Cells can form patterns within themselves just like embryos do. How? Connie Yan's new preprint shows how the anterior-posterior cytoskeleton pattern in Stentor is dictated by regionalized scaffolding proteins

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Hi I’m @yamini-ravichan.bsky.social , a postdoc interested in the mechanical induction of topological defect-mediated morphogenesis. I use different organisms to study the role of topological defects shaping development & regeneration. Below is an insight to the field!

🔔 Proud to share the preprint of my PhD work in the Petridou group @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social @embl.org ✨

“A closed feedback between tissue phase transitions and morphogen gradients drives patterning dynamics” 🐟 🔁 📶

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#devbio #biophysics

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In the deep ocean & Antarctic waters, sponges grow at a rate of fewer than 2cm/yr. While life on land seems to move at an oft dizzying pace, the size of this sponge suggests this animal may have been alive for hundreds of years. #AntarcticClimateConnections

Is the deuterostome clade an artifact???

New paper with first author @anaserrasilva.bsky.social, Laura Piovani, Paschalis Natsidis and project co-led by Paschalia Kapli.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was nice writing this piece and thinking about ichthyosporeans to distract myself from the absurdity of the world over the past weeks. With perfect comedic (or tragic) timing, it came out today. Check it out if you need a distraction from the absurdity of the world. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The evolution of shape diversity through the lens of physics—explored in our new paper! A fruitful collaboration between our lab @EMBL, Salbreux’s lab @unige & others, led by @BailleulRichar1—now independent at @ENS_ULM—& Nicolas Cuny. bit.ly/3WRqdEa