hitoyas.bsky.social
@hitoyas.bsky.social
Developmental biologist, CNRS researcher, working on embryogenesis
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How do pleiotropic TFs generate organized diversity in developing tissues? @spinalorga.bsky.social shows that PAX3 & PAX7 organize #SpinalCord by acting as both repressors & pioneer activators, regulated by #morphogens to ensure precise neural subtype specification @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4qumsla
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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What are these?

You are looking at embryos of a sea squirt. Each of the 'soap bubbles' is a living cell, about a fourtieth of a millimetre in size. The outlines of the cells are visible thanks to fluorescent markers identified by Hitoyoshi Yasuo @hitoyas.bsky.social

see doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵
October 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM