Sally Lowell
@cellysally.bsky.social
Developmental & stem cell biologist, University of Edinburgh
Digs repetition
Also digs local coordination between cells in development and disease
#SustainableConferencing #Music #Science #MoreScience
Mastodon @CellySally@biologists.social
Digs repetition
Also digs local coordination between cells in development and disease
#SustainableConferencing #Music #Science #MoreScience
Mastodon @CellySally@biologists.social
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Sally Lowell
@cellysally.bsky.social
· Sep 16
As summer ends, puffins leave Scotland and migrate long distances, heading west across the Atlantic, or south to Africa, and with some individuals venturing into the Mediterranean Sea
This one ended up on the cover of today's EMBO Journal 😃
#GotTheCover
www.embopress.org/toc/14602075...
This one ended up on the cover of today's EMBO Journal 😃
#GotTheCover
www.embopress.org/toc/14602075...
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Our final prize-winning essay on 'Innovative ideas for the future of sustainable events' looks at a simple yet effective system to help academics decide which conferences to attend, based on sustainability criteria. Read the essay from
@katherinepaine.bsky.social: www.biologists.com/stories/sust...
@katherinepaine.bsky.social: www.biologists.com/stories/sust...
Sustainability mapper: an online platform for browsing research events
10 December 2025 By Katherine Paine We are delighted to present to you the third prize-winning essay by Katherine Paine (University of Edinburgh) from our essay competition, ‘Innovative ideas for the ...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our final prize-winning essay on 'Innovative ideas for the future of sustainable events' looks at a simple yet effective system to help academics decide which conferences to attend, based on sustainability criteria. Read the essay from
@katherinepaine.bsky.social: www.biologists.com/stories/sust...
@katherinepaine.bsky.social: www.biologists.com/stories/sust...
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Honestly, this is pretty cool!
December 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Honestly, this is pretty cool!
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A deep dive into the backstory of @dev-journal.bsky.social and why it changed its name (spoiler - it's not *just* because Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology was such a mouthful!). Many thanks to Nick Hopwood for researching and writing this. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Identities of an embryology journal in a molecular age; or, How Development got its name
ABSTRACT. Journals build identities to attract authors and subscribers. Name changes make the stakes explicit. This article explains how the plain Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology (JE...
journals.biologists.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A deep dive into the backstory of @dev-journal.bsky.social and why it changed its name (spoiler - it's not *just* because Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology was such a mouthful!). Many thanks to Nick Hopwood for researching and writing this. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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HELP! Please suggest a cool paper/preprint in your field in the last year or so.
For a course I teach, I am collecting papers on: cell/dev bio, microbio, neuro, maths/stats/CS/chem/phys applied to biology.
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For a course I teach, I am collecting papers on: cell/dev bio, microbio, neuro, maths/stats/CS/chem/phys applied to biology.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
HELP! Please suggest a cool paper/preprint in your field in the last year or so.
For a course I teach, I am collecting papers on: cell/dev bio, microbio, neuro, maths/stats/CS/chem/phys applied to biology.
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For a course I teach, I am collecting papers on: cell/dev bio, microbio, neuro, maths/stats/CS/chem/phys applied to biology.
1/2
Hello, here is a review I wrote about how cells sometimes try to synchronise with surrounding cells so that they can do a good job of building tissues during development. It is called "Keeping up with the neighbours"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DevBio 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DevBio 🧪
Keeping up with the neighbours: local synchronisation of cell fate decisions during development - EMBO Reports
Even before the advent of multicellular life, unicellular creatures would communicate with their neighbours to coordinate their behaviours. Multicellular organisms have the particular challenge of orc...
link.springer.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hello, here is a review I wrote about how cells sometimes try to synchronise with surrounding cells so that they can do a good job of building tissues during development. It is called "Keeping up with the neighbours"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DevBio 🧪
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DevBio 🧪
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Very happy to share our 'Evoscape' paper, now published in PNAS ! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Generative epigenetic landscapes map the topology and topography of cell fates | PNAS
Epigenetic landscapes were proposed by Waddington as the central concept to describe
cell fate dynamics in a locally low-dimensional space. In mode...
www.pnas.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Very happy to share our 'Evoscape' paper, now published in PNAS ! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A special #PUFFFIN -filled day as we celebrate the successful viva of Dr @lebektamina.bsky.social!
Many thanks to @aidarodrigo.bsky.social and @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social for examining and huge congratulations to the brilliant Dr Lebek!
Many thanks to @aidarodrigo.bsky.social and @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social for examining and huge congratulations to the brilliant Dr Lebek!
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A special #PUFFFIN -filled day as we celebrate the successful viva of Dr @lebektamina.bsky.social!
Many thanks to @aidarodrigo.bsky.social and @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social for examining and huge congratulations to the brilliant Dr Lebek!
Many thanks to @aidarodrigo.bsky.social and @tristanrodriguez72.bsky.social for examining and huge congratulations to the brilliant Dr Lebek!
I do like the @dev-journal.bsky.social "Research Report" format for shortish papers
This one is valuable. "Is it the N2B27?" is the stem cell biologist version of "Is it the magnesium?"
Congrats Tina Balayo @dias-andre.bsky.social David Turner & all authors
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
This one is valuable. "Is it the N2B27?" is the stem cell biologist version of "Is it the magnesium?"
Congrats Tina Balayo @dias-andre.bsky.social David Turner & all authors
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
N2B27 media formulations influence gastruloid development
Highlighted Article: This work explores the cellular and molecular sensitivity of the mouse gastruloid model system to variations in N2B27 media formulations, highlighting the need for careful media s...
journals.biologists.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I do like the @dev-journal.bsky.social "Research Report" format for shortish papers
This one is valuable. "Is it the N2B27?" is the stem cell biologist version of "Is it the magnesium?"
Congrats Tina Balayo @dias-andre.bsky.social David Turner & all authors
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
This one is valuable. "Is it the N2B27?" is the stem cell biologist version of "Is it the magnesium?"
Congrats Tina Balayo @dias-andre.bsky.social David Turner & all authors
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Reposted by Sally Lowell
🌱During #COP30, we invite you to explore what is the carbon footprint of an event and learn about easy steps to take to minimise it.
🟢Learn more with our free event carbon calculator: biologists.com/sustainabili...
🟢Learn more with our free event carbon calculator: biologists.com/sustainabili...
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🌱During #COP30, we invite you to explore what is the carbon footprint of an event and learn about easy steps to take to minimise it.
🟢Learn more with our free event carbon calculator: biologists.com/sustainabili...
🟢Learn more with our free event carbon calculator: biologists.com/sustainabili...
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Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Volume 152 Issue 20 | Development | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
It was such a pleasure to host @joadelas.bsky.social at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social yesterday. What a great talk- fascinating insights into how Cis Regulatory Elements process spatial and temporal information to build complicated and beautiful things such as embryos. Bravo Joaquina!
Go to sleep in London, wake up in Edinburg! Great experience aboard the Caledonian Sleeper train.
Looking forward to a fun day full of science at the CRM. Thank you so much @cellysally.bsky.social for hosting me.
Looking forward to a fun day full of science at the CRM. Thank you so much @cellysally.bsky.social for hosting me.
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It was such a pleasure to host @joadelas.bsky.social at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social yesterday. What a great talk- fascinating insights into how Cis Regulatory Elements process spatial and temporal information to build complicated and beautiful things such as embryos. Bravo Joaquina!
Reposted by Sally Lowell
Go to sleep in London, wake up in Edinburg! Great experience aboard the Caledonian Sleeper train.
Looking forward to a fun day full of science at the CRM. Thank you so much @cellysally.bsky.social for hosting me.
Looking forward to a fun day full of science at the CRM. Thank you so much @cellysally.bsky.social for hosting me.
October 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Go to sleep in London, wake up in Edinburg! Great experience aboard the Caledonian Sleeper train.
Looking forward to a fun day full of science at the CRM. Thank you so much @cellysally.bsky.social for hosting me.
Looking forward to a fun day full of science at the CRM. Thank you so much @cellysally.bsky.social for hosting me.
Reposted by Sally Lowell
Read the 1st prize winning essay from our competition 'Innovative ideas for the future of sustainable events'. Read Liew Yao Rong’s essay and learn about his innovative approach that combines participants’ management, location and logistics: www.biologists.com/stories/peop...
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Read the 1st prize winning essay from our competition 'Innovative ideas for the future of sustainable events'. Read Liew Yao Rong’s essay and learn about his innovative approach that combines participants’ management, location and logistics: www.biologists.com/stories/peop...
Reposted by Sally Lowell
Thank you @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social for featuring our Event Carbon Calculator in your article.
Read more for many great #sustainability tips.
Read more for many great #sustainability tips.
Five Tips for Hosting a Sustainable Event scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/14/f...
Five Tips for Hosting a Sustainable Event - The Scholarly Kitchen
Event planners are faced with the delicate balance between constructing spaces for deeper connection with the impact we’re having on our planet. Here’s what I’ve learned about planning events that pri...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Thank you @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social for featuring our Event Carbon Calculator in your article.
Read more for many great #sustainability tips.
Read more for many great #sustainability tips.
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“Developmental biology is fundamentally beautiful. We are no less beautiful for our variation. Instead, perhaps we are more so. Perhaps we are remarkable. Perhaps we are full of wonder.”
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Developmental Biology and Disability - the Node
Hopeful monsters. Morphospace. Mutation. Natural variation. Mutagenesis screens. Polymorphism. Deformity. Phenotype. Disease. Adaptation. Anomaly.
thenode.biologists.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“Developmental biology is fundamentally beautiful. We are no less beautiful for our variation. Instead, perhaps we are more so. Perhaps we are remarkable. Perhaps we are full of wonder.”
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node.
thenode.biologists.com/developmenta...
#Disability
The Possible vs. The Actual: can #GenerativeBiology reveal fundamental design principles of complex life?
@philipcball.bsky.social closes #GenBio25 with a magnificent synthesis of the past two days of discussions, and guides us towards an agenda for the future of the field.
@philipcball.bsky.social closes #GenBio25 with a magnificent synthesis of the past two days of discussions, and guides us towards an agenda for the future of the field.
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Possible vs. The Actual: can #GenerativeBiology reveal fundamental design principles of complex life?
@philipcball.bsky.social closes #GenBio25 with a magnificent synthesis of the past two days of discussions, and guides us towards an agenda for the future of the field.
@philipcball.bsky.social closes #GenBio25 with a magnificent synthesis of the past two days of discussions, and guides us towards an agenda for the future of the field.
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Good afternoon #GenBio25. @bensteventon.bsky.social uses a flock of sheep as an analogy for multi-level reciprocal interactions between cells and how to engineer them.
a herd of sheep walking down a grassy path
ALT: a herd of sheep walking down a grassy path
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Good afternoon #GenBio25. @bensteventon.bsky.social uses a flock of sheep as an analogy for multi-level reciprocal interactions between cells and how to engineer them.
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Who are our (cellular) neighbours? @matt-mala.bsky.social is addressing this question now at #GenBio25, using characters living on a conceptual ‘Cell Street’. Learn more in his @dev-journal.bsky.social Primer: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Enabling neighbour labelling: using synthetic biology to explore how cells influence their neighbours
Summary: This Primer reviews emerging approaches for engineering synthetic signalling between cells and discusses how these could be applied to study the influence cells have on their neighbours durin...
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Who are our (cellular) neighbours? @matt-mala.bsky.social is addressing this question now at #GenBio25, using characters living on a conceptual ‘Cell Street’. Learn more in his @dev-journal.bsky.social Primer: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Good morning from Generative Biology! @bernasozen.bsky.social starts by taking a closer look at metabolism in early embryogenesis.
Learn more about stem cell-based embryo models in her recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... and interview: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Learn more about stem cell-based embryo models in her recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... and interview: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Transitions in development – an interview with Berna Sozen
Berna Sozen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics at Yale University, USA. Berna's lab studies early mammalian development, metabolism, and maternal–fetal interactions using mouse an...
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good morning from Generative Biology! @bernasozen.bsky.social starts by taking a closer look at metabolism in early embryogenesis.
Learn more about stem cell-based embryo models in her recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... and interview: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Learn more about stem cell-based embryo models in her recent @dev-journal.bsky.social Review: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... and interview: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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Three short talks now at #GenBio25. @bracciolilab.bsky.social discusses the ability of cells to contribute to different lineages in a gastruloid model. Luca recently published an ‘In preprints’ article in @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Three short talks now at #GenBio25. @bracciolilab.bsky.social discusses the ability of cells to contribute to different lineages in a gastruloid model. Luca recently published an ‘In preprints’ article in @dev-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
We are looking forward to spending the next two days discussing INTERESTING THINGS at our workshop on Generative Biology: new approaches to study developmental design principles #GenBio25
Thanks to my excellent coorganisers @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social & @dbenzinger.bsky.social & all participants
Thanks to my excellent coorganisers @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social & @dbenzinger.bsky.social & all participants
En route to Brighton—for the 1st time—for the @royalsociety.org Generative Biology meeting organised by @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social, @dbenzinger.bsky.social & @cellysally.bsky.social. Happy to chat about @dev-journal.bsky.social, @the-node.bsky.social & @biologists.bsky.social. Also have freebies!
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We are looking forward to spending the next two days discussing INTERESTING THINGS at our workshop on Generative Biology: new approaches to study developmental design principles #GenBio25
Thanks to my excellent coorganisers @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social & @dbenzinger.bsky.social & all participants
Thanks to my excellent coorganisers @jcornwallscoones.bsky.social & @dbenzinger.bsky.social & all participants
Reposted by Sally Lowell
BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
Reposted by Sally Lowell
With storm Amy approaching, it’s an ideal time to get your SLiPERs on!
Hot off the press!
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4 - Nature Communications
Here they perform a systematic dissection of OCT4 and reveal how intrinsically disordered regions can be used to serve specific functions during reprogramming and embryonic development. This can be exploited to engineer more efficient and specific reprogramming factors.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
With storm Amy approaching, it’s an ideal time to get your SLiPERs on!
Hot off the press!
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4 - Nature Communications
Here they perform a systematic dissection of OCT4 and reveal how intrinsically disordered regions can be used to serve specific functions during reprogramming and embryonic development. This can be exploited to engineer more efficient and specific reprogramming factors.
www.nature.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hot off the press!
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cell-type-specific functionality encoded within the intrinsically disordered regions of OCT4
www.nature.com/articles/s41...