We now have a unique opportunity to keep developing cartilaginous fish models. Throug their study we will be able to explore how these and other features evolved across vertebrates and uncover the molecular mechanisms driving brain evolution. Stay tuned for more discoveries and tool developments!

🧠🦈Excited to present our latest work🧠🦈Interested in brain evolution? And shark embryos? Then read on… Our work sheds light on the deep origins of our brain’s most complex regions.

The beauty of embryogenesis. Can you see the blood flowing in rhythm with the heartbeat? #sharkembryo 🦈

🦈 🦈 Catshark embryo (S canicula) around stage 28 🦈🦈

Fluorescent and thriving shark embryo 💚 🦈 💚