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Roberto Mayor Lab
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The aim of our research group is to elucidate the mechanism that underlies the development of the Neural Crest, from induction to migration and differentiation.
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Help us to promote this DevBiol course (in Spanish)
¡Nuevo curso gratuito de Biología del Desarrollo (en español)!
Aprende sobre los procesos que dan origen a la vida
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Registro "Biología del Desarrollo Sintética: Diseñando la Vida"
Curso Electivo de Verano, dirigido a estudiantes de pregrado Programa: Link Fechas: 5 al 15 de Enero de 2026 Lugar: Santiago de Chile, clases presenciales (Campus Manuel Montt, U. Mayor) Para estudian...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Early Career Opportunity
Mentorship & career development, access to world-class facilities, and a collaborative, supportive environment. We are particularly interested in researchers in Synthetic Dev. Biol. Mechanobiology and AI . #AcademicJobs #EarlyCareerResearcher #UCL #DevelopmentalBiology
September 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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FINALLY out in #Science Advances! 🎉
3 years of hard work, a fantastic team — and I’m proud to be first and co-corresponding author!

It's about Plexin signaling driving collective cell migration & organ sculpting. Check out the videos 😀

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#DevBio #CellBio #Microscopy
June 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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yosoyden.bsky.social Daniel Ríos @yosoyden.bsky.social · Jun 21
Quintay alumni meet-up at the #ICDB2025 meeting in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Always great to meet with the Latin American community working in developmental biology around the world 😃
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June 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Quintay alumni meet-up at the #ICDB2025 meeting in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Always great to meet with the Latin American community working in developmental biology around the world 😃
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June 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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@devbioquintay.bsky.social Alumni at the 2025 @isdb.bsky.social / @socdevbio.bsky.social / LASDB meeting with @mayorlab.bsky.social 🇵🇷
#2025SDB #2025ICDB #2025LASDB
June 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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First up at #ICDB2025, @mayorlab.bsky.social introduces the 'carrot-on-a-stick' model of chemotaxis during neural crest cell migration 🥕.

#2025ICDB, #2025SDB
June 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Check out our new work @natcomms.nature.com! @mayorlab.bsky.social discovered that cells perform durotaxis even without focal adhesions. How? Well, we found that they actually follow friction gradients — a new mode of directed cell migration that we call frictiotaxis!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Frictiotaxis underlies focal adhesion-independent durotaxis - Nature Communications
Cells typically migrate toward stiffer substrates via durotaxis, relying on focal adhesions. Here, the authors show that confined cells can migrate up friction gradients without focal adhesions, revea...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Read more about it at:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
(PDF) Beyond mechanosensing: How cells sense and shape their physical environment during development
PDF | The role of mechanics as a regulator of cell behaviour and embryo development has been widely recognised. However, much of the focus in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Rese...
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April 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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congratulations @matyasbl.bsky.social
matyasbl.bsky.social Matyas Bubna-Litic @matyasbl.bsky.social · Apr 11
Embryonic induction of fate is a core concept in developmental biology. But, cells can also modify the physical state of surrounding tissues a process we call 'actuation'.

I reviewed with
@mayorlab.bsky.social 3 excellent papers that show how actuation and feedback can drive changes in the embryo.
April 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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‼️The Cell and Developmental Biology Department at UCL is looking for potential candidates for their Research Career Development Fellowships with a potential for tenure-track‼️
And believe it or not, UK Research Councils are not frozen🤗 Please spread the words! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Research Career Development Fellowships - England job with University College London (UCL) | 12835240
About us Research Career Development Fellowships in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL: Expression of Interest for 2024 DEADLI...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:31 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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Thrilled to give this talk in Santiago, Chile, as part of the
EMBO Global Lecture Series! A wonderful chance to reconnect with old friends and forge new connections. Open to all—hope to see you there! 🌎🎙️ #ScienceCommunity #EMBOLectures
January 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Thank you, Marcos Simões-Costa (Harvard Stem Cell) and Joao Botelho (P Univ Catolica), for leading the chick module at the @EMBO #DevBiol course in Quintay, Chile! From grafting beads to Light Sheet microscopy with @zeiss_micro, it was an inspiring journey of discovery!
January 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Big thanks to Universidad Mayor & Leo Valdivia from for bringing zebrafish onsite for the EMBO #DevBiol course in Quintay, Chile! Students bred fish, injected embryos, made chimaeras w/ Corinne Houart (King's College London), and imaging w/ @LiSIUM_Chile. A hugely successful #zebrafish module
January 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Towing of lateral line axons in vivo in a transgenic zebrafish embryo. Great imaging at the EMBO #DevBiol course in Quintay, Chile, using a Zeiss Light Sheet microscope. Huge thanks to Universidad Mayor, Microxchile, Leo Valdivia, & LiSIUM_Chile for allowing the use of the microscope at the course
January 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Spectacular finale of the Drosophila module at the EMBO #DevBiol course in Quintay, Chile! Students shared insights, supported by stunning images they captured—guided by the amazing Nipam Patel, MBL-Woods Hole Director, and supported by Mathew Parent from MBL. #ScienceEducation
January 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The EMBO Dev Biol course in Quintay, Chile, dives into zebrafish embryos under the expert guidance of
Corinne Houart (@KingsCollegeLon) & Leo Valdivia (@CIBumayor). Students are hands-on with exciting experiments, exploring the wonders of development! #DevBiol #Zebrafish
January 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The EMBO #DevBio course in Quintay, Chile is in full swing! Students are diving into Drosophila biology with the amazing Nipam Patel, Director of MBL- Woods Hole, leading the way. Inspiring science in Latin America! #ScienceEducation
January 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Join us in beautiful Quintay to celebrate 25 years of the Practical Course on Developmental Biology!
To register go to biodesarrollo.unab.cl/mini-symposi...
Come to enjoy a unique blend of science, sea, and food – all for free!
January 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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We kicked off the EMBO #DevBio course in Quintay, Chile, with two outstanding virtual lectures by Anne Grapin-Botton and Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social, with excellent participation from Latin American students. Huge thanks to EMBO for their support!
January 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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We're gearing up to kick off the EMBO #DevBio course in Quintay, Chile, for Latin American students in just a few days! 🎉 Huge thanks to @uandresbello, @DiarioMayor, @umayoroficial, @CIBumayor, @MBLScience, and @EMBO for making this possible! 🌎🧬 #ScienceEducation
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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In 1999, we began organising Practical Courses on Developmental Biology with M Allende, first in Santiago and later in stunning Quintay, Chile. Over 25+ years, we’ve trained hundreds of students in DevBio, with over 90% becoming PIs in the field!
Join us in celebrating 25 years of teaching DevBio
devbioquintay.bsky.social Practical Course on Developmental Biology QUINTAY @devbioquintay.bsky.social · Dec 20
Join us in celebrating 25 years of the Practical Course on Developmental Biology! This special event will feature alumni of the course, now PIs from around the world, as speakers. Come to beautiful Quintay to enjoy a unique blend of science, sea, and food – all for free!
December 23, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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The O.G. Original Gastruloid.
amartinezarias.bsky.social Alfonso Martinez Arias @amartinezarias.bsky.social · Dec 17
Excellent study on #Xenopus #gastruloids shorturl.at/PTaB2 @mayorlab.bsky.social exploring mechano-chemical interactions during #gastrulation. Another example of the versatility of multicellular embryonic self organizing systems to explore fundamental principles of #PatternFormation. #NotInTheGenes
December 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Recent work of @Mayor shorturl.at/PTaB2 has revived old observations of effect of Activin on Xenopus animal caps & some expts by J Green. However, it’s worth reminding an older set of experiments from J Holtfreter that also revealed #SelfOrganization in frogs explants shorturl.at/PJYrc #gastruloids
December 22, 2024 at 5:54 PM