@rodrigofg
Epithelial morphogenesis, microscopy and image analysis. Cytoskeleton and cell adhesion. Author of pyjamas.readthedocs.io and bitbucket.org/rfg_lab/junkie. Keeping a group of brilliant scientists entertained at www.quantmorph.ca. Also marathons and sushi.
...and on the subject of debts...
I am always grateful for the tireless efforts of Suzy Brown and the entire @genetics-gsa.bsky.social staff, who make our #Drosophila annual meetings, including #dros26, run so smoothly.
Hip-hip... hooray!
Hip-hip... hooray!
Hip-hip... hooray!
That’s a wrap on #dros26! To the amazing organizers, students, postdocs, Fly Board, and all the attendees - @genetics-gsa.bsky.social is grateful for you! Check out some of the Fly origami.
feeling a lot of positive energy from #Dros26, it is so needed in these times. especially after sharing more broadly about how arts and music intersect with science, i had great convos with lots of people about this. check out this incredible tattoo! bonus points if you know what molecule it is... 🪰
Signing off as the #grad student rep for the Fly board ! And super excited to pass on the baton to Melissa Mychalczuk from the Wolfner Lab ! Can't wait to see all the amazing things she does for the #Drosophila community and #earlycareer trainees.
#Dros26
@briod613.bsky.social will round things off on Saturday presenting on integrin heterodimer localization at poster 213.
Excited to share our work at #DROS26!
I’ll be giving a talk today at 11 AM in the Patterning, Morphogenesis, and Organogenesis session.
Also come check out posters from our lab: Elizabeth (F 2-4 pm), Debbie (S 1:30-3:30 pm)
A lot of exciting things have been happing in the @rothenberglab.bsky.social so we have been keeping really busy. A few of us are at #Dros26 to share our science. Come by one of our posters to say hi!
What happens if the germline goes on without (most of the) piRNAs for 45 generations?
Come find out at my talk at the evolution session on Saturday at #dros26 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
🪰🔬🔎⁉️🤔
Picture of Sarah
Talk slide title with images of testis defects
If you're at #Dros26 and are interested in how cells change shape & move during morphogenesis & how different classic cadherins influence different cell behaviors, check out the talk by @saraheclark.bsky.social in Cell Biology: Cytoskeleton, Organelles, & Trafficking II Sat 9:15 🧪
My first #DROS26 talk yesterday was so much more fun than I anticipated! I started the session terrified to present but left feeling inspired by everyone’s talks and questions I received about my project. So happy to find such a welcoming and supportive community here. Thanks for the opportunity!
I’ve had blue sky for a couple of years now, but it took #DROS26 to inspire me to debut my first post. If you see me around, say hi! I’d love to get to know more people in the community 🪰
If you are at #Dros26 and want to see what our lab has been up to, check out @rafaelperezvicente.bsky.social’s poster on sexual dimorphism during heart development (611, Fri 2-4pm) and @qeenyra.bsky.social’s talk on the effects of confinement on cardiac progenitor migration (Cell bio, Sat 8am). 🧪🪰
Thanks for organizing Tara!!!
Fly 🪰 people are the best people! 🔬🥼🧬 having a blast in Chicago #Dros26 (but missing Dan who is serving as super dad at home) @mbustill.bsky.social @rodrigofg.bsky.social @krothphd.bsky.social
I’d think that many people in the hypothetical state and University (including the hypothetical dept chair) should be thankful to the hypothetical biology professor (and that the hypothetical dept chair should have used a few expletives with the hypothetical administrator).
Congrats!!
Field maple like the one planted in Young People's Forest, at Mead, UK, to celebrate our publication in Development.
And check out our tree!!! Such an awesome initiative ... thanks @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social !!
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Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez and Veronica Castle (left and centre) and Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan (right)
To learn more about the people behind the paper, we talked to the first author, Veronica Castle, and the co-corresponding authors @rodrigofg.bsky.social, Professor at the @utoronto.ca, and @goncaerdemci.bsky.social, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Read the Research Article ‘Cell divisions both challenge and refine tissue boundaries in the Drosophila embryo’ here: doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Cell divisions test and shape boundaries in Drosophila embryos
This Research Highlight showcases work from Veronica Castle, @rodrigofg.bsky.social and @goncaerdemci.bsky.social: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
So excited our paper is out now!! It was a very fun project where we combined vertex models and in vivo experiments, and we showed cell divisions play a dual role for the Drosophila ME boundary by increasing tissue fluidity!
And if you wanted proof ... @dev-journal.bsky.social
The people behind the papers - Veronica Castle, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez and Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan
#Drosophila
Read the really nice highlight that @dev-journal.bsky.social wrote summarizing our study:
Really fun study led by Veronica Castle and @goncaerdemci.bsky.social, with key contributions by @merdekam.bsky.social and Rafael Perez-Vicente. With generous funding from #NSERC, #CIHR and @trogersresearch.bsky.social. @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social @bme-uoft.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @westernu.ca.
Check out our new publication @dev-journal.bsky.social! If you thought that cell divisions challenge tissue boundaries ... you got half of the story! Using in vivo quantitative microscopy and math. modelling we show that divisions fluidize tissues and facilitate boundary refinement. 🧪 #drosophila
Tons of sadness in the news, but we should still celebrate important things. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!!! @negberry.bsky.social, @willowp.bsky.social, @qeenyra.bsky.social, @anamcarmo.bsky.social, @krothphd.bsky.social, @goncaerdemci.bsky.social, @utoronto.ca
President Barrack Obama looking cheekily thoughtful
Your Black History Moment
Not in The Epstein Files.
As Fran was nice enough to highlight this, I thought I'd put up a brief thread. 3 in 10 proteins that our cells make are either embedded in membranes (ion channels, adhesion molecules, etc.) or secreted (insulin, antibodies). They move through the secretory pathway.
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