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Hot off the press:
The excellent Maheva Andriatsilavo and colleagues show how a temporal sequence of stochastic molecular mechanisms allow the emergence of stereotyped individualised neuronal circuits. Just published in Nature Neuroscience:
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Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster
Nature Neuroscience - The developmental origin of behavioral individuality is unclear. The authors show that a temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in...
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May 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Check it out at PNAS today. Thank you Alexandre for the collaboration!!

PK Mem probes offer long time-lapse imaging of cell membrane dynamics. Made possible by
Jing Ling, Yitong Liu, and all the collaborators!

Available @spirochrome.com
Thrilled to collaborate with @zhixingchen2.bsky.social Lab @pku1898.bsky.social !
We tested new PK Mem dyes—gentle, photostable tools to label the plasma membrane in live neurons, making it easier to track growth cone motility & axonal transport. #liveimaging #neuroscience
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July 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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This isn't a coincidence, IMO. The fly community is generally super rigorous - because there are so many tools and techniques available, people expect you to really nail things in order to get published (and keep getting funded)
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Visitor at work today @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging.
I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉
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April 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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You maybe interested in this film I made in a very remote part of Tibet while I was doing my PhD in Developmental Biology, shown on BBC2 in 1988.

A pilgrimage to Mount Kailas - the centre of the universe to Tibetan Buddhism.

youtu.be/ls4doaxVBkg
A pilgrimage to Mt Kailas, Tibet 1987. BBC2 14min 50sec
YouTube video by Ilan Davis Lab
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February 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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We are pleased to report publication of the Drosophila circadian clock connectome in @naturecomms.bsky.social. Check out the final version for additional analyses not present in the preprint. @unrcabnr.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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For this #FluorescenceFriday, let's watch an axonal growth cone (for a change) displaying its most beautiful filopodia (this time)! 🤩 They are so dynamic! 1 image taken every 500 ms for 5 min played at 15 fps. 🧪
December 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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December 20, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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Let's unleash the axonal growth cones for this #Fluorescencefriday ! #neuroscience #Liveimaging #microscopy #Axonguidance
November 15, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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May commissural axons find their way in here 🙏
#Microscopy #LiveImaging #AxonGuidance #Neuroscience
November 13, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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These Pooh and Piglet neurons are #lost without ROBO receptors. More about the wonders of axon guidance: axonology.com/how-to-build...
#SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪
September 26, 2024 at 8:27 PM