Marta Perera

I'm very happy to share the first paper out of my postdoc, now available at @devbiol.bsky.social This story started as a collaboration during my PhD, where we aimed to uncover the transcriptional responses to FGF in a complex and branching system: the salivary gland. doi.org/10.1016/j.yd... (1/4)

Had a fantastic day today at #YEN2026 ! Excellent talks, great posters and very engaging perspectives on Art&Science. Already looking forward to next year! @yen-network.bsky.social

The YEN Image Competition is accepting entries until the 10 June! Please share with your fellow imaging and science art enthusiasts! 🔬🖌️ Submit your entry via form or email (check poster for details).

Hypercompetition, score compression and AI co-authorship: a perfect storm for grant success rates link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hantavirus is all over the news lately because of the deadly outbreak ongoing on a cruise ship. We put together this primer with some basic info for all of you, and for even more detail, be sure to check out our episode from 2019 which features WAY more information about this group of viruses!

1 week left for the abstract deadline!

Join us for the 2026 YEN conference on the 15th of June at the Francis Crick Institute! Only two weeks left for the abstract deadline!

Don't forget to register for the Young Embryologists Network (YEN) Conference 2026! Francis Crick Institute, London June 15th, 2026 Abstract Deadline: May 13th, 2026 Lots of opportunities for talks from abstracts! Link: forms.gle/fxtmNHjEziVTFprN6 #DevelopmentalBiology #ReproductiveBiology

Many congratulations to Cynthia Andoniadou @pituitarylab.bsky.social, recipient of the 2026 BSDB Cheryll Tickle Medal, honouring her internationally recognised research programme in pituitary gland development and stem cell biology. bsdb.org/2026/03/25/2...

A new paper from the Tucker lab at @ccrb27.bsky.social has just been published in the journal of Anatomy! Secondary cartilage in the murine medial pterygoid plate has a critical role in the pathfinding of the tensor veli palatini Link:  doi.org/10.1111/joa.... (1/5)

Join us in London for this great meeting! Free registration ECR-organised Fantastic speakers Perspectives session Lots of slots for short talks Did I mention free registration? And Travel Grants available! Sign up and submit your abstract: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Legend says there is a similar study from @ccrb27.bsky.social scientists about the sound a banana makes in the tea room table, but what do I know

Fully funded PhD post, UK/Home student, starting 01/06/26. Interested in working at the interface of dev bio, biophysics and cell biology? Great collaboration with Amy Beedle and @leonerossetti.bsky.social Informal enquiries welcome. Deadline 15/03 #neuralcrest www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

New paper from the Tucker lab at @ccrb27.bsky.social published in @dev-journal.bsky.social ! Analysis of Eya1 and Tbx1 mutants highlights interactions between the muscle and developing cartilage during external ear formation. Link: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... (1/4)

Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social

How your email finds me

it appears your manuscript "in preparation" was not published in 2025 after all, mr. bond

A few days left to apply for exciting PhD and Postdoc opportunities in wonderful Copenhagen and join our efforts in understanding Epigenetic Cell Memory.

Groundbreaking

Great opportunity in a fantastic lab!

Can most significant historic events be explained through infectious diseases? I want to believe YES

CCRB paper alert! Most snakes can open their mouths so wide they can consume food that is much larger than their own head. This is partly due to their ‘free’ mandibular symphysis, found to be both bone and cartilage-free. So, how ‘free’ is that symphyseal gap? (1/3)

Life goals

If you're heading to the cinema to see One Battle After Another today, you'll be pleased to know that there is a scene with a mini centrifuge that is properly balanced. And they change the tip for pipetting each sample.

If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon. Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️

Looking for a postdoc position? Join us at the Tucker group! We have chocolate Digestives on a weekly basis

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

After living in the UK for 1 year, I've learned that the little side pocket of my backpack is not only for water bottles but also umbrellas

So proud of the lab team at @ccrb27.bsky.social who achieved a silver LEAF accreditation as part of this. Special mention goes to Rhys Hippolyte-Belle who won the freezer challenge!

It’s always a bit awkward to write about personal experiences. I tried to touch on what Pride means to me and ended up reflecting on heteronormativity, passing, and allyship. Thank you @slefkopoulos.bsky.social for the great opportunity! @ucph.bsky.social #LGBTQIA+ #PRIDE #Diversity

Today I smashed my record of mouse embryos in 1 litter: 20 embryos! I'm taking suggestions on crazy experiments.

In case you were wondering, cats prefer to sleep on their left side. www.cell.com/current-biol...

A fossilized gut with its owner's last meal! www.cell.com/current-biol...

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

Today is my viva-anniversary! I can't believe it's been 1 year since that very stressful but special day.

Researchers from @ccrb27.bsky.social have explored the genetics of deafness, identifying potential genes, known as 'candidates' that could be responsible for the condition. kcl.ac.uk/news/candida... #ScienceAtKings #deafness

All ready in Tuscany for the Neural Crest and Cranial Placodes GRC! Did I get the room with the best view? 🤩

🎉Congratulations to the Top 3 images from the Node–FocalPlane image competition! 1️⃣"Cell-estial bloom" by @oozguc.bsky.social 2️⃣"Dancing actinotroch" by @allancarbal.bsky.social 3️⃣"Who’s active?" by @jupeloggia.bsky.social thenode.biologists.com/results-from... @focalplane.bsky.social #biologists100

Ready for a third day full of exciting science at the biologists @ 100 conference, celebrating 100 (!) Years of The Company of Biologists! #biologists100 @biologists.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social

We need more colourful lab equipment

Have you always dreamt of doing a PhD in eardrum stem cells with Abbie Tucker @ccrb27.bsky.social, on the 27th Floor or Europe's tallest hospital in London? Well, here's an ideal opening for your oddly specific dream www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, why not listen to this special podcast series: “6 Minutes with 6 Women of CCRB”, put together by the amazing Dr Qamariya Nasrullah and the CCRB Comms Team. Listen on Spotify! 👇 open.spotify.com/show/7GoTzSh... #InternationalWomensDay #WomeninSTEMM

Turtles dance and clap in presence of food! Reminds me of a certain somebody...? Ah yes, that's would be me.

Excited to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science #February11 at the Crick Symposium in memory of DevBio extraordinaire Rosa Beddington #BeddingtonConf Looking forward to another day of great talks!

Fantastic story! Unexpected results AND against what was previously thought, but thoroughly supported by the analysis