal-Dependent Cis-Regulatory Elements

Excited to share my latest work with @joadelas.bsky.social and @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

Predictable Engineering of Signal-Dependent Cis-Regulatory Elements

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It's the last day for applications for our Training Grants with @jcellsci.bsky.social!

As someone who does this job already, I’m happy to chat to anyone interested in applying.

Developmental timing across species | EMBO Workshop | 6-9 May - the Node Join us at the EMBO Workshop "EvoDevoTempo – Developmental Timing Across Species: From Mechanisms to Evolutionary Insights". Topics will include

"Developmental Timing Across Species"

@embo.org Workshop organised by @trayon.bsky.social @bassemh.bsky.social @mdiazcuadros.bsky.social @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social

📅6-9 May 2025
📍Paris

Submit abstract and register by 1 April:
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#EvoDevoTempo

Our next western/evening 🌙 session seminar is happening next week! Join us to learn about

human embryo models with @bailweatherbee.bsky.social

and

pancreatic organoids with @amandaanderssonr.bsky.social

🗓️ Thursday, February 20th at
⏰ 09:30 PST / 12:30 EST / 17:30 UTC / 17:30 GMT / 18:30 CET

#DevPres speakers are chosen from @dev-journal.bsky.social's PI programme applicants but sometimes they're virtually all based in Europe or the US.

Help us diversify by nominating yourself to speak if you're currently based outside of these regions.

Details & eligibility on @the-node.bsky.social ⬇️

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If anyone has received a NoA after the "pause", please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center.

THANK YOU

Shifts in embryonic oxygen levels cue heterochrony in limb initiation Heterochrony, or the alteration of developmental timing, is an important mechanism of evolutionary change. Avian species display synchronized growth of the forelimbs and hindlimbs, while mammalian spe...

We focus on limb developmental heterochrony that widely present in mammalian species (here using mouse as a representative): alturl.com/ce77d Another fascinating piece by @sermenchero.bsky.social James Turner lab on anterior-posterior heterochrony of opossum: alturl.com/4wj33

Thank you @sermenchero.bsky.social and Alberto for the excellent summary, and @dev-journal.bsky.social, @amjeve.bsky.social for choosing to highlight my work! Sending to my colleagues for a new year read 😄

A selection of papers in 2024 associated with developmental timing & mammalian pausing.
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Growth-induced physiological hypoxia correlates with growth deceleration during normal development Growth deceleration is a universal feature of growth during development: most organs and tissues slow down their growth rate much before growth termination. Using transcriptomics analysis, we show tha...

Roles of oxygen/hypoxia on growth & timing
🪰 wing disks:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@jpvincentlab.bsky.social

🐭🐤 limb buds:
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@zhumeng123.bsky.social
Cliff Tabin lab

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Thank you so much !!!

Heading to San Diego for #CellBio2024 ! I will be speaking at the subgroup “how cells measure time” and on timing of lineage segregation in early mammalian embryo development ! Can’t wait to learn the recent updates of cell bio after 4 years since the last ASCB!

the roots for high fevers. An infusion of the leaves & stalks was taken as a laxative. The flower development has been studied to explore growth regulation through heterochrony, or alteration in developmental timing ...

Work for us Working for us We’re always looking for talented and motivated people to work as part of our close-knit team. Roles range from editorial to production, marketing to event co-ordination, HR to accoun...

The Company of Biologists (not-for-profit publisher of Development et al.) are currently recruiting 3 editorial roles.

I'm happy to have an informal chat about the Features Editor - a new, fixed-term position with some flexibility to tailor it to your interests

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