Young Embryologist Network
We are a UK based community of early career stem cell and developmental biology scientists. Join us at our annual conferences in May. More information at youngembryologists.org
- Useful new tool for imaging and keeping track of large scale movements in embryo development!🔬
- Pleased to say that Jonas Hartmann (bs-less) and I have finally released DySTrack (“diss track”) - Dynamic Sample Tracking. It’s a Python-based, modular tool that brings smart microscopy to everyday imaging on commercial systems. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... [1/6]
- Beautiful images! Save some for the YEN 2026 image competition ;)
- Love the #SciArt gallery on @maikbischoff.bsky.social's lab website 😍 www.bischofflab.com/portfolio #microscopy #bioart #microscopymonday #cellfie #devbio #cellbio
- This was the first dev bio textbook I ever picked up and inspired me to enter the field. An iconic image!
- Mouse (Mus musculus) 🐭 is the powerhouse of mammalian genetics, essential for studying embryogenesis, organ development and gene function using transgenic technologies. 📸 Image by Zhong Hua also featured on the cover of Developmental Biology textbook (11th edition) #ModelMonday
- If you are interested in a career in science communication or just want to improve you comms skills check out this internship by the SDB!
- 🚨Only 4 days to apply!!!🚨Join the SDB SciComm Internship! Gain hands-on experience writing stories on the latest developmental biology discoveries🔬Connect with top mentors & earn $500 to attend the SDB Annual Meeting 🎉! 👉 www.sdbonline.org/science_comm... #SciComm #DevBio
- Our friends at the SDB need your help promoting the beauty of biological development!
- Got stunning fluorescence microscopy images? 🌈🔬 SDB wants to feature YOUR work for #FluorescenceFriday! We highlight images from SDB members with a short description and the image creators 📸. Fill out the form to be featured: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Interesting review about the role of ECM in development!
- 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...
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- Check out this meeting in London. Also the poster is hilarious!
- 🚨We’re proud that The Genetics Society @gensocuk.bsky.social supports the upcoming UK EvoDevo meeting. Register for only £5 and submit your abstracts before June 1st! Link to register: eshop.qmul.ac.uk/conferences-...
- See the winners of the YEN Image Competition 2025. Thanks for everyone who sent us their amazing embryology images! #yen2025 thenode.biologists.com/yen-image-co...
- Our final talk for the day was Nicolas Rivron from IMBA, Vienna who gave the Sammy Lee memorial lecture, giving us a glimpse into the world of in vitro systems (blastoids) used to study the first steps of implantation and how it has evolved across primates. Thank you for the inspiring lecture!
- Our second perspective talk was by Rob Tetley from Nikon Instruments with beautiful example movies developmental dynamics across scales sharing his experience in making the most of resonant scanning confocal imaging.
- Our last short talk of the day was Sarah Bowden @sarahbowden.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de on the role of Foxi1 for mucociliary progenitor and ectodermal specification in Xenopus
- @mitisbio.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk spoke about the dynamics of calcium oscillations and their role during peri-gastrulation in the mouse embryo
- Isha Goel from PDN Cambridge talked about how they're using chimeras to untangle extrinsic vs intrinsic effects on limb growth regulation
- Jasmina Al-Mousawi from @embl.org Rome shared how they can increase IVF staging precision to capture embryonic genome activation (EGA) dynamics
- After a lunch break we were back with Maud Borensztein from @igmm-montpel.bsky.social talking about X chromosome reactivation and interesting kinetic differences across genes
- Aleksandra Byrska from @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social showed how they can track centromeres live to study molecular and even mechanical changes associated with human oocyte aging
- We heard from @marieyvonne.bsky.social at Cambridge who's using zebrafish embryos to study the interplay between signalling and forces during asymmetric cell division and their role in cell fate (+ a great acknowledgement slide)
- @camilledion.bsky.social of @mrc-lms.bsky.social presented a talk on the role of L1TD1 in germ cell regulation and male fertility.
- This year's Scientific Perspectives are all about technologies in embryology. We had a great talk by Simon Hanassab from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on the importance and potential of using ML and AI to improve reproductive research.
- Luca Schwarz from @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social presented his blastocyst-derived trophoblast organoid as an in vitro model of human placenta to investigate ExMe (extraembryonic mesenchyme)
- Laure de Chancel from @institutcurie.bsky.social all the way from Paris talking about chromatin mechanics and how it changes during zygotic genome activation.
- @martanska.bsky.social from @pdncambridge.bsky.social presenting her work with gastruloids on how mechanical properties of individual cells can affect tissue level properties and morphology.
- We heard from Yuri Takashi from @geneticscam.bsky.social showing ex vivo induction of EMT and BMP signalling in chick embryo explants.
- Starting the short talk session we have Jake Cornwall Scoones from the @CrickLab on using NeMECiS to explore and engineer synthetic CREs to modulate gene regulatory behaviour. Check out their pre-print and workshop!
- Welcome to YEN 2025. We are kicking off today with Peter Rugg-Gunn who presented their impressive in vitro system of implantation and post-implantation developmentm
- We sure do! bsky.app/profile/yen-...
- Thank you to everyone who has registered to attend YEN 2025! You can still register for online attendence to hear talks and look at online posters. We have sent out a programme to our attendees so if you haven't heard from us just email us or reach out on social media. #yen2025
- Check out the YEN 2025 Image Competition! We have many beautiful entries of all sorts of model organisms. Thanks again to all who contributed. #YEN2025 #YENImageCompetition Scan the QR code to vote and see full sized images.
- We are happy to announce student and postdoc speakers. Thanks to all who submitted an abstract! #yen2025
- @sarahbowden.bsky.social @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social @mitisbio.bsky.social @martanska.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
- You can still register to attend the YEN 2025 Conference for FREE! You can join online or in person at the Crick Institute in London on Monday 19th May. Check the comments for student/postdoc talks!
- Check out the YEN 2025 Image Competition! We have many beautiful entries of all sorts of model organisms. Thanks again to all who contributed. #YEN2025 #YENImageCompetition Scan the QR code to vote and see full sized images.
- Check out the YEN 2025 Image Competition! We have many beautiful entries of all sorts of model organisms. Thanks again to all who contributed. #YEN2025 #YENImageCompetition
- This #FluorescenceFriday feels like fluorescence xmas! Thanks for all your submissions to the YEN Image Competition. Excited to see so many spectacular visualisations of embryonic development and stem cell biology! #YEN2025
- We indeed got many entries!
- And this is the final batch. Vote by scanning the QR code.
- LAST DAY to submit your science images and art. We already have amazing submissions so check out the online voting tomorrow!
- REMINDER: Last chance to submit a scientific picture or art of a embryos, stem cells or organoids to the YEN Image Competition. Deadline is 1st May! #YEN2025
- Help us run remote watch parties for the YEN 2025 Conference! We are looking to recruit International Reps to help us promote #YEN2025. We are especially missing representation from Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Northern and Eastern Europe. More details in attached poster:
- REMINDER: Last chance to submit a scientific picture or art of a embryos, stem cells or organoids to the YEN Image Competition. Deadline is 1st May! #YEN2025
- Whilst you are at it you can check out our (somewhat less prestigous 😉) science imaging and art competition dedicated to stem cell and developmental biology which will be showcased at the 2025 YEN Conference. Deadline is 1st of May. #YEN2025
- Reminder that the YEN Image Competition closes next week on the 1st May! It's a great opportunity for students and postdocs to promote their research. Send us your images by email (details below)
- Reminder that the YEN Image Competition deadline is in two weeks on 1st May. Send us you scientific images and art for a chance to win a voucher and be featured on next year's YEN Conference poster.
- What to look forward to at #YEN2025? Well we asked you about your field and these were the 100 most common words.
- Thanks for all the abstracts! Abstract submission for YEN2025 closes today at midnight. We are looking forward to your great talks alongside our invited speakers and scientific perspectives. We are also expanding the poster sessions this year to allow for more discussion. #YEN2025
- Poster sessions will also provide you with an opportunity to chat to our sponsors.
- If you are a PhD student or postdoc working on stem cell, organoid or developmental biology you can sign up to present at #YEN2025 Go to forms.gle/fxtmNHjEziVT...
- Tomorrow is the last day to submit an abstract to YEN2025! Check out our website and social media for more information #yen2025
