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Group leader @MRC_LMB . Self-organisation and developmental plasticity during mammalian development

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2 months

📢📢New paper alert! The work of Aly, the first PhD student in my lab is out! We have explored the mechanisms of germline entry in the mouse and identified integrin signaling as a new roadblock of primordial germ cell specification. Keep reading:

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Integrin signaling in pluripotent cells acts as a gatekeeper of mouse germline entry

Extracellular matrix signaling via integrins acts as a morphogenetic checkpoint that restricts entry into the mouse germ line.

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España me formó. 6 años en un instituto público, 5 años de Biología y un máster en la UAM y 5 años de doctorado en el CNIO. Gracias a las becas jamás pagué nada. Ahora que llegó el momento de devolver a la sociedad la inversión lo hago en el extranjero. #SinCienciaNoHayFuturo

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Best way to start 2022: my lab has been awarded an ERC starting grant @ERC_Research !! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 We will be studying how tissue morphology affects pluripotent stem cell fate decisions during mouse and human development. Stay tuned for updates!

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8 transcription factors are sufficient to transform pluripotent cells into oocyte-like cells!

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The most exciting news I will probably ever share in Twitter: I am honoured and thrilled to announce that I am officially starting my own group at the LMB in Cambridge! I will be looking for a postdoc soon so stay tuned!

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Pluripotent stem cells have the unique capacity to generate all the cell types of the organism. In the embryo, they undergo concomitant changes in shape and identity to set the foundation of the body...

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3 years

Defining myself as a mother scientist

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5 months

So happy to see our happy spheroids on the cover of @Dev_Cell !!

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4 years

First paper of the Shahbazi lab: a review on human embryo development. I wrote it during maternity leave and lockdown, and so it is very special for me. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

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Extremely happy to share the first manuscript of the lab! 🥳🥳🥳In this paper, we have looked at the coupling between delamination and differentiation at gastrulation. If you are interested in pluripotency, gastrulation, and mouse embryos keep reading!

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Our first trip as a family: an Italian dad, a Spanish mother and a British daughter. Tomorrow vote to keep us all together, vote against borders and for unity. #VoteTactically

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It was a matter of time, and finally someone did it! Intravital imaging of mouse embryos:

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New paper!! What happens when the number of cells in an embryo is increased? The dynamics and mechanisms of embryonic morphogenesis change! Amniotic cavity formation is delayed and requires cell death

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More than 15 years ago visiting Iran with my family I was stopped by the morality policy. They just told me: go to the van!! I was paralysed. There was just one empty seat in the van, waiting for me, the rest already occupied by other young teenagers. My father quickly said...👇🏼

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After two years and 8 months of paperwork to import human morulas from Spain for research, we have finally received them!! One million thanks to @URH_GdR and all the patients that donated their embryos. We will try our best to learn as much as we can from them

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I am very honoured to receive this award. Thank you so much to the 3Rs and GSK for the recognition of our work.

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The National Centre for the 3Rs

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Congratulations to both of our 2019 #3RsPrize winners, who will each receive a £15k prize grant and a £2k personal award for their outstanding contributions to 3Rs research.

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4 years

The Shahbazi lab website is finally live!

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📢Applications for the LMB PhD programme are now open. The LMB is without any doubt a fantastic place to do a PhD! This year I am recruiting. If you are interested please get in touch

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International PhD Programme

International PhD Programme Every year the LMB International PhD Programme offers 20-30 new graduate students from the UK and all over the world the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research. At...

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Introducing science at an early age. First visit to the @MRC_LMB of my 3 days old baby

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Our newest story published @NatureComms ! Fantastic collaboration between @MZG_Lab , @IVIclinics and @thermanetwork . We have used our human embryo culture system to study the phenotypes of aneuploid human embryos at day 9 of development: 👇👇👇

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Developmental potential of aneuploid human embryos cultured beyond implantation

Nature Communications - Aneuploidy, abnormal chromosome number, is a major cause of early pregnancy loss. Here the authors determine the extent of post-implantation development of human embryos...

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2 years

The bravery of Iranian women is absolutely remarkable. They risk their lives to fight for their freedom and we should do everything we possibly can to support them #Masha_amini #IranRevoIution2022

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2 years

This is my favorite paper of the year so far. Such a creative experimental approach! Congratulations to the authors!

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Generation of functional oocytes from male mice in vitro

Nature - Mouse induced pluripotent stem cells derived from differentiated fibroblasts could be converted from male (XY) to female (XX), resulting in cells that could form oocytes and give rise to...

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6 papers reporting embryo models in less than a month it’s a lot to digest! And this is why I decided to give a journal club comparing the 6. Really useful discussion with the lab and our special guest @BailWeatherbee

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New paper alert! We have analysed the mechanism of cell polarisation in the human embryo and how this influences the first cell fate decision. Continue reading if you want to know more! 👇👇👇👇

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Mechanism of cell polarisation and first lineage segregation in the human embryo

The formation of differential cell lineages in the mammalian blastocyst from the totipotent zygote is crucial for implantation and the success of the whole pregnancy. The first lineage segregation...

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Recruitment alert!! The Cell Biology division of the LMB is looking for a junior group leader. Core funding, amazing facilities, freedom to pursue your ideas, collaborative environment, and great colleagues. Any questions please get in touch.

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Research Group Leader in Cell Biology - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (GB)

Research Group Leader in Cell BiologySalary Range £57,305 - £77,154 per annum MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK The Cell Biol...

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Someone was really paying attention to her mummy talking about human embryo development #PintOfScience #momademia

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The first plate of cells is growing in the Shahbazi lab. I had never been so excited about feeders!! 😄😄 #newPI_in_corona_times

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Best first day! :)

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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How do cells know what to become? @Marta_Shahbazi , who joins the LMB today, aims to understand the molecular mechanisms that govern cell identity, a fundamental question that involves multiple levels of biological organisation. Welcome to the LMB! #stemcells

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Our latest study on human embryo development: Great collaborators and a real team effort @TimCoorens @matteo_mole @A_Weberling @BailWeatherbee @ZernickaGoetz @MZG_Lab @roserventotormo @CARE_Fertility @BournHallClinic

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A single cell characterisation of human embryogenesis identifies pluripotency transitions and...

Nature Communications - Single cell analysis of early human embryos identifies key changes in pluripotency, the requirement of FGF signalling for embryo survival, and defines a putative...

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Today my baby Alma went to her first lab meeting. She is only 4 weeks old but it’s never too early to start learning about human embryo development! #womeninstem

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4 years

Finally published!! I really enjoyed this collaboration with Manuel Serrano and Cian Lynch from the @IRBBarcelona . Inhibition of CDK8/19 stabilises naive pluripotency in mouse and human ESCs

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Un placer hablar con Iker de embriones, células madre y el futuro de la investigación sobre el desarrollo humano

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Conectamos EN DIRECTO con @Marta_Shahbazi , bióloga de la Universidad de Cambridge, para analizar una de las noticias de la semana en el ámbito científico. #MilenioLive

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The Cell Biology Division of the LMB is recruiting group leaders! This is a unique opportunity! I cannot recommend it enough. Don't hesitate to apply and please reach out if you have any questions

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The field of embryo models is advancing very quickly. @vincentpasque and I have tried our best to present the current status of the field and deconstruct all the complexity in this review. If you want to know more keep reading!

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Early human development and stem cell-based human embryo models

Stem cell-based models of the human embryo promise to transform the study of human embryogenesis. In this review, we discuss our current knowledge of the first 2 weeks of human embryo development and...

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5 years

If you are looking for a postdoc and are interested in pluripotency, human embryos, epithelial tissues and reprogramming get in touch!

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3 years

Very happy to share with you our latest publication: We have generated human yolk sac-like cells, and use them to model the yolk sac-epiblast interaction in vitro

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An in vitro stem cell model of human epiblast and yolk sac interaction

Human yolk sac-like cells, which share characteristics with the post-implantation human hypoblast, can model the interaction between the epiblast and hypoblast that occurs during early human develo...

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2 years

Check out the special issue on human embryo development that @nmoris and myself put together. Really great reviews! Thanks a lot to all the authors that contributed.

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5 years

Really enjoyed writing this review with Eric Siggia and @ZernickaGoetz . Hope you will enjoy it as well!

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2 years

“She is a foreigner! She doesn’t know how to wear the hijab properly” After telling me off, they let me go. I was soo afraid, the following day I made sure I was fully covered. When a society is built around fear is easy to become paralysed, blocked, and unable to think... 👇🏼

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4 years

A new working routine

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2 years

Let me introduce you to my two super postdocs Viviane Rosa @Viviane13825742 and Nanami Sato @773ssss . I am the visible face, currently presenting their work at #ECCDB2022 , but they are doing the hard work! #PostdocAppreciationWeek

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2 years

My personal view on the fundamental paper on size regulation by Janet Rossant and collaborators. A classic that everyone should read!

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4 years

Going back home, spending time with my family, going out with my high school friends, running San Silvestre... None of that is happening this year. But at least thanks to science there is light at the end of the tunnel! Merry Christmas, specially to those that are far from home!

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If you missed the workshop from the company of biologists "Cell State Transitions" don't miss the meeting report: It was a pleasure to write it with such fantastic co-authors! @KateMiro1 @JoseNegreteJr3 @KevinChalut and Austin Smith

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Cell state transitions: catch them if you can

Summary: An overview of The Company of Biologists 2022 workshop on 'Cell State Transitions: Approaches, Experimental Systems and Models' tackling emerging concepts in cell state and fate specificat...

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This is incredible!! Single cell atlas of an in vivo developing human embryo at the gastrula stage. @VallierLab @anto_scial

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Congratulations Dr. Makhlouf!! It has been a pleasure to have you as the first PhD student of the Shahbazi lab. Thanks to the examiners for the discussion and to everyone in the lab for creating such an amazing PhD hat! 😊😊 #proudPI

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Thank you so much @ISSCR for approving my application for a child dependent care grant to attend the annual meeting! Initiatives such as this have such a huge positive impact. In my case, it means me, my baby and my parents are going to #ISSCR2024 ! 😃

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Don’t miss the #LMBopenday today! So much to learn and so much fun!

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4 years

I am really happy to see this work from @ZernickaGoetz lab finally published! Fantastic work from the fantastic @zhumeng123 ! Congratulations to everyone! Keep reading if you want to know more about early embryos, polarity and time

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3 years

New paper alert! How do early human embryos polarise? This work involved so many IVF clinics and collaborators across the globe. I am so glad to see it finally published!

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5 years

I am looking for a postdoc to join me at the LMB in February. Scientists at the LMB tackle “fundamental, often difficult and long-term research problems”. Get in touch if you are up for the challenge!

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Gastrulation enthusiasts: don't miss the new article from Isabelle Migeotte's group! Non-apical mitoses contribute to delamination during mouse gastrulation. I am very happy to be part of this work and to see that our 3D EpiSC model was useful!

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Non-apical mitoses contribute to cell delamination during mouse gastrulation

Nature Communications - During mouse gastrulation the primitive streak is an area of cell division and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, though how mitoses and cell delamination are linked is...

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2 years

La burocracia va a matar a la ciencia española. Una clínica de FIV con la que colaboro solicitó un permiso de exportación de embriones a la Comisión Nacional de Reproducción Asistida. Un año después nos informan de que la solicitud la tengo que hacer yo y tenemos que empezar de 0

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So many cool articles in Nature today! Mouse embryos cultured in vitro from E5.5 to E11! 🤩Amazing achievement from @jacob_hanna and colleagues. And new stem cell models of the human blastocyst.

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2 years

I am so glad to know our work is the most read paper in @stemcellreports !!

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Cell Press

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Embryo size regulates the timing and mechanism of pluripotent tissue morphogenesis @Marta_Shahbazi @Viviane13825742 @frantonica @KyprianouChr @ZernickaGoetz Most read paper from @stemcellreports @ISSCR @martinperaJAX

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6 years

Finally out! Don’t miss it if you are interested in innovations to study the early mouse and human embryo. I hope people will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it 😊 @NatureCellBio @ZernickaGoetz

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2 years

This is such a nice cover. Congratulations @MZG_Lab ! @ZernickaGoetz I have learned so many valuable lessons from you, and the importance of having an artistic mindset when doing science was definitely one of them.

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Nature Cell Biology

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👉Check out our September issue! #SyntheticEmbryos on the cover! 🪂Dive into #CellularPlasticity , TDP-43 pathology & #PhaseSeparation , #mTORC1 control, #LipidDroplet targeting, a #CRISPR method, #exctracellularvesicles , a Review on #transposons &more!

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4 years

@GemmaSue1329 Totalmente de acuerdo. Fue una decisión personal no volver y quedarme fuera. Las condiciones que tengo aquí no las tendría en España.

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Are you ready to become a group leader? Are you looking for a supportive environment and really nice colleagues? Do you want freedom and resources to follow your best ideas? Then apply to the group leader call of the LMB Cell Biology division!

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Who would have thought? Cell division is dispensable for differentiation during Zebrafish gastrulation

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Global decoupling of cell differentiation from cell division in early embryo development

As tissues develop, cells divide and differentiate concurrently. Conflicting evidence shows that cell division is either dispensable or required for formation of cell types. To determine the role of...

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A pleasure to write about the recent human blastoids from the @NRivron lab. The field is advancing so quickly!

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3 years

On my way to the 12th DB course @institut_curie . I cannot be more excited! My first in person meeting since the pandemic began! Also my first night away from my daughter since she was born. I will definitely miss her! #motherscientist

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A Cambridge must: formal dinner of the Shahbazi lab. The next item on the list is punting!

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The EMBO leadership course should be mandatory to all new group leaders. Fantastic experience, food for thought, and a list of changes to implement in the lab!

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Mette Hvied Lauesen

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Just spent 4 very fulfilling days in Cambridge with MRC-LMB & S. Leadership isn't all about whipping people up for results and these people got that. @MelanieGlickman @LifeSciLearn @LeadSculpt

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I am very excited to learn that our findings in PGCs extend to other species and tissues. Extracellular matrix signaling also inhibits the Wnt signaling pathway in the context of brain organoids!

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Morphodynamics of human early brain organoid development

Brain organoids enable the mechanistic study of human brain development, and provide opportunities to explore self-organization in unconstrained developmental systems. Here, we establish long-term,...

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I am really happy to see the first edition of the Stem Cell Report podcast! This is a fantastic initiative. I really enjoyed listening to Janet Rossant and Patrick Tam while I was dissecting E5.5 embryos. Very inspiring!

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The Stem Cell Report with Martin Pera

Stem cell science has catapulted to the forefront of biomedical research over the last decade, bringing with it the potential to transform human health and the treatment of devastating diseases and...

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Merry Christmas everyone! This year we managed to leave the U.K. to see our family abroad and this is the best present one could ever have.

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10 months

Run first, celebrate later. Happy 2024! #SanSilvestre

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Thank you so much for the nomination! I am really honoured. I hope to inspire many talented women to pursue a scientific career. We can! 💪

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Congratulations our colleague @Marta_Shahbazi and all other awards winners this year!

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Talking to high school students about my experience as a female scientist. I can't think of a better way to celebrate International Women's day!

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While I hug my kids in bed I can’t stop thinking about all the parents that lost their kids, all the kids that lost their parents, and all the families that hug each other at night praying they will see the light of another day. My heart is with you

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A great resource for those studying the human embryo: transcriptome and methylome of human embryos cultured in vitro beyond implantation. So glad to see different independent groups using our culture method successfully!

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Reconstituting the transcriptome and DNA methylome landscapes of human implantation

Nature - Transcriptomics and DNA methylomics are used to study the implantation process of human embryos at single-cell resolution.

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3 years

The COVID pandemic has impacted our lives in many different ways. Thanks to @CellStemCell for giving visibility to the struggles, ambitions and hopes of early career scientists. It was a pleasure to share my experience as a mother scientist

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Cell Stem Cell

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Over the past year, we've featured 71 early-career researchers who discussed their research and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on their labs & lives. We mark the closing of this article series with interviews and essays from some of the participants.

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It cannot be said in a clearer way: stem cell models of the embryo are neither synthetic nor embryos.

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The ISSCR Statement on New Research with Embryo Models — International Society for Stem Cell...

The ISSCR supports research with embryo models derived from human pluripotent stem cells that is conducted with scientific and ethical rigor. ISSCR encourages researchers to continue to follow the...

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Really glad to see this published! Validates some of our findings and provides very interesting new insights on the pluripotency of the epiblast rosette.

In vitro capture and characterization of embryonic rosette-stage pluripotency between naive and...

Nature Cell Biology - Neagu, van Genderen and Escudero et al. show that simultaneous inhibition of WNT and MEK signalling maintains a naive-primed intermediate pluripotency state in vitro, which...

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Baby Alma got her first round of vaccines today. Of course she cried, but by vaccinating her we are contributing to create a world free of preventable diseases. Vaccines save lives! #VaccinesSaveLives #VaccinesWork

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I really enjoyed reading this paper! A beautiful example of how powerful live imaging can be.

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To those living in Cambridge: last Friday I lost this silver pendant. It has an extremely important sentimental value. The chances are very small, but if anybody has seen it please let me know. Thanks!

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To end the PostDoc appreciation week I want to introduce my two fantastic postdocs Viviane and Nanami ( @Viviane13825742 and @773ssss ) @MRC_LMB . Thanks for all your dedication, hard work and enthusiasm! #NPAW2021 #lovepostdocs

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Are you interested in imaging, morphogenesis, and mechanical forces? Do you want to join an interdisciplinary lab to work on an exciting project? Then look no further and apply for the postdoc position available in Kate McDole's lab!

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The ERC grant, @Viviane13825742 birthday, Melinda’s farewell party, and a very delayed Christmas celebration. It was definitely time to get together! #bestlabever

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Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope you are having a lovely holiday break. For me Christmas means family and friends, sleeping without setting up an alarm, reading a book, long walks in the city, and visiting the nativity in church. Food for the soul and energy for the new year!

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A tour de force: a single cell spatiotemporal protein atlas of transcription factor expression across embryo development. It was a pleasure to write the news and views!

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The long and winding road of development: a coordinated song of transcription factors

Nature Methods - A four-dimensional single-cell atlas of transcription factor expression in Caenorhabditis elegans allows the identification of novel regulators of embryo development and the...

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Today I say thanks to the exceptional mentors that I had during my scientific career. They are examples of truly amazing women in STEM @ZernickaGoetz @perezmorenolab #InternationalWomensDay

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If you are interested in using our 3D EpiSC model, we have just published a detailed protocol. Any questions please get in touch!

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6 years

Brilliant!

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This is the best description of brexit From @JamesAcaster

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I just googled "blastoid" and found out "Blastoids are an extinct type of stemmed echinoderm, often referred to as sea buds". Lots of beautiful fossil images instead of embryo models!

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For #postdocappreciationweek let me introduce the first postdoc of the Shahbazi lab! Nanami Sato studied cell competition in epithelial tissues during her PhD. For her postdoc she will be looking at how epithelial tissue organisation affects pluripotent cell identity @773ssss

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@j_cantoral @ERC_Research It would be good to know how many women and men applied. Is the female/male ratio of applicants and awardees conserved? This would help us understand whether reviewers could have an unconscious bias

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I really enjoyed reading this review from @Morgani_S and Kat Hadjantonakis. Everything I ever wanted to know about signalling during gastrulation!

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6 years

My first blog post: a personal view on our human embryo research for the @sciencemuseum ! And if you are in London don’t forget to visit their fantastic IVF exhibition!

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Growing human embryos in vitro for longer than ever - Science Museum Blog

University of Cambridge research fellow, Marta Shahbazi, discusses developments in IVF research making it possible to grow human embryos in vitro for longer than ever.

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Today's reminder: just because a field is "hot" doesn't mean that we should drop the bar of scientific rigor

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2 years

See you soon Barcelona! The #EIWConf was really fantastic. I had engaging scientific discussions, bring with me a list of ideas/questions to think about, saw old and new friends, and even sat on @viktri08 chair to chat with @XavierTrepat !

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This is a really important article. There are plenty of human embryos available for research, and even when patients would like to donate them for research, in most cases this does not happen. Now more than ever, we need more human embryo research.

IVF embryos in the bin, embryo-like structures in the spotlight

Embryo-like structures (ELS) are intended for the study of embryonic development without the use of human supernumerary embryos. Scientists working in countries that do not allow research on embryos...

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I am very happy to have witnessed the birth and growth of @MZG_Lab 's stem cell embryo models. It is mind-blowing how much progress has been made over the past years. Science in real time!

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Behind the developing brains and beating hearts of stem cell-derived embryo models | Open Biology

Studies over the past decade have shown how stem cells representing embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues of the mouse can self-assemble in the culture dish to recapitulate an astonishing part of...

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When I told my high school Physics teacher that I wanted to study Biology to be a scientist he replied "you will end up been a cashier". 17 years later I want to tell every girl: you can follow your dreams

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5 years

Non genetic information in the cytoplasm is sufficient for self-organisation. How cool is that?

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How am I supposed to look for "Brachyury" in papers if T is used instead? Control + F is useless! 😩

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So important to be frequently reminded of every single point in this list!

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I wrote down my rules on how to Science. I hope you find it useful!

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Snake venom gland organoids from @TheCleversLab . How cool is that??

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If you want to know more about 3D cultures, don't miss this panel discussion:

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