Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
@drn-sheffield.bsky.social
Research Cluster in the School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, UK
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/research/areas/development-regeneration-and-neurophysiology
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/research/areas/development-regeneration-and-neurophysiology
Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Join us in Sheffield! We are keen to support early career researchers in applying for independent research fellowships (IRFs) to join our friendly and collaborative environment, in areas related to developmental biology, stem cells and regenerative biology, and neuroscience.
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Professor Jens Januschke (University of Dundee) @dundee.ac.uk
Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
All welcome!
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Professor Jens Januschke (University of Dundee) @dundee.ac.uk
Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Kyra Campbell
@kyracampbelllab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Ryan MacDonald @macdonaldlab.bsky.social (University College London)
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
@physoc.bsky.social
Host: Emily Noël
@noelresearchlab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
@physoc.bsky.social
Host: Emily Noël
@noelresearchlab.bsky.social
All welcome!
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Ryan MacDonald @macdonaldlab.bsky.social (University College London)
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
@physoc.bsky.social
Host: Emily Noël
@noelresearchlab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Sponsored by the Physiological Society
@physoc.bsky.social
Host: Emily Noël
@noelresearchlab.bsky.social
All welcome!
Today we are honoured to host Dr Sally Lowell @cellysally.bsky.social (University of Edinburgh), winner of the 2024 BSDB Wolpert Medal, who is giving a talk in our DRN external seminar series
@bsdb.bsky.social
Host: Marysia Placzek
All welcome!
@bsdb.bsky.social
Host: Marysia Placzek
All welcome!
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Today we are honoured to host Dr Sally Lowell @cellysally.bsky.social (University of Edinburgh), winner of the 2024 BSDB Wolpert Medal, who is giving a talk in our DRN external seminar series
@bsdb.bsky.social
Host: Marysia Placzek
All welcome!
@bsdb.bsky.social
Host: Marysia Placzek
All welcome!
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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.
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 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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!
Several DRN members (present and past) attended and presented work at the recent #UKZF2025 #zebrafish meeting in Exmouth and Exeter.
Many thanks to the organisers Steffen @scholpplab.bsky.social, Carol @yhcarolyang.bsky.social, Soojin, Greg and Nik for a great meeting!
Many thanks to the organisers Steffen @scholpplab.bsky.social, Carol @yhcarolyang.bsky.social, Soojin, Greg and Nik for a great meeting!
September 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Several DRN members (present and past) attended and presented work at the recent #UKZF2025 #zebrafish meeting in Exmouth and Exeter.
Many thanks to the organisers Steffen @scholpplab.bsky.social, Carol @yhcarolyang.bsky.social, Soojin, Greg and Nik for a great meeting!
Many thanks to the organisers Steffen @scholpplab.bsky.social, Carol @yhcarolyang.bsky.social, Soojin, Greg and Nik for a great meeting!
Congratulations to DRN PhD students Corinna Snashall, Sude Uyulgan @sudeuyulgan.bsky.social, James Birch, Thomas Cozens and Jason Morgan, who gave excellent talks in the School of Biosciences 3rd year symposium this week
September 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Congratulations to DRN PhD students Corinna Snashall, Sude Uyulgan @sudeuyulgan.bsky.social, James Birch, Thomas Cozens and Jason Morgan, who gave excellent talks in the School of Biosciences 3rd year symposium this week
Recent publications from DRN members, Aug–Sept 2025
#Heterochromatin, #Drosophila #olfaction, #pluripotency extinction, #anatomy #education, #zebrafish olfactory #ionocytes, #hearing loss, #machine #learning and more!
See thread for details ⬇️
#Heterochromatin, #Drosophila #olfaction, #pluripotency extinction, #anatomy #education, #zebrafish olfactory #ionocytes, #hearing loss, #machine #learning and more!
See thread for details ⬇️
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Recent publications from DRN members, Aug–Sept 2025
#Heterochromatin, #Drosophila #olfaction, #pluripotency extinction, #anatomy #education, #zebrafish olfactory #ionocytes, #hearing loss, #machine #learning and more!
See thread for details ⬇️
#Heterochromatin, #Drosophila #olfaction, #pluripotency extinction, #anatomy #education, #zebrafish olfactory #ionocytes, #hearing loss, #machine #learning and more!
See thread for details ⬇️
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Excited to welcome everyone to the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop: Nature of Intelligence
The two-day agenda is packed with inspiring talks, discussions, and a panel exploring the frontiers of natural and artificial intelligence.
@asab.org @drn-sheffield.bsky.social #AI #cognition #neuroscience
The two-day agenda is packed with inspiring talks, discussions, and a panel exploring the frontiers of natural and artificial intelligence.
@asab.org @drn-sheffield.bsky.social #AI #cognition #neuroscience
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Excited to welcome everyone to the ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop: Nature of Intelligence
The two-day agenda is packed with inspiring talks, discussions, and a panel exploring the frontiers of natural and artificial intelligence.
@asab.org @drn-sheffield.bsky.social #AI #cognition #neuroscience
The two-day agenda is packed with inspiring talks, discussions, and a panel exploring the frontiers of natural and artificial intelligence.
@asab.org @drn-sheffield.bsky.social #AI #cognition #neuroscience
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Dear friends and scientific colleagues,
(especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz).
Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared).
Many thanks
Best regards
Ilan
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz).
Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared).
Many thanks
Best regards
Ilan
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
David Ish-Horowicz memorial symposium, Francis Crick Institute, London, 23 June 2025. - YouTube
A public symposium organised by friends, scientific colleages and David's wife Ros Diamond to cellebrate David Ish-Horowiccz's, FRS, scientific achievements,...
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Dear friends and scientific colleagues,
(especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz).
Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared).
Many thanks
Best regards
Ilan
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(especially those of you who knew David Ish-Horowicz).
Feel free to share the attached PDF widely (all the speakers are happy for the talks to be shared).
Many thanks
Best regards
Ilan
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Call for Abstracts Extended! 🌟
Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop.
@asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social
#ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB
Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop.
@asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social
#ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB
July 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Call for Abstracts Extended! 🌟
Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop.
@asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social
#ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB
Join us this September in Sheffield for 'Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal & Artificial Intelligence', an ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop.
@asab.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social
#ArtificialIntelligence #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience I #AcademicWorkshop #ASAB
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Derek Boyd from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, talking on the biological, environmental, and social factors that shaped respiratory health in English cities during the Industrial Revolution
Host: Samantha Purchase
All welcome!
Host: Samantha Purchase
All welcome!
July 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Derek Boyd from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, talking on the biological, environmental, and social factors that shaped respiratory health in English cities during the Industrial Revolution
Host: Samantha Purchase
All welcome!
Host: Samantha Purchase
All welcome!
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Giselle Wiggin from Nxera Pharma, Cambridge, talking on the application of structure-based drug design to GPCR drug discovery.
Host: Tanya Whitfield
All welcome!
Host: Tanya Whitfield
All welcome!
July 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Giselle Wiggin from Nxera Pharma, Cambridge, talking on the application of structure-based drug design to GPCR drug discovery.
Host: Tanya Whitfield
All welcome!
Host: Tanya Whitfield
All welcome!
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Sissy Wamaitha from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social
Host: Stan Strawbridge
@stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social
Host: Stan Strawbridge
@stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
June 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Sissy Wamaitha from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social
Host: Stan Strawbridge
@stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
Sponsored by the Physiological Society @physoc.bsky.social
Host: Stan Strawbridge
@stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
Join researchers from the University of Sheffield’s Neuroscience Institute on 14 and 15 June at the Sheffield Winter Garden for NeuroFest, an interactive showcase of neuroscience research
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 June 2025, 11am-4pm
Sheffield Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 June 2025, 11am-4pm
Sheffield Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH
June 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Join researchers from the University of Sheffield’s Neuroscience Institute on 14 and 15 June at the Sheffield Winter Garden for NeuroFest, an interactive showcase of neuroscience research
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 June 2025, 11am-4pm
Sheffield Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 June 2025, 11am-4pm
Sheffield Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH
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Thanks a lot for hosting me @helenkmatthews.bsky.social, I had a great time !
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series (joint with MCB @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social) is Dr Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social from UCL
@ucl.ac.uk
Giulia is a biophysicist interested in mechanics and developmental patterning.
Host: Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
All welcome!
@ucl.ac.uk
Giulia is a biophysicist interested in mechanics and developmental patterning.
Host: Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
All welcome!
June 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Thanks a lot for hosting me @helenkmatthews.bsky.social, I had a great time !
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series (joint with MCB @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social) is Dr Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social from UCL
@ucl.ac.uk
Giulia is a biophysicist interested in mechanics and developmental patterning.
Host: Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
All welcome!
@ucl.ac.uk
Giulia is a biophysicist interested in mechanics and developmental patterning.
Host: Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
All welcome!
June 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series (joint with MCB @mcb-sheffield.bsky.social) is Dr Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social from UCL
@ucl.ac.uk
Giulia is a biophysicist interested in mechanics and developmental patterning.
Host: Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
All welcome!
@ucl.ac.uk
Giulia is a biophysicist interested in mechanics and developmental patterning.
Host: Helen Matthews
@helenkmatthews.bsky.social
All welcome!
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1/10🧵 New preprint! 🚀
We built a resource of 20 clonal human naïve pluripotent stem cell lines from 10 blastocysts. Explore embryo-to-embryo and clone-to-clone variation in one place.
👉doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.02.657331
We built a resource of 20 clonal human naïve pluripotent stem cell lines from 10 blastocysts. Explore embryo-to-embryo and clone-to-clone variation in one place.
👉doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.02.657331
June 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1/10🧵 New preprint! 🚀
We built a resource of 20 clonal human naïve pluripotent stem cell lines from 10 blastocysts. Explore embryo-to-embryo and clone-to-clone variation in one place.
👉doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.02.657331
We built a resource of 20 clonal human naïve pluripotent stem cell lines from 10 blastocysts. Explore embryo-to-embryo and clone-to-clone variation in one place.
👉doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.02.657331
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Thorsten Boroviak (PDN, University of Cambridge) @pdncambridge.bsky.social , who will talk on early embryonic development in primates.
Host: Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social
All welcome!
May 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today’s speaker in our DRN external seminar series is Dr Thorsten Boroviak (PDN, University of Cambridge) @pdncambridge.bsky.social , who will talk on early embryonic development in primates.
Host: Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Anestis Tsakiridis @tsakiridis.bsky.social
All welcome!
Now out! Chapters in a CTDB issue ‘Development of the Senses’, eds. G. Richardson and D. Wu:
Ceriani F et al. (2025) – Maturation of the mammalian auditory pathway
doi.org/10.1016/bs.c...
Whitfield TT (2025) – Development of semicircular canals and otoliths
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8PbFzn7W...
Ceriani F et al. (2025) – Maturation of the mammalian auditory pathway
doi.org/10.1016/bs.c...
Whitfield TT (2025) – Development of semicircular canals and otoliths
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8PbFzn7W...
May 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Now out! Chapters in a CTDB issue ‘Development of the Senses’, eds. G. Richardson and D. Wu:
Ceriani F et al. (2025) – Maturation of the mammalian auditory pathway
doi.org/10.1016/bs.c...
Whitfield TT (2025) – Development of semicircular canals and otoliths
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8PbFzn7W...
Ceriani F et al. (2025) – Maturation of the mammalian auditory pathway
doi.org/10.1016/bs.c...
Whitfield TT (2025) – Development of semicircular canals and otoliths
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8PbFzn7W...
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Second year PGR symposium with @drn-sheffield.bsky.social!
Exciting day full of science 🧬
Exciting day full of science 🧬
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Second year PGR symposium with @drn-sheffield.bsky.social!
Exciting day full of science 🧬
Exciting day full of science 🧬
Congratulations to Dr Claire Turner @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social and DRN's Professor Ivana Barbaric on their excellent talks in the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Biosciences Inaugural Lecture series today.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/...
www.thebarbariclab.com
www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/...
www.thebarbariclab.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Congratulations to Dr Claire Turner @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social and DRN's Professor Ivana Barbaric on their excellent talks in the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Biosciences Inaugural Lecture series today.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/...
www.thebarbariclab.com
www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/...
www.thebarbariclab.com
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It was fantastic to have @lbates.bsky.social visit last week! Thank you for sharing your exciting work!
The speaker in our DRN external seminar series today is Dr Lawrence Bates @lbates.bsky.social from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, presenting his work on early human development.
Host: Stanley Strawbridge @stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Stanley Strawbridge @stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
May 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It was fantastic to have @lbates.bsky.social visit last week! Thank you for sharing your exciting work!
The speaker in our DRN external seminar series today is Dr Lawrence Bates @lbates.bsky.social from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, presenting his work on early human development.
Host: Stanley Strawbridge @stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Stanley Strawbridge @stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
May 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The speaker in our DRN external seminar series today is Dr Lawrence Bates @lbates.bsky.social from the University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, presenting his work on early human development.
Host: Stanley Strawbridge @stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!
Host: Stanley Strawbridge @stanleystrawbridge.bsky.social
All welcome!