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Probably the first scientific description of regeneration in crustaceans, by Réaumur 1712 The paper starts like this: Scholars are as wary of the marvellous as common people are ready to believe it. ... 🧵 1/3

How depressing – another pretentious and artificial way to promote the star system, without ever reading and thinking about the science

Pomaks, a slavic-speaking ethnicity, have faced isolation & exclusion in mountainous areas of northern Greece. When borders opened, Pomak men emigrated and Pomak society experienced an unusual transformation. Article by my daughter Marta, based on 2023 fieldwork.

ECMI Minorities Blog. Pomak Minority Women and the Fallout of Male MigrationAfter decades of strict movement restrictions, socioeconomic and political isolation, widespread male migration has profoundly transformed the lifestyles of the Pomak minority in North-Eastern Greece....www.ecmi.de

Mapping neurons in the brain of a beetle, by Gregor Bucher's team @bucherlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Happy we could make a minor contribution by providing a Brainbow construct, which the team used to map neuronal projections Tribolium Brainbow soon available on Addgene

I almost forgot: a big thank you to Development's @dev-journal.bsky.social editorial and production teams for being supportive, flexible and responsive re: editorial communication and deadlines, during a period when I faced a serious health problem. It means a lot to have this support.

These images show live embryos of animals (jellyfish, crustacean, worm, sea urchin, sea squirt, beetle) and one of animals closest single-celled relatives. They were captured taking advantage of fluorescent proteins localised on the outer membrane of cells, allowing us to observe cell outlines. 1/9

Οur recent preprint includes data from 3 new Parhyale species: aquilina & plumicornis from the Mediterranean, darvishi from the Persian Gulf I started looking for such species in 2021. Amphipod expert Oliver Coleman gave me some key contacts: Farzaneh Momtazi (Iran) & Sabrina Lo Brutto (Palermo) /1

In animals with large genomes, finding cis-regulatory elements can be very challenging. Enhancers can be located tens/hundreds of kb away from their target promoters. We face this challenge in Parhyale, with >3 Gbp genome. We just published a preprint describing how we are tackling this problem. /1

Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful! here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments

À quoi ressemble le quotidien dans un laboratoire de recherche ? En 2025, Arthur Monternier, étudiant en art, a passé six mois dans notre laboratoire. Il raconte son expérience dans cette bande dessinée. popsciences.universite-lyon.fr/ressources/l... popsciences.universite-lyon.fr/app/uploads/...

How is everyday life in a research lab? Last year Arthur Monternier, an art student, joined our lab for 6 months. He conveys his experience in this comic strip. popsciences.universite-lyon.fr/ressources/l... popsciences.universite-lyon.fr/app/uploads/...