Vilaiwan Fernandes

Drosophila developmental neurobiologist (she/her) at University College London

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

We are recruiting a postdoc for Autumn 2023 to work on the cell biology of neuron-generated morphogen gradients! Get in touch! #Drosophila #neural #development

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

Postdoc position available in the Barrios Lab!
Great science and great environment!

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

@rahil_shafat Wonderful! Apply here:<https://t.co/GKNgM0ofQi>

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

We are recruiting a postdoc for Autumn 2023 to work on the cell biology of neuron-generated morphogen gradients! Get in touch! #Drosophila #neural #development

[UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @UCLLifeSciences]

We recently interviewed Associate Professor Nazif Alic from the Institute of Healthy Ageing. Nazif mentions his work with the @UCL_Biosci_REC and Athena Swan. Read more: https://t.co/EhWj3mLaoN @uclbiosciences

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

@Tirthadipa @EstherVerheyen @LorenaBraid @KChinnaiya @GrinuMathew @kylalala9 @barrosolab @MaAlfaidi @Krispy_ed @LynneQuarmby ah! throwback!

[UCL Research Dept of Cell & Developmental Biology @uclcdb]

Please join us this Thursday at 4pm GMT for a talk by Prof Marc Freeman, Director of the Vollum Institute, Portland. "How does the nervous system respond to injury?" Details and link at: https://t.co/00RjUEtn0Y
#uclbiosciences #marcfreeman #axons

[Amoyel lab @AmoyelLab]

Hey #Flyfolk, we're pleased to share our reporter for ERK signalling using the Kinase Translocation Reporter technique from @RegotLab. It works in flies!
Here's the preprint https://t.co/DqzT4DqEZR and stocks will be available soon from @flystocks

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

(3) Programmed cell death in the brain is assumed to be regulated intrinsically when stereotyped and predictable vs. extrinsically when stochastic. We show that in the lamina tissue architecture can establish stereotyped patterns of apoptosis in response to extrinsic signals.

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

Just deposited on bioRxiv: “Differentiation signals from glia are fine-tuned to set neuronal numbers during development”. Primarily the work of Anadika Prasad and Matthew Bostock, who were supported by Inês Baldaia-Lago and Zaynab Housseini. https://t.co/1kF0fiubpz

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

(2) Besides regulating proliferation or survival, neuronal numbers can be set by regulating the number of neural precursors induced to differentiate. Tissue architecture and feedback inhibition by newly born neurons limit differentiation signals from glia to do so in the lamina.

[Amoyel lab @AmoyelLab]

The Amoyel lab is on Twitter! Better late than never...
And you can join us - we have open positions, see website for details or get in touch, we welcome any enquiry. https://t.co/H8D4edIYD2

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

After years of twitter dormancy we've reawakened and we are recruiting a research assistant!
For more details and to apply see: https://t.co/BcZtGiXkP0

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

https://t.co/AouzEvwWDM

[CDN | King's College @dev_neuro]

Join our leading researchers, @Rico_lab and Prof Benedikt Berninger for @ComunidadCeru Science in the Pub - How to Build a Brain on 01 May. Registration is free: https://t.co/R47RrUnK4x … We'll be in Horseshoe Inn nr London Bridge

[Kevin Lee @nyckevil]

A tragic, thoughtful, beautifully written story by @sarahzhang on the importance of glia in brain development. #RareDiseases https://t.co/xLUgPBnj3W

[Vilaiwan Fernandes @fernandesflylab]

@the_Node @LASDB_DevBiol Wow! Looks like an amazing meeting!

[the Node @the_Node]

Our #devbioFF is the @LanuzaLab from @fundacionleloir in Buenos Aires, who work on the generation of neuronal cell diversity in the hindbrain and spinal cord #devbio #FF
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https://t.co/m0id9PydA5