Last Friday Jérôme Gros from @pasteur.fr presented an amazing working understanding mechanical feedback during embryonic self-organization. Jérôme was hosted by @ecamagu.bsky.social

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A crowd of proteins can act together to amplify genes. Yet, it is not enough to turn genes on. Researchers from the Bothma lab described how proteins cluster together to amplify gene transcription in a recent article. Curious? Flock together and read more here: www.hubrecht.eu/transcriptio...

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Really looking forward to watching this video demonstration of Tom Elsdale's somatic nuclear transplantation with my Dev Bio class today as we discuss Gurdon's 1962 work. And thanks to @denisduboule.bsky.social for uploading it to YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGv...

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Prof. Jacopo Meldolesi passed away. He was a great teacher and a lovely person with an extraordinary passion for neuroscience to which he tirelessy dedicated his life. Farewell Jacopo it was a privilege knowing you and sharing with you a few steps on the journey of scientific discovery. RIP Jacopo

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How do nuclear compartments form inside cell nuclei? We show RNA glues certain loci together to form a nuclear compartment. This involves special GC-rich regions of highly expressed genes that also associate with nuclear speckles, but interactions between these loci are independent of speckles!

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