Patricia Ramos
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Patricia Ramos
@apramos.bsky.social
Dev Biologist, postdoc @BarrigaLab_@PolDresden. Postdoc
@NordenLab, MSCA fellow_optic cup morphogenesis, Phd @michalis_averof_parhyale eye evo-devo. #morphogenesis #evo_devo #imaging #image_analysis
Finally, we disrupted apical patterned behaviors experimentally. The optic cup completely failed to start the invagination! (side note, the phenotype was so striking that I thought the microscope had crashed while imaging)
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But the surprise came from the apical surfaces. They undergo shape transitions before invagination starts. Could they be driving the process?
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Separating the basal surface of the two epithelia (NE and RPE), we saw that they change their shape at the same time!
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We followed 3D shape changes of the forming optic cup, by tracking the basal surface
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We used the Optic Cup formation as a system. The shape transition from a flat vesicle to an hemispheric eye precursor is just mesmerizing
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM