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*shiny printed thesis* great year for Joe and Ollie (aka our Jollies). Has been amazing to see them become the outstanding scientists they are. Congrats both!

Our laboratory for blastoid development and implantation is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work with us on human embryogenesis. Our core-funded laboratory is located at the IMBA Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in amazing Vienna. Please reTweet and get in touch!

Early-career researchers can now apply for a funded place at our Workshop "Physics of the Early Embryonic Cell Divisions" organised by Lendert Gelens @LendertGelens & Julia Kamenz KamenzLab Find out more and apply at bit.ly/42Aifkx #BiologistsWorkshops

Thanks to our selected speakers and poster presenter for doing an amazing job. Especially congratulations to our winners: Ollie Inge Julian Boecker Helen Eachus who get a Development The Company of Biologists generous prize 🏆

So proud of Ollie Inge Ollie Inge who got a talk prize for presenting his PhD work!

Women are born with all their oocytes, which need to stay viable for decades to ensure fertility. How are they maintained for that long? Our latest research in Nature Cell Biology reveals that oocyte maintenance involves exceptional protein longevity. nature.com/articles/s4155… (1/9)

Our own Mirjam Verbeek got a poster prize on her work on the interplay between cell cycle and metabolism during early development! Many congratulations Mirjam! Very proud of you!

Join us in London for the 3rd Crick/Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium on 10-11 Feb 2025! Fantastic speaker lineup covering a cross-disciplinary exploration of development and regeneration. Loads of selected short talk slots! tinyurl.com/36xt6td3 #beddingtonconf

We are hiring a PhD student in our lab to discover the genetic code and regulatory innovations underlying the evolution of human blastocyst implantation. Our new colleague will use human blastoids, advanced single-cell genomics and bioinformatics approaches. Please join us!

Amazing Science, amazing city, amazing mentor

Each month an #egg is ovulated from the #ovary, starting the journey of reproduction. But how does ovulation occur?🥚 Our latest work in Nature Cell Biology led by Christopher Thomas and Tabea Marx, describes the control of #ovulation using live imaging. bit.ly/3Ya8dEL (1/7)

Happy to share our latest paper, a reference atlas of human development from zygote to gastrulation. Further developed an online reference tool to call cell lineages in an easy and automated manner. Fantastic work by ⁦Cheng Zhao⁩ and authors nature.com/articles/s4159…

It is with a heavy heart that I hear Bela Nova passed away. So heartbreaking. Bela’s pioneering research and huge contributions influenced so many. I was lucky to know him - his sharp mind, wit, humour and kindness will be missed. My condolences to his family, mentees and friends

Now online! Post-gastrulation amnioids as a stem cell-derived model of human extra-embryonic development dlvr.it/TKnbZT

Was so lovely to be part of this work with Borzo Gharibi & SantosLaB. ! Read below to learn more about this cool new model of extra-embryonic development.

🔥 Today in Cell! Drs. Borzo Gharibi & Silvia Santos (SantosLaB) led this study showing that GATA3 is required and sufficient for #amniogenesis and BMP and Wnt signals from the amnion contribute to amniogenesis. The Francis Crick Institute bit.ly/45bJs0c

crick.ac.uk/news/2025-05-1… by Clare Green The Crick

It is with my heart broken that I share that Philippe Bastiaens, Max Plank Director and my PhD advisor has passed away 💔. Philippe had a huge impact in my life and where I am today. His premature passing is heartbreaking. DM me if you would like to be informed of next steps. 🙏

3D human #amnion model. We are a veritable cellular lego cell.com/cell/fulltext/… Very good piece of work, with a focus on the important aspect of this organ #physiology. SantosLaB #CellsRUS #SCBM #EmbryoModels

3D stem-cell-derived model of the amniotic sac complete with fluid – closely resembling that found in pregnancy 📹 Borzo Gharibi et al The Francis Crick Institute, London in Cell ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2025/5…