Courtney Lancaster
@courtneyl7a7.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Steventon Group at University of Cambridge| PhD Pichaud Group UCL | How do you build a vertebral column? 🐥 🔬
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You must have been looking forward to... October in preprints!
Check out the latest #preprints on #DevBio, #StemCell biology and related topics with, starting this month, @prelights.bsky.social picks 👇👀
thenode.biologists.com/october-in-p...
Check out the latest #preprints on #DevBio, #StemCell biology and related topics with, starting this month, @prelights.bsky.social picks 👇👀
thenode.biologists.com/october-in-p...
October in preprints - the Node
Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.
thenode.biologists.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
You must have been looking forward to... October in preprints!
Check out the latest #preprints on #DevBio, #StemCell biology and related topics with, starting this month, @prelights.bsky.social picks 👇👀
thenode.biologists.com/october-in-p...
Check out the latest #preprints on #DevBio, #StemCell biology and related topics with, starting this month, @prelights.bsky.social picks 👇👀
thenode.biologists.com/october-in-p...
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Next Monday, 17th November, we are excited to hear from two ERCs: @luca-guglielmi.bsky.social (MRC LMB) and Susannah McLaren (Gurdon Institute). This is happening in Bryan Matthews room in Physiology Building (PDN). There is a post-talk refreshment :) Everyone is welcome! See you all there👋
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Next Monday, 17th November, we are excited to hear from two ERCs: @luca-guglielmi.bsky.social (MRC LMB) and Susannah McLaren (Gurdon Institute). This is happening in Bryan Matthews room in Physiology Building (PDN). There is a post-talk refreshment :) Everyone is welcome! See you all there👋
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Next Monday, 10th November, at 2:30 PM, we are delighted to welcome @maitrejl.bsky.social from Institut Curie. Don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list to receive the Zoom link!
See you all there! 😊
See you all there! 😊
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Next Monday, 10th November, at 2:30 PM, we are delighted to welcome @maitrejl.bsky.social from Institut Curie. Don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list to receive the Zoom link!
See you all there! 😊
See you all there! 😊
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Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Meet the real rainbow fish 🌈🐟 Using Cre-mediated recombination, each zebrafish cell expresses a unique fluorescent color, creating a living rainbow of developmental history 🎨✨ Image by Bret Pearson #FluorescenceFriday #Zebrafish #DevBio
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The Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series is back this Michaelmas Term 2025!
Join us for an exciting lineup of talks exploring the many facets of tissue morphogenesis. Check out the flyer for the full list of speakers!
Join us for an exciting lineup of talks exploring the many facets of tissue morphogenesis. Check out the flyer for the full list of speakers!
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series is back this Michaelmas Term 2025!
Join us for an exciting lineup of talks exploring the many facets of tissue morphogenesis. Check out the flyer for the full list of speakers!
Join us for an exciting lineup of talks exploring the many facets of tissue morphogenesis. Check out the flyer for the full list of speakers!
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🚨 PhD studentship alert! 🚨
Joint PhD with Münsterberg and Mok labs (UEA) with collaborators Macaulay and Haerty labs (EI)
Explore how enhancers control heart, blood & vessel development using single-cell multi-omics
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/one...
#PhD #DevBio #Cardiovascular
Joint PhD with Münsterberg and Mok labs (UEA) with collaborators Macaulay and Haerty labs (EI)
Explore how enhancers control heart, blood & vessel development using single-cell multi-omics
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/one...
#PhD #DevBio #Cardiovascular
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 PhD studentship alert! 🚨
Joint PhD with Münsterberg and Mok labs (UEA) with collaborators Macaulay and Haerty labs (EI)
Explore how enhancers control heart, blood & vessel development using single-cell multi-omics
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/one...
#PhD #DevBio #Cardiovascular
Joint PhD with Münsterberg and Mok labs (UEA) with collaborators Macaulay and Haerty labs (EI)
Explore how enhancers control heart, blood & vessel development using single-cell multi-omics
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/one...
#PhD #DevBio #Cardiovascular
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Very excited about this project: we believe that 3D anatomical atlases have a huge potential for developmental biology. As a starting point, we made the first ever Drosophila wing disc atlas!
BrainGlobe branches out!
New blog outlining our collaborative work with @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social to build anatomical atlases for developmental mechanobiology.
brainglobe.info/blog/drosoph...
New blog outlining our collaborative work with @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @lmcb-ucl.bsky.social to build anatomical atlases for developmental mechanobiology.
brainglobe.info/blog/drosoph...
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Very excited about this project: we believe that 3D anatomical atlases have a huge potential for developmental biology. As a starting point, we made the first ever Drosophila wing disc atlas!
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Hi bsky!
Do embryonic tissues have backup plans🔀? Gastruloids (model of body elongation) can build an axis through different cellular mechanisms when on adherent substrates instead of free floating. A case of developmental plasticity!
w/ A. Delahaye & @bensteventon.bsky.social
shorturl.at/v01DO
Do embryonic tissues have backup plans🔀? Gastruloids (model of body elongation) can build an axis through different cellular mechanisms when on adherent substrates instead of free floating. A case of developmental plasticity!
w/ A. Delahaye & @bensteventon.bsky.social
shorturl.at/v01DO
August 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hi bsky!
Do embryonic tissues have backup plans🔀? Gastruloids (model of body elongation) can build an axis through different cellular mechanisms when on adherent substrates instead of free floating. A case of developmental plasticity!
w/ A. Delahaye & @bensteventon.bsky.social
shorturl.at/v01DO
Do embryonic tissues have backup plans🔀? Gastruloids (model of body elongation) can build an axis through different cellular mechanisms when on adherent substrates instead of free floating. A case of developmental plasticity!
w/ A. Delahaye & @bensteventon.bsky.social
shorturl.at/v01DO
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Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1933-2025) | Magdalene College
Magdalene College is deeply saddened to announce the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002.
www.magd.cam.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very sad news, John Gurdon has died.
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
A developmental biologist's developmental biologist, Nobel prize winner
His work is the foundation of much of today's dev & stem cell bio.
An inspiration to many, including me. Always asking questions & wanting the answers
www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
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Fully-funded 4-year PhD Opportunities available at the @crick.ac.uk , including a project in our lab on human #embryomodels Feel free to share with anyone interested, and apply through the online portal before 5th November! 👏
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Moris Lab | Investigating human trunk development using stem cell-based embryo models
www.crick.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Fully-funded 4-year PhD Opportunities available at the @crick.ac.uk , including a project in our lab on human #embryomodels Feel free to share with anyone interested, and apply through the online portal before 5th November! 👏
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Next BIIG seminar is 12-1pm on Friday 10th October 🔬😄:
- Anna Bajur (Imperial College London): “Quantifying cellular forces, one molecule at a time”
- Virginia Silio (UCL): “Euro-BioImaging: From Access to Analysis”
- Anna Bajur (Imperial College London): “Quantifying cellular forces, one molecule at a time”
- Virginia Silio (UCL): “Euro-BioImaging: From Access to Analysis”
October 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Next BIIG seminar is 12-1pm on Friday 10th October 🔬😄:
- Anna Bajur (Imperial College London): “Quantifying cellular forces, one molecule at a time”
- Virginia Silio (UCL): “Euro-BioImaging: From Access to Analysis”
- Anna Bajur (Imperial College London): “Quantifying cellular forces, one molecule at a time”
- Virginia Silio (UCL): “Euro-BioImaging: From Access to Analysis”
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Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...
October 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...
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🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social
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🖤 We pay tribute to beloved @ucleye.bsky.social colleague Prof Pete Coffey.
A pioneer in stem cell therapy, his research has helped restore sight to people with macular degeneration.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
A pioneer in stem cell therapy, his research has helped restore sight to people with macular degeneration.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
Tribute to eye treatment pioneer Professor Pete Coffey
UCL colleagues have paid tribute to world-leading eye researcher Professor Pete Coffey, who pioneered a treatment enabling people whose vision had been destroyed by disease to see again.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🖤 We pay tribute to beloved @ucleye.bsky.social colleague Prof Pete Coffey.
A pioneer in stem cell therapy, his research has helped restore sight to people with macular degeneration.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
A pioneer in stem cell therapy, his research has helped restore sight to people with macular degeneration.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
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Still remember one study where they had "AI" look at photos to diagnose cancer and it had like a 98% or 99% accuracy...
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
Stop offloading cognitive tasks to "generative AI." Stop using systems w/ "AI" features either inextricably woven through them or prominently displayed at the top to nudge you into their use. Stop *Designing* "AI" tools & integrations that way. Stop building or using "AI" like this. Fucking Stop it.
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Still remember one study where they had "AI" look at photos to diagnose cancer and it had like a 98% or 99% accuracy...
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
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📢New post on FocalPlane - Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group
Courtney Lancaster @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social reflects on the success of the BioImage Interest Group at UCL, offering a template for other communities.
Courtney Lancaster @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social reflects on the success of the BioImage Interest Group at UCL, offering a template for other communities.
Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group - FocalPlane
Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group -
focalplane.biologists.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📢New post on FocalPlane - Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group
Courtney Lancaster @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social reflects on the success of the BioImage Interest Group at UCL, offering a template for other communities.
Courtney Lancaster @courtneyl7a7.bsky.social reflects on the success of the BioImage Interest Group at UCL, offering a template for other communities.
Excited to share reflections from UCL's BioImage Interest Group @biig-ucl.bsky.social 🔬
It highlights the value of collaboration, community, and having a lot of fun in the process!
bit.ly/4fHm2TS
It highlights the value of collaboration, community, and having a lot of fun in the process!
bit.ly/4fHm2TS
Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group - FocalPlane
Connecting Researchers Through Bioimaging: Reflections from UCL’s BioImage Interest Group -
bit.ly
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Excited to share reflections from UCL's BioImage Interest Group @biig-ucl.bsky.social 🔬
It highlights the value of collaboration, community, and having a lot of fun in the process!
bit.ly/4fHm2TS
It highlights the value of collaboration, community, and having a lot of fun in the process!
bit.ly/4fHm2TS
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FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
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Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below ⬇️
August 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thrilled to share the first story from my postdoc! 🎉 A wonderful experiment + simulations collaboration. In the Drosophila wing, we find that 3D cell shapes affect signalling range and fine-tune developmental patterning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thread below ⬇️
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Check out this work from @gserranonajera.bsky.social and Apolline Delahaye! They show how gastruloids can employ different morphogenetic strategies to set up a body axis. It nicely builds from Guillermo’s PhD work recapitulating gastrulation modes in the chick: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Check out this work from @gserranonajera.bsky.social and Apolline Delahaye! They show how gastruloids can employ different morphogenetic strategies to set up a body axis. It nicely builds from Guillermo’s PhD work recapitulating gastrulation modes in the chick: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
August 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
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Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair
The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…
meetings.embo.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our interdisciplinary @embo.org @biologists.bsky.social workshop on Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Homeostasis and Repair will take place in beautiful Haining, China, 6-10 April 2026. Exciting line up of international speakers! Register now: meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom...
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Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
Mechanochemical coupling of cell shape and organ function optimizes heart size and contractile efficiency in zebrafish
Andrews et al. demonstrate that multiscale feedback between mechanical and chemical
cues builds a functional heart to support zebrafish embryonic life. Cell recruitment
and organ-scale forces drive tr...
tinyurl.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
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My Pathway to Independence interview is now live on @dev-journal.bsky.social ! I had a great time speaking with @amjeve.bsky.social about my research journey and what's ahead journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Giulia Paci
Giulia Paci is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at University College London, UK, supported by Yanlan Mao and Buzz Baum, who is interested in how developmental progra...
journals.biologists.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My Pathway to Independence interview is now live on @dev-journal.bsky.social ! I had a great time speaking with @amjeve.bsky.social about my research journey and what's ahead journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...