Vicky & The Sleight Lab

vs-marine.bsky.social

28 July 2026 09:11

Please share, I am hiring an evo devo postdoctoral research fellow! 📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world) 📅: start after 1st December 2026 🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs) ⌛: 3 year contract sleightlab.com/vacancies/

Maria Antonietta Tosches

matosches.bsky.social

28 July 2026 09:08

Newts do not recapitulate what happened in ancient tetrapods, but may use similar mechanisms by convergence. By studying plasticity at the water-to-land interface, we can learn how nervous systems and behaviors are shaped by the different physical forces of terrestrial and aquatic environments. 🧵5/5

Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine

idrm.ox.ac.uk

18 July 2026 18:05

The Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Imaging between @kiroxford.bsky.social and the Institute of Developmental & Regenerative Medicine has become the first to acquire the new ZEISS Lightfield 4D system. Read more: www.idrm.ox.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

Margherita Battistara

mbattistara.bsky.social

09 July 2026 07:18

Final thought: development is not one fixed script. Evolution finds different mechanical solutions to the same morphogenetic problem. Or, more simply: when things get crowded, the beetle finds another dimension. 🪲 #EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium

Margherita Battistara

mbattistara.bsky.social

09 July 2026 07:17

And when Drosophila is forced into a more beetle-like situation? In tribbles mutants, where mesoderm cells divide prematurely, we also see out-of-plane divisions and delayed furrow formation. So out-of-plane division may be a shared response to dividing in a constricting tissue.