Good to see @RSPCA_official recognise publicly that gene editing in farmed animals can offer benefits for health and welfare - in terms of preventing and controlling disease. Signs of a more pragmatic, evidence-based approach, which is very welcome.
https://t.co/EfEqnU9gMN
People in Brisbane and Melbourne we need your help! Please join our study to develop a much needed diagnostic test for Long COVID - reach out because we would love to hear from you! Please retweet far and wide!!
On this day in 1936, the last known thylacine—a wolf-like marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger—died at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. The animal’s passing marked the extinction of its species, and underscores the current need to protect our planet’s wildlife before it’s too late.
Live imaging of cellular protrusions during spinal neural tube closure in a TgT2[UbC:Lifeact-EGFP] quail embryo at stage HH9–HH10 (E1). Lifeact-EGFP quail presented by @MelanieDWhite et al. offers insights into tissue formation in a higher vertebrate. https://t.co/WHCSzl9rTk
This is a video of cells reaching out to close an embryo's neural tube as the brain and spinal cord begin to form.
#UQ researchers captured this process for the first time in quails to understand more about congenital birth defects.
Read more: https://t.co/3sHldiQB1l
A new transgenic Lifeact-EGFP quail to investigate #actin dynamics during #morphogenesis in a higher vertebrate from Alvarez, @MelanieDWhite et al. @IMBatUQ. Perfect for hi-res imaging of the actin cytoskeleton from subcellular to tissue scale in vivo. https://t.co/LwRZsYQTBM
Check out this thread from my outstanding PhD student @wang_jianxiong@IMBatUQ highlighting some of his favourite research on the mechanics of neural tube development!
Out now in Nature Comms from a fabulous international collaboration across 4 countries with @SMBurgessLab The Vertebrate Genome project, Manfred Schartl, the Anderson lab and ourselves. A quality genome and very low mutation rate for our epaulette shark
https://t.co/Y68DV6CFsm
Let's take a moment to appreciate this honorable mention from the #NikonSmallWorldInMotion competition, which demonstrates the early nervous system formation in a quail embryo.
https://t.co/eDtCON2kbb
Photo Cred: Dr. Melanie White & Jianxiong Wang
Congratulations to our new (currently still twitterless) PhD student @IMBatUQ Marise van der Spuy for her first author review on Cellular Dynamics of Neural Tube Formation just published! https://t.co/TVPgjK1Rrr