I reviewed a paper last year about the embryonic development of Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly (or medfly). The authors used time-lapse recordings of whole embryos made with lightsheet microscopy to create a comprehensive staging system for the embryogenesis of the species. It was one of the first reviews that I signed (disclosed my […]
Nikon Small World has announced the winners of this year’s photomicrography competition. My image of a drain fly embryo made it to the Images of Distinction category!
Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia is a free public art exhibition curated by SubtleFlux (Shae Nadine) that is showcasing microscopy images and videos in downtown Chicago, USA. In magnifying these concealed worlds, we aim to unveil the inherent beauty and undeniable truths that underscore our collective responsibility as stewards of Earth. From Veritas Magnus Vis Microscopia‘s […]
The mitotic waves made it onto the Sächsische Zeitung, a regional newspaper published in Dresden (thanks to Katrin Boes from MPI-CBG). They wrote a nice little piece about the video. I translated it to English (using DeepL…). You can read it below. Scientist receives coveted film award Dresden researcher turns little fruit flies into movie […]
Our brachiopod Wnt paper has been peer-reviewed, was accepted, and is now published in BMC Biology! The article is open-access: Vellutini, B. C., Martín-Durán, J. M., Børve, A. & Hejnol, A. Combinatorial Wnt signaling landscape during brachiopod anteroposterior patterning. BMC Biol. 22, 1–23 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01988-w
My video of mitotic waves won Nikon’s 2024 Small World in Motion video competition! I’m thrilled 🎉 To learn more about the video, check out Nikon’s press release and their article for the series Masters of Microscopy. There’s also a blog post that I wrote a couple of years ago with some biological information and […]
I recently finished the revision of our paper about the Wnt signaling landscape in brachiopod development. This is work from my PhD time in the Hejnol Lab in Norway. We posted it on bioRxiv last September, and sent to a journal later that year. Following the reviewers’ feedback, we added new data, made significant improvements […]
Visualizing the dynamics of gene expression patterns over time is a challenge. But this is a nice way.
Kinya Ota’s Lab investigates the embryonic development and evolutionary biology of goldfish. Their YouTube channel has a great diversity of videos describing laboratory techniques, culture conditions, developmental time lapses, and a lot more. I’ve seen a few videos about fertilization and embryos, but I just found out that they’re doing a series on goldfish evo-devo! […]
I never imagined that one day I’d be looking at the embryology of fleas… But here I am.