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V happy to announce I am setting up my lab GeneticsCambridge Cambridge University supported by a Wellcome CDA. Embryo patterning and evolution via microscopy, mutants + modelling; mainly Drosophila (for now). RA + PDRA job ads coming soon–please get in touch informally if interested!

It was a privilege to write this piece for Development on Disability inclusivity in our community. Thanks again to Young Embryologist Network, my fellow authors in the associated Voices piece, and everyone engaged in disability advocacy. Let's keep the conversation going!

I’m working with my peers to build a database of graduate fellowships for *international* bio PhD students in the US as they’re ineligible to apply for the F31/GRFP. I emailed 15+ universities and so far have this resource: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…. Know any others? Please link!

Stoked to share a new teamstembryo preprint MPI-CBG Dresden Physics of Life Dresden📢. What drives phenotypic variation in embryo models? We discovered an important role for metabolism! tinyurl.com/43e6x7su Highly relevant: tinyurl.com/576pzzy2 Trivedi Lab Miki Ebisuya Let 's eXplain (1/17)

Transitions in development – an interview with Berna Sozen In this interview, Berna Sozen talks about her journey to becoming a group leader and the importance of making science careers accessible: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

Happy to share our collaborative work on the thermodynamics of unicellular growth and metabolism. 🥳🤯 doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

👇👇👇Special Issue. Call for papers Developmental Biology Society for Developmental Biology (image: Michael Barresi ): Teaching for Social Change. 👇👇👇 Do you have an approach to teaching social justice issues in developmental biology? ..

Excited to share my first author postdoc paper in Developmental Cell cell.com/developmental-…

Our latest out today nature! We revisit a century-old theory and show that metabolic gradients work hand-in-hand with genetic&signalling instructions to shape the embryo. Glucose isn't just an energy source, it acts as a major conductor of the body plan🍬 nature.com/articles/s4158…

With the current emphasis on 'perfect' and 'complete' stem-cell-based embryo models, we take a step back to think about how imperfect forms can key us in on hidden rules underlying development and embryogenesis. Join us on this historical walk through Alberch's Logic of Monsters.

📢 Check our new piece! We conceptualize stem-cell-based embryo models as developmental monstrosities, which can uncover ‘hidden’ rules & developmental constraints that robustly shape & pattern the embryo. MPI-CBG Dresden Physics of Life Dresden Yale Department of Genetics The Francis Crick Institute (1/n) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Cnidarians are supposed to be diploblastic. In this new ms we show that in the sea anemone Nematostella the interplay of Wnt, MAPK and Notch signaling controls the segregation of endodermal, mesodermal and ectodermal identities. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The Musser lab site is live! Signs of life confirmed! Hello world!! 👋 We study how organisms evolved specialized cell types & orchestrate complex behav., in sponges, sea anemone and other early-branching animals. Find us in CT (or in your ponds & lakes) musserlab.org