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Mathis Riehle @mornorse.bsky.social Family & dog - bake, whittle, run, cycle & draw. Nerve repair & biomaterials I teach biology & bioengineering. views=own; he/him. 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🌍 🌌
It’s way too red!
Blog @ https://bio-mat-sketches-mor.blogspot.com
Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social Neuroscience, meninges, blood-brain barrier, cake (or cookies)
http://siegenthalerlabcu.weebly.com/
Gilles Vanwalleghem @drgillesv.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Working with Zebrafish to understand the gut-brain axis 
Rafael Almeida @almeidalab.bsky.social Chancellor's Fellow (ERC StG & NIRG) @ Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh 🐟🧠 🏳️🌈
Interested in synaptic and non-synaptic neurotransmission, and myelin
#zebrafish #neurobiology #neuroscience
http://almeida-lab.com
Eva Kreysing Lab @eva-kreysing-lab.bsky.social University of Warwick
Why do neurons develop as they do and how is this shaped by their interface with the environment?
Anya Suppermpool @asupp.bsky.social Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at UCL Ear Institute 🦟💘 Lipovsek lab, previously Andres lab + 🐟💤 @jasonrihel.bsky.social at UCL
https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/53527-anya-suppermpool
https://lipovsek-lab.org/
Pepe Urbano @urbano-pp.bsky.social Developmental biologist playing with microscopes | Postdoc at @pdncambridge.bsky.social
| PhD at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
| Opinions my own | he/him
@lyons-lab.bsky.social @lyons-lab.bsky.social 
Hanna Häkkinen @hannamariahakkinen.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow interested in cell dynamics in developing embryo. Live imaging/Mechanobiology/Early embryo at PDN in Cambridge University
Shane Herbert @shaneherbert.bsky.social Cell & developmental biologist. Exploring instructive cues encoded in cell shape – in vascular development, morphogenesis and beyond. https://herbertlab.com/ @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social
José Silva & Lab @josesilvalab.bsky.social Reprogramming cells for fun and to create embryo models in the tropical Greater Bay Area
https://www.jose-silva-lab.com/ 🇵🇹🇨🇳🇬🇧
Guangzhou/Cantāo 🌴☀️, China中国
@susiemclaren.bsky.social @susiemclaren.bsky.social Developmental biologist, interested in how corals and algae develop and adapt their symbiosis.
Anzy Miller @anzymiller.bsky.social Interested in how protein dynamics affect cell fate decisions. #DevBio #StemCells #Oscillations #Epigenetics @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health @fbmh-uom.bsky.social The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester.
Hallou Lab @halloulab.bsky.social Group of Adrien Hallou @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Biophysics & spatial biology of cell fate decisions & tissue dynamics
Alumnus @cam.ac.uk & @normalesup.bsky.social
Franco-British Young Leader 2024 🇨🇵🇬🇧
Etienne-Manneville's Lab @etiennemanneville.bsky.social Cell Polarity, Migration and Cancer lab, Institut Pasteur Paris & CNRS
Cell biology group with interest in glial cell migration and glioblastoma invasion, cytoskeleton, mechanobiology, RhoGTPases.
Xander Jones @xanderjones.bsky.social Representing Team Biosensor at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University. https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/jones-group
---Hormone biosensor engineering and imaging---
Ed Boyden @eboyden3.bsky.social Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, MIT. Mindspan Institute, co-founder, co-CEO. Neuroscientist, inventor, entrepreneur.
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez @rodrigofg.bsky.social Epithelial morphogenesis, microscopy and image analysis. Cytoskeleton and cell adhesion. Author of pyjamas.readthedocs.io and bitbucket.org/rfg_lab/junkie. Keeping a group of brilliant scientists entertained at www.quantmorph.ca. Also marathons and sushi.
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz @zernickagoetz.bsky.social Scientist studying development of embryos and building their models from stem cells. The author of #TheDanceofLife. Warsaw/Oxford/Cambridge/LA.
jared toettcher @toettch.bsky.social Dad, bioengineer, climber, skier, surfer (in that order, more or less).
Chaotic good alignment, or so my lab tells me...
Erez Raz @erezraz.bsky.social Cell/Developmental Biologist, Germany
Germ cell development in Zebrafish.
https://www.medizin.uni-muenster.de/en/zmbe/the-institutes/inst-of-cell-biology.html
Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social Biologist inspired by physics | Group Leader, Developmental Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg
Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social Group leader at IMBA Vienna | Excited about #devbio #synbio #stemcells #patterning #morphogenesis #metabolicsignalling #energetics | Investigating how metabolism shapes development
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/groups/kristina-stapornwongkul
Vicky Prince @vprincelab.bsky.social Developmental biologist and zebrafish whisperer at University of Chicago; horse + dog person and outdoor enthusiast.
Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social Award-winning home tank for all things #zebrafish! Connect with us at https://linktr.ee/zebrafishrock 🐟🎸
Holly Lovegrove @lovegrovelab.bsky.social Cell and developmental biology lab at the University of Manchester, interested in cell division in tissues
Theory of Living Matter Group @tlmcambridge.bsky.social TLM is an initiative to build a network for researchers interested in theory and modelling of biological phenomena. We are on X (old twitter) @TLM_Cambridge, @TLM_Cambridge@mstdn.science. Or follow our website for more details: tlmcambridge.blog
Houart Lab @houartlab.bsky.social Our lab studies fundamental mechanisms in early neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases | Centre for Developmental Neurobiology @ King's College London | Satellite lab @ The Francis Crick Institute
Julia Eckert @juliaeckert.bsky.social @dfg.de Walter Benjamin Fellow & Postdoctoral Researcher @yap-lab.bsky.social | Chairperson @epimechfc.bsky.social | Mechanobiology - Cell & Tissue Mechanics - Soft Matter Physics - Image Analysis
👉 https://julia-eckert.github.io
Prisca Liberali @priscaliberali.bsky.social Scientist and mother…passionate about traveling and embracing challenges.
Dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of multicellular systems and stem cell biology. Combining experimental and theoretical approaches to understand the dynamics of cell behaviour
David Brückner @davidbrueckner.bsky.social Assistant Professor @biozentrum.unibas.ch • Theoretical biophysics • Postdoc ISTAustria, PhD LMU Munich, MSc Cambridge University
www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/brueckner
Hilary Ashe @hilaryashe.bsky.social Cell and developmental biologist at University of Manchester. Gene expression and cell signalling enthusiast. Wildlife fanatic.
Antonia Weberling @a-weberling.bsky.social scientist working on early embryogenesis in amniotes, stem cells and conservation
postdoctoral research fellow @ All Souls College, University of Oxford
#EvoDevo #DevBio
German novellist: "Leopold - Der Junge am See" published by Wichern Verlag 2025
Eirini Maniou @emaniou.bsky.social Principal Investigator- Research Ireland Pathway Fellow @DCU working on the biomechanics of neural tube closure
📍Dublin, IE- S Sebastian Streichan @streichan.bsky.social Excited about animal and synthetic morphogenesis, light-sheet microscopy, and quantitative biology
Miki Ebisuya @ebisuyamiki.bsky.social Synthetic developmental biologist at PoL TU Dresden. Cross-species comparison and manipulation of the ORGANOID ZOO.
https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/ebisuya
Yanlan Mao @yanlanmao.bsky.social Professor of Developmental Biophysics.
Crossing all disciplines, through science, art and food | UCL | LMCB | IPLS
www.tissuemechanicslab.com
Science communication and #SciArt via www.datascaperealities.com
Loves hiking, glamping and sourdough baking
eLife @elife.bsky.social The funder-researcher collaboration and open-access publisher for research in the life and biomedical sciences.
Follow @eLifeCommunity.bsky.social
Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social Associate Professor at @camzoology.bsky.social studying pigmentation and neural crest evolution in cichlids.
Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social Interested in early-life and parental effects, climate change, infectious diseases. Likes insects, theory and comparative studies.
Professor of Life History Evolution & Wuebben Fellow, JGU Mainz
Leads EVE lab www.evelab.org
Academic mama, from Zimbabwe
Courtney Hanna @cwhanna.bsky.social Sir Henry Dale Fellow/Group Leader, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, interested in trophoblast, epigenetics and developmental biology
Sankari Nagarajan @sankarinagarajan.bsky.social Woman in STEM, Lecturer in Chromatin Biology
Scott Wilcockson @wilcocksonscott.bsky.social Wellcome CDA Fellow - Developmental biologist sciencing with Danio and Drosophila @TheCrick @devsiglab - Signalling dynamics and cell fate. Opinions are the cats. he/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Moe Gavin @moe-gav.bsky.social Proud Mancunian and proud Mother.
Beth Lawrence @beth-lawrence.bsky.social Dean’s Prize Fellow @ U. of Manchester | Interested in all things cytoskeleton | #microtubules | pronouns: she/her
Adam Byron @iamabyron.bsky.social Cell adhesion networks group leader #cancer #ECMatrix #proteomics #nucleus
#NewPI @thebyronlab.bsky.social University of Manchester
A personal account 🧬🧫 🎶🎹 📷🎨 🦅 🏏
Pawel Grzechnik @grzechnikpawel.bsky.social Group Leader and Lecturer, Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, FBMH, University of Manchester
Transcription, ncRNAs and rare genetic diseases | Loves all types of martial arts
www.grzechniklab.com
Joan Chang @tranejoan.bsky.social Chasing the👩🏻🔬dream: HKG-EDI-LDN-CPH-RDU-MAN| Matrix/⏰ biology | Disease microenvironment | MRC CDA Fellow @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social @mcf-uom.bsky.social, University of Manchester | Mass Spec aficionado
Division of Neuroscience @dns-uom.bsky.social Official account for the Division of Neuroscience at the University of Manchester 
Manchester Cell Matrix Centre @mcrcellmatrix.bsky.social Matrix biology, cell-matrix research at the University of Manchester. Personal tweets. http://www.wellcome-matrix.org/
Ximena Soto @ximenasotouom.bsky.social Group Leader studying Neurogenesis during Spinal cord regeneration. #zebrafish #Notch-signalling #microRNA #oscillations
Pliotas Group @pliotasgroup.bsky.social Mechanosensitive channels & Membrane Proteins - Structural EPR Spectroscopy at The University of Manchester - DEER/PELDOR/PDS
pliotasgroup.org
The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk A proud Manchester institution with teaching, research and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do. 
Molecular and Cellular Function, University of Manchester @mcf-uom.bsky.social We are the Division of Molecular and Cellular Function Division at the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester.
We perform discovery research to provide insight into crucial cellular processes.
British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social This is the official bsky of the BSDB. We aim to advance research and teaching in those aspects of animal and plant biology that are connected with developmental processes.
Join the British Society for Developmental Biology at http://bsdb.org
Steffen Scholpp @scholpplab.bsky.social I am a cell and developmental biologist at the Living Systems Institute (LSI) in Exeter. We work on spreading Wnt signals and characterising cytonemes in zebrafish embryos, human neurons, and cancer using high-res imaging and mathematical modelling.
Levayer Lab @levayerr.bsky.social Epithelial cell death, cell extrusion, self-organisation, mechanotransduction and many other things
Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social Official Journal of the Society for Developmental Biology
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/developmental-biology
bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social 
Jean Léon Maître @maitrejl.bsky.social developmental cell biophysicist searching for the forces shaping life (basically, I suck embryos into micropipettes)🇪🇺
Alex Schier @schierlab.bsky.social Schierlab. Biozentrum Basel. Development. Behavior. Zebrafish. Curious.
The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social Not-for-profit publisher of Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. Host of community sites the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. Supporting biologists and inspiring biology.
John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social Studying cells inside embryos since way before it was cool.
https://www.wallingfordlab.org/
Bruce Appel @bruceappel.bsky.social Developmental neurobiologist in the Section of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Zebrafish, neural cell fate specification, glia, myelin, and the great Colorado outdoors. 
James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social Developmental Biologist working at the Francis Crick Institute. Neural tube, morphogens, and gene regulatory networks. Editor-in-chief, Development.
London · briscoelab.org
Ewan St. John Smith @psalmotoxin.bsky.social 👨🏻🔬& 👨🏻🏫🏳️🌈Neuroscientist in Cambridge UK interested in the neurobiology of pain and everything to do with naked mole-rats. 🏃🏻♂️, 📖 & 🤘
Elisa Galliano @elisagalliano.bsky.social Neurobiologist, serial immigrant, scientist, teacher, espresso addict, bookworm, glomeruli enthusiast. She/Her/Dr. Portrait by a former student.
Cambridge, UK
https://gallianolab.org/
NordenLab @nordenlab.bsky.social How do organs form from cells to tissue? Zebrafish and organoids; live imaging; quantitative biology; theory. Comments by Caren Norden
Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social Scientist of Living Matter. ICREA Professor at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona. The need to know.
Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series @cammorphoseries.bsky.social We run a series of weekly online seminars on Morphogenesis! Our talks run the gamut from cell/tissue biology to theoretical analysis/modelling. Open to all.
ucammorphogenesisseries.wordpress.com
epithelial mechanics fan club @epimechfc.bsky.social 📚 We're your source for papers on various #EpithelialMechanics topics 🔍 & platform to share your research and passion 🧫🔬
Like to write a thread? Please DM us!
💬 @onenimesa.bsky.social & @juliaeckert.bsky.social
👉 https://epithelialmechanics.github.io
Cells & Development @cellsdev.bsky.social 'Cells & Development' journal (formerly 'Mechanisms of Development'). Official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biology isdb.bsky.social
Campàs Lab @campaslab.bsky.social Physics of Embryonic Self-Organization and Morphogenesis. Tweets by Otger Campàs (Professor, Chair of Tissue Dynamics and Director
at the Physics of Life Excellence Cluster of TU Dresden)
Thomas Lecuit @thomaslecuit.bsky.social How are biological forms encoded? Group leader at IBDM Marseille, director of Turing Center for living systems (CENTURI). Professor at Collège de France, Paris: Dynamics of living systems
Rodrigo Young @rodrigoyoung.bsky.social Developmental biologist studying eye formation at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.
https://zebrafishucl.org/young-lab
#zebrafish #eye #devbio
Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social Cell and developmental biologist, Drosophilist, renal organoids & kidney development, cytoskeleton, cell shape, supracellular coordination in morphogenesis, Cambridge, Berlin, Heidelberg, Alto, mum, views are my own… she/her
Barriga Lab @eliasbarrigalab.bsky.social We study the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis @poldresden.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @embo.org @hfspo.bsky.social
https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/team/pol-groups/barriga
Henry De Belly @henrydebelly.bsky.social Assistant Professor at CRI at UTSW
I am into: #Actin, #Membrane, #CellMigration, #Polarity, #Cats, #Mechanobiology #Cheese #CellBiology
Gabriel Galea @glgalea.bsky.social Neuroembryologist. Mechanobiologist. Vet.
Claire Wyart @clairewyart.bsky.social Team Leader @Paris Brain Institute &
Inserm Director. Fascinated by navigation, movement and brain body interactions. Passion for interdisciplinary training. Knows biodiversity and climate demand changing my game... more on wyartlab.org
Chrissy Hammond @hammofish.bsky.social Zebrafish skeletal nerd, lover of the outdoors. Chaos merchant.
Timothy Saunders @timesaunders.bsky.social Professor at Warwick Medical School interested in how complex shape emerges during embryo development. Will work on anything that can be imaged live :)
Rita Mateus @ritamateus.bsky.social Group Leader @MPI-CBG and @POL, TU-Dresden. Dev Biologist mixing it up w/ Physics. Want to know how organs grow! also obsessed with structural colors | ritamateus.com
Flavio Zolessi @fzolessi.bsky.social Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Udelar, Uruguay. PI, Cell Biology of Neural Development group. #development #retina #neurulation #zebrafish
Member of IBRO-LARC @ibroorg.bsky.social
Jeff Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social We study skin-neuron interactions in #zebrafish. Located in beautiful #Seattle (UW Biology). Join us! #devbio #organogenesis #regeneration
Lab website: https://jraslab.org
Kara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social zebrafish wrangler, cell and developmental biologist, microscopist, teacher, researcher, mom, wife, and sometimes runner, hiker, gardener
Berna Sozen @bernasozen.bsky.social Developmental Biologist, Assistant Professor @Yale @YaleMed | PD Alumni @Cambridge_uni @Caltech | Early Embryogenesis & Stem Cell passionate👩🏻🔬
www.sozenlab.org
Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social Journal of Cell Science (JCS) publishes cutting-edge science encompassing all aspects of cell biology. JCS is a community journal published by The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social), a not-for-profit organisation. #cellbiology #cellbio
the Node @the-node.bsky.social the Node is a community site for and by developmental and stem cell biologists, covering news, meetings, and research. Hosted by Development @dev-journal.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social. #DevBio #StemCell
https://thenode.biologists.com
Esteban Hoijman @estebanhoijman.bsky.social Group Leader @ibmb-csic.bsky.social
Filming single cell behavior during embryonic development. Interested in mechanics and immunity.
Berta Verd @bertaverd.bsky.social Evolution of developmental processes.
Associate Professor @OxfordBiology & Fellow @JesusOxford.
@SteventonLab, @CRGenomica & #embryo17 alumna.
Working mother.
Dillan Saunders @dillansaunders.bsky.social A developing developmental biologist. Postdoc at the Francis Crick Institute in the Goehring lab.
Sumru Bayin @sumrubayin.bsky.social Stem Cell Biologist | Group Leader, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
www.bayinlab.com
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social #DevBio Lab at NorthwesternU Studying Pluripotency, Neural Crest Stem Cells and the Evolution of Vertebrates. Recovering Former Dept. Chair, Diversity Advocate. Past President Society for Developmental Biology.
International Society of Developmental Biology @isdb.bsky.social ISDB is a non-profit scientific association that promotes the study of developmental biology
Developmental Dynamics @devdynamics.bsky.social Scientific journal publishing advances in cell and developmental biology, evolution, stem cells, disease and regeneration.
http://www.wiley.com/developmentaldynamics
#DevBio, #EvoDevo, #Neuro, #Cellbio, #StemCells, #Disease, #Regeneration
Cecilia Moens @cbmoens.bsky.social Prof at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle. Studies nervous system development using the zebrafish.