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Ana Hernandez Rodriguez
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Post-Doc with the Xiong Lab studying tissue mechanics during morphogenesis in Cambridge University
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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
Fluorescent microscopy images of transgenic chicken resources maintained at the NARF, The Roslin Institute. (A) GFP chicken embryo with a ‘red’ graft placed into the limb bud with micro-surgery. The graft is about 50–100 μM. (B) Stage 32 HH limb bud from the CSF1R-eGFP embryo. Macrophages (green) are concentrated in areas of cell death, blood vessels (red) are labelled with SNA lectin. (C) ACTN line embryo spinal cord stage 16 HH. (D) Dorsal Root Ganglion of the nervous system of a Chameleon transgenic chicken embryo. Nerves going into the dorsal root ganglion are red, and nerves coming out are green. (E) Fluorescent image of the dorsal skin (periderm) from a membrane GFP chick embryo. (F) FUCHI cell cycle reporter embryo stage 23 HH. All images were provided by members of The Roslin Institute Chicken Embryology (RICE) group.
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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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
Rainbow shading of a confocal micrograph of a developing mouse neural tube. The protein actin is stained and colored in rainbow to indicate depth in the section.
October 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#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
(A) Schematic of embryonic chick skin, composed of an epithelial layer overlying a mesenchyme containing cells migrating within an extracellular matrix. During early stages of feather development dermal fibroblasts aggregate underneath epithelial thickenings, known as placodes, to form dermal condensates. (B) Skin explant dissected from an embryonic day 9 (E9) tdTomato transgenic embryo showing feather buds growing out and oriented towards the posterior. Scale bar 1 mm. (C) Dermal condensates form in sequential rows, originating from a dense mesenchymal stripe along the midline of the embryo. This stripe then separates into condensates, with subsequent rows emerging laterally in sequence. (D) In situ hybridisation detecting CTNNB1 expression in E8 chick skin. The red outline highlights the hexagonal arrangement of the 6 nearest-neighbour feather buds. (E) Haematoxylin and eosin stain of an E6.5 chick embryo section. The red dashed rectangle highlights the loose dermis, the green dashed rectangle highlights the dense dermis. Left panel scale bar = 200 μm, right panel scale bars = 100 μm.
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#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
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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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
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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#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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August 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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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...
Tissue bending through localized BM growth or dissolution. Alteration in tissue morphology by intrinsic stresses in an assembling BM network. Branching morphogenesis driven by localized deposition of interstitial matrix. Asymmetric tissue expansion through anisotropic BM remodeling.
August 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
analiahr.bsky.social
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.bsky.social @physicsoflifeuk @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social · Jun 25
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
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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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May 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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.
April 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
analiahr.bsky.social
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!
swathiarur.bsky.social Swathi Arur @swathiarur.bsky.social · Apr 4
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!
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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The Xiong Lab at #biologist100
A wonderful conference, great to meet so many people and share our passion for development!
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March 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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I'm so excited to share my work at #biologist100 Come and talk to me about how tissue stiffness regulates axis elongation! Poster 197.
March 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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@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
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
analiahr.bsky.social
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
February 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Here is the 2025 embryo alphabet from alligator to zebrafish. Developmental biology is stunning & leads to important discoveries for human medicine.
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February 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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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
January 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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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!
December 3, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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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
Embryonic chicken spinal cord stained for progenitor cells in magenta and axons in orange
November 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
analiahr.bsky.social
Defended my PhD today!! 🥂🎓

So honoured to have shared this journey with the wonderful Xiong Lab, it's been so amazing!
November 20, 2024 at 1:07 AM
analiahr.bsky.social
There is such an exciting lineup of speakers! And join the accompanying GRS: 29th - 30th March, if you are a student or postdoc!
November 13, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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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...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2024 at 6:01 PM