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eLife<p>Scientists have found a new way to recreate inner ear hair cells in the lab to study hearing loss.<br><a href="https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/106550?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=organic_pr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre</span><span class="invisible">prints/106550?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=organic_pr</span></a><br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CellBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellBio</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Bresteau et al. report that apical size reduction via macropinocytosis serves as a malleable and less destructive form of tissue remodeling that can alleviate the need for cell loss. <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead</span><span class="invisible">.do?id=1024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Cyborg tadpoles: Sheng et al. developed soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic arrays that integrate seamlessly into developing embryos’ brains. <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1023" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead</span><span class="invisible">.do?id=1023</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>2025 Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, Sept. 19-21: Registration and Abstract Submission now open! <a href="https://midwestsdbincincy.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">midwestsdbincincy.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
@Co_Biologists<p>We are all set up at SDB.</p><p>Visit our table in the Miramar Ballroom to collect free giveaways from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://biologists.social/@Dev_journal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dev_journal</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://biologists.social/@the_node" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>the_node</span></a></span> and find out more about Open Access publishing, grants, events and our support for the developmental biology community.</p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDB</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/2025SDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2025SDB</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/2025ICDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2025ICDB</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>event</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Reminder: Nominations for the IXB Young Investigator Award are due by June 20. <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1019" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead</span><span class="invisible">.do?id=1019</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Stickers for upcoming meetings. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Edwards et al. discovered that endosomal trafficking, is essential for delivering key proteins to the correct locations during trachea and esophagus development. Published in Developmental Cell. <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead</span><span class="invisible">.do?id=1022</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Cincinnati Xenbase BBQ dinner outing last Friday at Webb's BBQ in Newport, KY. Thanks to Joe Webb! </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/webbsbbq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/webbsbbq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>The Alliance Office Hours topic for June is Orthology and Paralogy in the Alliance Thursday, June 12 @ noon (EDT). The registration form for the webinar is below.<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHCcCbkqslthRbeJVFjyVfOxNfXr4NQ74PCM99VPFPUxW3WA/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLSfHCcCbkqslthRbeJVFjyVfOxNfXr4NQ74PCM99VPFPUxW3WA/viewform</span></a><br>The Alliance Events calendar is:<br><a href="https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alliancegenome.org/event-calen</span><span class="invisible">dar</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Please read and share this opinion piece written by Carole LaBonne (our fellow Xenopus researcher) published in STAT in support for animal models in biomedical research. <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/animal-models-research-nih-biology-medical-breakthroughs-nobel-prize/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statnews.com/2025/05/19/animal</span><span class="invisible">-models-research-nih-biology-medical-breakthroughs-nobel-prize/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Abstract submission for the 20th International Xenopus Conference in Portsmouth, UK is extended to 12pm UK time, June 9! <a href="https://xenopusresource.org/20th-international-xenopus-conference-ixc25" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xenopusresource.org/20th-inter</span><span class="invisible">national-xenopus-conference-ixc25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
preLights<p>How do progenitor cells in the brain give rise to such a diverse range of cell types? 🧠</p><p>In his first <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/preLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preLight</span></a>, Jethro Lundie-Brown discusses work showing that ASCL1 and FOXO1 work together to create inhibitory neurons from bipotent progenitors.</p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preprint</span></a> from Jens Bager Christensen &amp; team <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/BayinLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BayinLab</span></a>.</p><p>Learn more! ⬇️<br><a href="https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/a-conserved-differentiation-program-facilitates-inhibitory-neuron-production-in-the-developing-mouse-and-human-cerebellum/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prelights.biologists.com/highl</span><span class="invisible">ights/a-conserved-differentiation-program-facilitates-inhibitory-neuron-production-in-the-developing-mouse-and-human-cerebellum/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/cerebellum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cerebellum</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>The International Xenopus Board (IXB) Young Investigator Award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member from any country making significant scientific achievements using Xenopus. Nominations due June 20, 2025. <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1019" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead</span><span class="invisible">.do?id=1019</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenopus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
Xenbase<p>Congratulations to Ray Keller, PhD for his election to the National Academy of Sciences. <a href="https://www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead.do?id=1015" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">xenbase.org/xenbase/doNewsRead</span><span class="invisible">.do?id=1015</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devbio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xenops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a></p>
📑 EvoDevo Papers<p>Hi! I'm a bot that shares research papers in EvoDevo (or Evolutionary Developmental Biology).</p><p>Currently, I index a few journals in the field and post links to articles that were published recently, one per day.</p><p>Since my posts are set to “quiet public”, they don't appear on Mastodon's feeds or hashtags searches. So, please, boost the papers you find worth sharing!</p><p>Any feedback is welcome. Thanks :)</p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/EvoDevo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvoDevo</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Papers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Papers</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/EvoBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvoBio</span></a></p>
Sally Lowell<p>‪<br>Our latest preprint:</p><p>It is very useful to be able to measure the properties of individual cells in relation to their neighbours in 3D tissues, but it is also complicated &amp; difficult </p><p>The talented Matt French devised computational approaches that helped us overcome many of these difficulties </p><p>This helps us work out when where &amp; how cells make differentiation decisions by talking to their neighbours during axis elongation</p><p>Hope it's useful! Comments welcome </p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.03.610492v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">24.09.03.610492v1</span></a></p>
Albert Cardona<p>"Whole-embryo Spatial Transcriptomics at Subcellular Resolution from Gastrulation to Organogenesis", by Wan et al. 2024<br><a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.27.609868v1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20</span><span class="invisible">24.08.27.609868v1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/zebrafish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zebrafish</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RNAseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNAseq</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/transcriptomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcriptomics</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/weMERFISH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weMERFISH</span></a></p>
Sally Lowell<p>Wow. Finally. But why did it take 22 years to retract this paper?</p><p>Retraction Note: Pluripotency of mesenchymal stem cells derived from adult marrow | Nature<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07653-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-07653-0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a></p>
Sally Lowell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@snailman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>snailman</span></a></span> Wow, that is amazing!</p><p>Is it really true that chirality is manifested so early, even in blastomeres? How? 🤯 </p><p><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/DevBio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevBio</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06Wxc-oX-s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=U06Wxc-oX-</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>