Chiara Azzi
@azzichia.bsky.social
PostDoc at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge | Rayon Group | Interested in developmental biology and its temporal control through RBPs | 🇮🇹she/her
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heads up neuro bsky 😎 must-read seminal discoveries:
ultimate translation of genetic information in the farthest reaches of the neuron ➡️ @erin-schuman.bsky.social
& in cortex development ➡️ @debbysilver.bsky.social
thanks again 🤝 @natrevneuro.nature.com Darran Yates for editorial collaboration
ultimate translation of genetic information in the farthest reaches of the neuron ➡️ @erin-schuman.bsky.social
& in cortex development ➡️ @debbysilver.bsky.social
thanks again 🤝 @natrevneuro.nature.com Darran Yates for editorial collaboration
The on-site, on-demand, neuronal gene machine — a Journal Club article by Matthew L. Kraushar
@matthewkraushar.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@matthewkraushar.bsky.social
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
heads up neuro bsky 😎 must-read seminal discoveries:
ultimate translation of genetic information in the farthest reaches of the neuron ➡️ @erin-schuman.bsky.social
& in cortex development ➡️ @debbysilver.bsky.social
thanks again 🤝 @natrevneuro.nature.com Darran Yates for editorial collaboration
ultimate translation of genetic information in the farthest reaches of the neuron ➡️ @erin-schuman.bsky.social
& in cortex development ➡️ @debbysilver.bsky.social
thanks again 🤝 @natrevneuro.nature.com Darran Yates for editorial collaboration
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Lates from the Briscoe lab: Lineage tracing of neural progenitors in 🐤& 👤 - demonstrates sequential binary decisions & persistence of spatial identity despite temporal competence changes.
Congrats to Giulia and co 🍾🥂
Congrats to Giulia and co 🍾🥂
Thrilled to share my main postdoc work with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
We used genomic barcoding + scRNAseq in chick & human embryos to reveal a lineage architecture that reshapes how we understand neural tube development & cell fate decisions
🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We used genomic barcoding + scRNAseq in chick & human embryos to reveal a lineage architecture that reshapes how we understand neural tube development & cell fate decisions
🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hierarchical lineage architecture of human and avian spinal cord revealed by single-cell genomic barcoding
The formation of neural circuits depends on the precise spatial and temporal organisation of neuronal populations during development. In the vertebrate spinal cord, progenitors are patterned into mole...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Lates from the Briscoe lab: Lineage tracing of neural progenitors in 🐤& 👤 - demonstrates sequential binary decisions & persistence of spatial identity despite temporal competence changes.
Congrats to Giulia and co 🍾🥂
Congrats to Giulia and co 🍾🥂
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And the next one: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00585-z . Super-fun collaboration with @partchlab.bsky.social & @gotworms.bsky.social to find similarities between developmental and circadian clocks – supported by @fmiscience.bsky.social Facilities and, financially, @snsf.ch and @erc.europa.eu . 1/n
October 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And the next one: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00585-z . Super-fun collaboration with @partchlab.bsky.social & @gotworms.bsky.social to find similarities between developmental and circadian clocks – supported by @fmiscience.bsky.social Facilities and, financially, @snsf.ch and @erc.europa.eu . 1/n
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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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We've updated our first #preprint from the lab! A collaboration with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
🔥 now including in vivo 🐭&👤 embryo data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔥 now including in vivo 🐭&👤 embryo data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We've updated our first #preprint from the lab! A collaboration with @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social
🔥 now including in vivo 🐭&👤 embryo data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🔥 now including in vivo 🐭&👤 embryo data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Beautiful work from Nan Xu and the @studerl.bsky.social lab in @natcellbio.nature.com combining directed differentiation of hPSCs and genome-wide CRISPR screens to identify the epigenetic factors Menin and SUZ12 as regulators of developmental pace across germ layers.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genome-wide CRISPR screen identifies Menin and SUZ12 as regulators of human developmental timing - Nature Cell Biology
Xu et al. perform a whole-genome CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen using directed differentiation systems. They find that MEN1 and SUZ12 modulate human developmental timing by epigenetically controlling biv...
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Beautiful work from Nan Xu and the @studerl.bsky.social lab in @natcellbio.nature.com combining directed differentiation of hPSCs and genome-wide CRISPR screens to identify the epigenetic factors Menin and SUZ12 as regulators of developmental pace across germ layers.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New from the lab: Fatty Acid Metabolism Sets the Species-specific Tempo of Cortical Development through Protein Acetylation Dynamics. Led by amazing trio: @ryo2iwata.bsky.social , Isabel Gallego, @emirerkol.bsky.social, together with @steinaerts.bsky.social , @fendtlab.bsky.social
Species-specific Rates of Fatty Acid Metabolism Set the Scale of Temporal Patterning of Corticogenesis through Protein Acetylation Dynamics
Developmental processes display temporal differences across species, leading to divergence in organ size and composition. In the cerebral cortex, neurons of diverse identities are generated sequential...
www.biorxiv.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New from the lab: Fatty Acid Metabolism Sets the Species-specific Tempo of Cortical Development through Protein Acetylation Dynamics. Led by amazing trio: @ryo2iwata.bsky.social , Isabel Gallego, @emirerkol.bsky.social, together with @steinaerts.bsky.social , @fendtlab.bsky.social
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Thrilled to share that our latest work on marsupial heterochrony is now online at @cp-devcell.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @lab-turner.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk We used scRNAseq to understand the asynchronous progression of developmental programmes in marsupials www.cell.com/developmenta...
Marsupial single-cell transcriptomics identifies temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programs
Menchero et al. generate a single-cell transcriptomic atlas in the opossum and show
rapid progression of transcriptional programs in specific tissues relative to morphological
landmarks. This shift in...
www.cell.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thrilled to share that our latest work on marsupial heterochrony is now online at @cp-devcell.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @lab-turner.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk We used scRNAseq to understand the asynchronous progression of developmental programmes in marsupials www.cell.com/developmenta...
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Excited for the @isscr.org meeting in Hong Kong this week? #ISSCR2025
We've curated a 'Focus on stem cells' collection to complement the meeting, highlighting recent research and review-type articles discussing the wide range of studies using #stemcells.
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
We've curated a 'Focus on stem cells' collection to complement the meeting, highlighting recent research and review-type articles discussing the wide range of studies using #stemcells.
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
June 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Excited for the @isscr.org meeting in Hong Kong this week? #ISSCR2025
We've curated a 'Focus on stem cells' collection to complement the meeting, highlighting recent research and review-type articles discussing the wide range of studies using #stemcells.
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
We've curated a 'Focus on stem cells' collection to complement the meeting, highlighting recent research and review-type articles discussing the wide range of studies using #stemcells.
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
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Today we've announced the new Faraday Fellowship accelerated international route, which will grant up to £30 million in funding over the next two years to attract global talent and support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2025/05...
Royal Society announces £30m fund to attract global talent over next two years | Royal Society
International recruitment scheme comes amid announcement of Government principles for 10-year research funding
royalsociety.org
May 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Today we've announced the new Faraday Fellowship accelerated international route, which will grant up to £30 million in funding over the next two years to attract global talent and support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2025/05...
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So proud of this work finally out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We examined antigenic variation in malaria parasites at single-cell level and found a surprising level of diversity. Make sure to check it out and don’t miss my talk on Thursday to hear about this story! #malaria #scRNA-Seq #EMBLMalaria
Very happy to congratulate @fra-florini.bsky.social and Joe Visone for the publication of their recent work on antigenic variation by malaria parasites: rdcu.be/emjbn and an earlier version here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Francesca will present some of this work next week at BioMalPar 2025.
scRNA-seq reveals transcriptional plasticity of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum for host immune avoidance
Nature Microbiology - Single-cell transcriptomics revealed that malaria parasites have unexpected flexibility in surface antigen expression, potentially providing parasites with greater adaptive...
rdcu.be
May 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
So proud of this work finally out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We examined antigenic variation in malaria parasites at single-cell level and found a surprising level of diversity. Make sure to check it out and don’t miss my talk on Thursday to hear about this story! #malaria #scRNA-Seq #EMBLMalaria
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Hi @marklewandoski.bsky.social ,
You are already on the DevBio II starter pack. Please check to make sure you can see your @ handle.
Devbio I was filled to its max of 150 members many months ago. So U stated a second pack which is almost full.
go.bsky.app/2qUqVKE
You are already on the DevBio II starter pack. Please check to make sure you can see your @ handle.
Devbio I was filled to its max of 150 members many months ago. So U stated a second pack which is almost full.
go.bsky.app/2qUqVKE
May 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hi @marklewandoski.bsky.social ,
You are already on the DevBio II starter pack. Please check to make sure you can see your @ handle.
Devbio I was filled to its max of 150 members many months ago. So U stated a second pack which is almost full.
go.bsky.app/2qUqVKE
You are already on the DevBio II starter pack. Please check to make sure you can see your @ handle.
Devbio I was filled to its max of 150 members many months ago. So U stated a second pack which is almost full.
go.bsky.app/2qUqVKE
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December 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM
The @embo.org #EvoDevoTempo ⏳ Paris 2025 just came to an end ⏳🧬 So grateful to be part of this inspiring community! Tons of ideas to take back with me - and already looking forward to the next edition! 🚀
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The @embo.org #EvoDevoTempo ⏳ Paris 2025 just came to an end ⏳🧬 So grateful to be part of this inspiring community! Tons of ideas to take back with me - and already looking forward to the next edition! 🚀
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As this @embo.org EvoDevoTempo Paris 2025 comes to close, my biggest takeaway message is that we absolutely must do this again!
Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community
Until next ⏰ time ⏰
Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community
Until next ⏰ time ⏰
having a lovely ⏱️time⏱️ at the #EMBO EvoDevoTempo meeting in paris
very much a field defined by its multidisciplinarity and diversity of model systems, leading to discoveries that wouldn't be possible otherwise
also, paris in the spring is definitely a thing
very much a field defined by its multidisciplinarity and diversity of model systems, leading to discoveries that wouldn't be possible otherwise
also, paris in the spring is definitely a thing
May 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
As this @embo.org EvoDevoTempo Paris 2025 comes to close, my biggest takeaway message is that we absolutely must do this again!
Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community
Until next ⏰ time ⏰
Cheers to the organizers and thanks for all the feedback on our work from the lovely Tempo community
Until next ⏰ time ⏰
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I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chromatin loops are an ancestral hallmark of the animal regulatory genome - Nature
The physical organization of the genome in non-bilaterian animals and their closest unicellular relatives is characterized; comparative analysis shows chromatin looping is a conserved feature of ...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Peer review completed within 7 days!
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Peer review completed within 7 days!
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Paying peer reviewers!
Yes, it's possible.
Fast & Fair peer review by @biologyopen.bsky.social
More innovation from @biologists.bsky.social
Details here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thrilled to start my collaboration in Lorenzo Calviello’s lab @translatomics.bsky.social at @humantechnopole.bsky.social! Excited to dive into Ribo-Seq, exchange ideas and uncover new insights on translational regulation. Looking forward to what’s ahead!
Let’s get started! 🧬💻✨
Let’s get started! 🧬💻✨
March 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thrilled to start my collaboration in Lorenzo Calviello’s lab @translatomics.bsky.social at @humantechnopole.bsky.social! Excited to dive into Ribo-Seq, exchange ideas and uncover new insights on translational regulation. Looking forward to what’s ahead!
Let’s get started! 🧬💻✨
Let’s get started! 🧬💻✨
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Job opening in my research group!! Please share.
I'm looking for a lab technician to join my small team investigating how chromatin structure regulates gene expression in C. elegans.
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
I'm looking for a lab technician to join my small team investigating how chromatin structure regulates gene expression in C. elegans.
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
Friedrich Miescher Institute, open position
www.fmi.ch
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Job opening in my research group!! Please share.
I'm looking for a lab technician to join my small team investigating how chromatin structure regulates gene expression in C. elegans.
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
I'm looking for a lab technician to join my small team investigating how chromatin structure regulates gene expression in C. elegans.
www.fmi.ch/education-ca...
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🚨New preprint alert!!! We show using #Celegans that mothers control the #ribosome levels of their offspring depending on their diet. Pioneered by fantastic
Sigma Pradhan (not yet on 🟦). #worms biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵
Sigma Pradhan (not yet on 🟦). #worms biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵
Intergenerational control of ribosomes under dietary restriction
biorxiv.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🚨New preprint alert!!! We show using #Celegans that mothers control the #ribosome levels of their offspring depending on their diet. Pioneered by fantastic
Sigma Pradhan (not yet on 🟦). #worms biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵
Sigma Pradhan (not yet on 🟦). #worms biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... 🧵
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Last week, postdocs from @crg.eu & @babrahaminst.bsky.social came together to organise the International Postdoc Symposium, 2 incredible days full of science, dialogue & networking. These collaborations are so important! And Iris Uribesalgo, EU-LIFE Policy Officer, was there to talk about her role 😊
March 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Last week, postdocs from @crg.eu & @babrahaminst.bsky.social came together to organise the International Postdoc Symposium, 2 incredible days full of science, dialogue & networking. These collaborations are so important! And Iris Uribesalgo, EU-LIFE Policy Officer, was there to talk about her role 😊
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It was great to participate in this #scicomm session and have a chance to present some of our recent #SciArt projects! I enjoyed very much to listen about other projects! Thank you #CRGBIpostdocs !
Such an inspiring discussion on how to disseminate science. It's all about making your research seen, heard and felt! Huge thanks to the panel members #CRGBIpostdocs @crg.eu @babrahaminst.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It was great to participate in this #scicomm session and have a chance to present some of our recent #SciArt projects! I enjoyed very much to listen about other projects! Thank you #CRGBIpostdocs !
🎉 That’s a wrap! The International CRG-BI Postdoc Symposium has come to an end after three incredible days of inspiring talks, engaging discussions, and valuable connections. I have to say I couldn’t be happier! #CRGBIpostdocs
A 🧵 below 👇🏼
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March 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🎉 That’s a wrap! The International CRG-BI Postdoc Symposium has come to an end after three incredible days of inspiring talks, engaging discussions, and valuable connections. I have to say I couldn’t be happier! #CRGBIpostdocs
A 🧵 below 👇🏼
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A big thanks to the #CRGBIpostdocs organizers for an amazing conference.
Who knew development could be this exciting! Then again, they were preaching to the choir 🤍 amazing talks from Nicolas Rivron, @irenezorzan.bsky.social, @komal-yasmin.bsky.social , good discussions, and lasting friendships and collaborations 😎 @babrahaminst.bsky.social @crg.eu
February 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A big thanks to the #CRGBIpostdocs organizers for an amazing conference.