Rory Cooper
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
Developmental biologist investigating the emergence of patterns in diverse embryos. Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield 🐊 🦈 🐥
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Rory Cooper
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Our research made the cover of @nature.com 🎉! Read our article to learn how compressive forces sculpt the intricate head scales of crocodiles 🐊🧪 @lanevol.bsky.social @genevunige.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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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.
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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!
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🚨 Join us TODAY for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🚨 Join us TODAY for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
@rorylcooper.bsky.social
@maltemederacke.bsky.social
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Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Volume 152 Issue 20 | Development | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
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🚨 Join us tomorrow for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨 @rorylcooper.bsky.social @maltemederacke.bsky.social
🚨 TLM Online Seminar Series - 05.11.25 | 16:00 UK
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
Malte Mederacke: "The emergence of the fractal bronchial tree"
Rory Cooper: " The mechanics of crocodile and tortoise head scale patterning"
Please repost & to attend online please register to our 📧for the zoom link: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨 Join us tomorrow for two really exciting talks on the emergence of the fractal bronchial tree and tortoise/ crocodile head scale patterning!🚨 @rorylcooper.bsky.social @maltemederacke.bsky.social
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Fully funded 4-year PhD position available in my lab! Study neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations in the fly brain - learn calcium imaging, electrophysiology, genetics and computational modelling. Apply by 7 Jan 2026. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DLA Programme: Neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fully funded 4-year PhD position available in my lab! Study neuronal compensation for natural circuit perturbations in the fly brain - learn calcium imaging, electrophysiology, genetics and computational modelling. Apply by 7 Jan 2026. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🚨 Come join us @sheffielduni.bsky.social for a PhD on the evolution and development of feathers and flight! 🐣🔬
This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚨 Come join us @sheffielduni.bsky.social for a PhD on the evolution and development of feathers and flight! 🐣🔬
This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
This project is supervised by @matt-towers.bsky.social & @alexgfletcher.bsky.social, and I'm excited to be involved as a project advisor. Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
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🚨 PhD Projects 🚨
We are advertising two UKRI funded PhD projects at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social. #stemcells #development #embryology #reproductivephysiology #mathmaticalmodelling #quantitativebiology
We are advertising two UKRI funded PhD projects at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social. #stemcells #development #embryology #reproductivephysiology #mathmaticalmodelling #quantitativebiology
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨 PhD Projects 🚨
We are advertising two UKRI funded PhD projects at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social. #stemcells #development #embryology #reproductivephysiology #mathmaticalmodelling #quantitativebiology
We are advertising two UKRI funded PhD projects at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social. #stemcells #development #embryology #reproductivephysiology #mathmaticalmodelling #quantitativebiology
I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social!
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’ll be speaking about the mechanical development of crocodile and tortoise head scales next Wednesday at 4pm for the @tlmcambridge.bsky.social seminar series. Subscribe to the mailing list to hear more about my work, and that of @maltemederacke.bsky.social!
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...
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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!
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I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting!
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I am absolutely delighted to share the invited speakers for our upcoming @bsdb.bsky.social "Molecules to Morphogenesis" meeting!
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Registration and abstract submission is now open - join us!
bsdb.org/meetings/
March 23-26, 2026 - UK
Delighted that my light sheet image of an embryonic chicken wing was recognised as an Image of Distinction in the Nikon Small World 2025 Photomicrography Competition 🐣🔬
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
Wing of a chicken embryo after 11 days of development | 2025 Photomicrography Competition
Rory Cooper - Wing of a chicken embryo after 11 days of development
www.nikonsmallworld.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Delighted that my light sheet image of an embryonic chicken wing was recognised as an Image of Distinction in the Nikon Small World 2025 Photomicrography Competition 🐣🔬
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
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🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social
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🐊 New 90‑second video: watch the digital model of a #crocodile head side‑by‑side with a stunning multi‑material #3Dprint.
▶️ Video: youtu.be/3roeSI-HBbg?...
📖 Nature Article: rdcu.be/d3dnd
🎬 Full explainer (26K+ views, multiple languages): youtube.com/playlist?lis...
▶️ Video: youtu.be/3roeSI-HBbg?...
📖 Nature Article: rdcu.be/d3dnd
🎬 Full explainer (26K+ views, multiple languages): youtube.com/playlist?lis...
From 3D Modelling to 3D Printing - The Movie
YouTube video by The LANE channel
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🐊 New 90‑second video: watch the digital model of a #crocodile head side‑by‑side with a stunning multi‑material #3Dprint.
▶️ Video: youtu.be/3roeSI-HBbg?...
📖 Nature Article: rdcu.be/d3dnd
🎬 Full explainer (26K+ views, multiple languages): youtube.com/playlist?lis...
▶️ Video: youtu.be/3roeSI-HBbg?...
📖 Nature Article: rdcu.be/d3dnd
🎬 Full explainer (26K+ views, multiple languages): youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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I'm a bit late to the party over here. I'll be advertising a BBSRC-funded postdoc position soon. So if anyone wants to solve some outstanding questions in limb development - please get in touch. We have a variety of models and approaches (everything from stem cells to sharks). towerslab.weebly.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm a bit late to the party over here. I'll be advertising a BBSRC-funded postdoc position soon. So if anyone wants to solve some outstanding questions in limb development - please get in touch. We have a variety of models and approaches (everything from stem cells to sharks). towerslab.weebly.com
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Shark tooth regeneration: RNAseq reveals genes for unlimited dental renewal https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672487v1
August 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shark tooth regeneration: RNAseq reveals genes for unlimited dental renewal https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672487v1
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Our latest: We developed a chemo-optogenetic system for precise spatiotemporal control of morphogen production. Using dual light + small molecule control of Sonic Hedgehog production, we recapitulated neural tube patterning in vitro & measured spread of Shh
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Investigating morphogen and patterning dynamics with optogenetic control of morphogen production
Morphogen gradients provide the patterning cues that instruct cell fate decisions during development. Here, we establish an optogenetic system for the…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our latest: We developed a chemo-optogenetic system for precise spatiotemporal control of morphogen production. Using dual light + small molecule control of Sonic Hedgehog production, we recapitulated neural tube patterning in vitro & measured spread of Shh
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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1/6
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/6
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Preprint Alert
Ever thought that humans & chameleons look alike?
We follow chameleon development from fertilisation to oviposition & uncover the process through which they form an epiblast lumen that exhibits striking similarity to human embryos
#devbio #evodevo
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The final paper from my PhD project is out! Check it out for lots of live recordings of regenerating limbs.
We show how we optimized long-term live imaging of regenerating crustacean limbs, up to 10 days, with high temporal resolution.
#microscopymonday #regeneration #liveimaging
We show how we optimized long-term live imaging of regenerating crustacean limbs, up to 10 days, with high temporal resolution.
#microscopymonday #regeneration #liveimaging
Latest paper elifesciences.org/articles/107... closes an important cycle in our efforts to study regeneration: week-long recordings allow us to observe the behaviour of cells during the entire course of regeneration in a crustacean leg – bright objects in movie are fluorescent nuclei of cells. 1/6
August 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The final paper from my PhD project is out! Check it out for lots of live recordings of regenerating limbs.
We show how we optimized long-term live imaging of regenerating crustacean limbs, up to 10 days, with high temporal resolution.
#microscopymonday #regeneration #liveimaging
We show how we optimized long-term live imaging of regenerating crustacean limbs, up to 10 days, with high temporal resolution.
#microscopymonday #regeneration #liveimaging
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Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
Mechanochemical coupling of cell shape and organ function optimizes heart size and contractile efficiency in zebrafish
Andrews et al. demonstrate that multiscale feedback between mechanical and chemical
cues builds a functional heart to support zebrafish embryonic life. Cell recruitment
and organ-scale forces drive tr...
tinyurl.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thrilled to bits to see our latest work online in Dev Cell! 🥳
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
We wanted to know how cells build functional organs with precision🫀🫁📏 Here we show how coupling of cell shape and organ function fine tunes the form and contractile power of the developing #zebrafish heart 1/n
tinyurl.com/cell-stretch
Developing scales on the head of a shark embryo, stained with YoPro1 iodide (labelling cell nuclei) and imaged with light sheet microscopy 🦈🔬🧪
July 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Developing scales on the head of a shark embryo, stained with YoPro1 iodide (labelling cell nuclei) and imaged with light sheet microscopy 🦈🔬🧪
Shark embryos of four different developmental stages, growing outside of their eggcases 🦈 🧪
July 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Shark embryos of four different developmental stages, growing outside of their eggcases 🦈 🧪
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🧬🇬🇧 UK Evo-Devo Starter Pack go.bsky.app/SgRdF9T
July 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🧬🇬🇧 UK Evo-Devo Starter Pack go.bsky.app/SgRdF9T
Had a lovely time at the Northern England Developmental Biology meeting on Thursday, and UK Evo Devo on Friday. Great to hear about the fascinating ongoing #DevBio research in the UK and beyond!
July 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Had a lovely time at the Northern England Developmental Biology meeting on Thursday, and UK Evo Devo on Friday. Great to hear about the fascinating ongoing #DevBio research in the UK and beyond!