Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
Developmental-biologist, Drosophililst and Fly Cancer Modeller. Fascinated by cells polarising, moving, building tissues and breaking tissues..
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Hi folks,
Check out our updated website!
Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon!
fly-jedi.org
Check out our updated website!
Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon!
fly-jedi.org
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hi folks,
Check out our updated website!
Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon!
fly-jedi.org
Check out our updated website!
Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon!
fly-jedi.org
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Lots of exciting PhD projects on offer at the LMB, including in our group 😊
Considering the LMB for your PhD?
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lots of exciting PhD projects on offer at the LMB, including in our group 😊
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I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social!
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October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social!
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I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting!
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting!
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
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Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology
Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included.
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...
October 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Free course in Developmental Biology starting tomorrow in Paris 🇫🇷, held at @sorbonne-universite.fr! 🧪 #science #biology
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We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate
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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...
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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...
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Interested in cell migration and developmental biology-check out this PhD opportunity!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Interested in cell migration and developmental biology-check out this PhD opportunity!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🔬 Sabies que…?
🧬 La Drosophila melanogaster, coneguda com a mosca de la fruita, és un insecte àmpliament utilitzat com a organisme model en biologia i genètica. 1/3
🧬 La Drosophila melanogaster, coneguda com a mosca de la fruita, és un insecte àmpliament utilitzat com a organisme model en biologia i genètica. 1/3
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🔬 Sabies que…?
🧬 La Drosophila melanogaster, coneguda com a mosca de la fruita, és un insecte àmpliament utilitzat com a organisme model en biologia i genètica. 1/3
🧬 La Drosophila melanogaster, coneguda com a mosca de la fruita, és un insecte àmpliament utilitzat com a organisme model en biologia i genètica. 1/3
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We are recruiting PhD students! If you are interested in evolutionary neuroscience, consider applying: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Prieto Godino Lab | Cellular and molecular bases of neural circuit and behavioural evolution
www.crick.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We are recruiting PhD students! If you are interested in evolutionary neuroscience, consider applying: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Very sad to hear that Sir John Gurdon, former Master of Magdalene College, has passed away at the age of 92. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Here is a powerful reminder that you should never give up on your dreams.
Here is a powerful reminder that you should never give up on your dreams.
October 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Very sad to hear that Sir John Gurdon, former Master of Magdalene College, has passed away at the age of 92. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Here is a powerful reminder that you should never give up on your dreams.
Here is a powerful reminder that you should never give up on your dreams.
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Sad to hear of the death of John Gurdon this morning, aged 92.
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 2:18 PM
Sad to hear of the death of John Gurdon this morning, aged 92.
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The PhD work of @bboumard.bsky.social officially out in print! Happy to share this issue with our downstairs colleagues in the BDD @frelab.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila
Boumard et al. demonstrate gap-junction-dependent tissue-scale nucleotide sharing,
which impacts cellular sensitivity to perturbation of nucleotide homeostasis and replication
stress. Drosophila wing ...
www.cell.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The PhD work of @bboumard.bsky.social officially out in print! Happy to share this issue with our downstairs colleagues in the BDD @frelab.bsky.social @robinjournot.bsky.social
www.cell.com/developmenta...
www.cell.com/developmenta...
Guttastic! ❤️
Flower-shaped mosaic of #Drosophila #proventriculus samples (the structure where the esophagus meets the midgut), showing the expression patterns of several Gal4 lines. The center image is a Z projection showing GFP+ expression around the esophagus. (Scale bar = 50 microns.)
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Guttastic! ❤️
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We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
October 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
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Thank you for hosting me! It was a lovely visit.
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Parthive Patel @gutstresslab.bsky.social (University of Bristol)
Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social
Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social
Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
All welcome!
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thank you for hosting me! It was a lovely visit.
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Now the #EDB @flybase.bsky.social representative Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social is presenting #Flybase future plans
September 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Now the #EDB @flybase.bsky.social representative Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social is presenting #Flybase future plans
We are loving the
@edrc2025.bsky.social !!
Please come find us at the poster sessions and coffee breaks!
@edrc2025.bsky.social !!
Please come find us at the poster sessions and coffee breaks!
September 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We are loving the
@edrc2025.bsky.social !!
Please come find us at the poster sessions and coffee breaks!
@edrc2025.bsky.social !!
Please come find us at the poster sessions and coffee breaks!
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@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Description
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@mariasecrier.bsky.social & I are looking for an enthusiastic & excellent data scientist for a 4-year postdoc to understand cell cycle dysregulation in cancer.
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Deadline 15th October. Get in touch if you have any questions.
Please repost!
More details:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Supracellular control and coordination of tissue morphogenesis, through supracellular actomyosin assemblies, that is what my lab @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social and I like to dig into at the moment! Fascinating and beautiful! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)
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Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development
In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
September 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development
In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
In this Review, Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social discusses supracellular actomyosin structures, tissues where they function, their known roles as well as potential properties
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
August 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.
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Fantastic opportunity for mid-career researchers who would like to relocate their lab to the UK
Faraday Discovery fellowships
royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
Faraday Discovery fellowships
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Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Fantastic opportunity for mid-career researchers who would like to relocate their lab to the UK
Faraday Discovery fellowships
royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
Faraday Discovery fellowships
royalsociety.org/grants/farad...
Montes-Labrador, P., Campbell, K., and Casali, A. (2025) Drosophila as a model for metastasis. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1482:135-154. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-97035-1_8. PMID: 40745140
August 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Montes-Labrador, P., Campbell, K., and Casali, A. (2025) Drosophila as a model for metastasis. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1482:135-154. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-97035-1_8. PMID: 40745140