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Physical Biology of Developing Systems
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We are located at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social McMaster University Biology/Physics departments studying early vertebrate embryo patterning with quantitative tools!
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posts by M. Fethullah Simsek.
Thanks Joaquin!
October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
5/5 All the 3-D printing files, and Arduino program are made available as supplementary files. Read for details: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
An accessible microfluidic perfusion platform for time-restricted control of zebrafish embryonic patterning
Pattern formation in development relies on spatially localized and timely action of cell signalling networks1,2. Understanding the dynamic nature of developmental networks requires live imaging techni...
www.biorxiv.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
4/5 We can further observe ERK signal dynamics with live translocation reporter (yellow), which shuttles into the nuclei (cyan) from cytoplasm at the moment MEK inhibitory drug is being perfused into the imaging chamber (~24min).
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
3/5 And as we perfuse 💉drugs 💊 and rinse them out in a pulsated fashion we can reconstitute somites in segmentation clock mutants (as I had done by hand in my postdoc @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... ) now in a fully automated fashion, notice 5 boundaries forming at the end of movie 🐟:
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
2/5🐟 embryos can stably be imaged on stage in sub-cellular resolution:
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Really cool experiments to solve a developmental mystery! 👏🏻I see how torque arises, but where does the chirality come from? Why are they whirling counter clockwise as seen from dorsal? Sorry didn't dig the preprint yet..
July 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
If you can combine with a controlled (in space and/or time) chemokine signal, would be interesting to see how to win the tug of war with optogenetic pulses...
July 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I was seeing those in clouds frequently when doing drug induced somite experiments 🙃
July 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The day which will come for every single one of us... It is interestingly different to live expecting it to come near while enjoying the legacy of what has been gifted and what awaits around the corner. With much respect and support. 🩵
July 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
To see supplementary figure S39 which I have no idea how ended up there go to page 109!
July 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM