UCL Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

CDB is excited to be recruiting for several Lecturer / Associate Professor positions. For full details see: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🌟 We're thrilled to see the remarkable achievements of @mayorlab.bsky.social Roberto Mayor, UCL Professor and a member of our CDB department, featured in this inspiring article from the Society for Developmental Biology. 📖 Read here: www.sdbonline.org/resource?Res...

🧠🦴✨ What an incredible way to celebrate World Anatomy Day 2026! The Centre were delighted to welcome the public to the Grant Museum of Zoology for the return of Amazing Anatomy on 17 October. @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @laurabporro.bsky.social Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

📅 SAVE THE DATE! 📅 We're delighted to announce that the next UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy Annual Symposium will take place on Thursday 18 February 2027. More details on the theme, speakers and registration will be announced soon. @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

🦠Congratulations to Sebastian Knüsel, Mattias Benninger, @davidversluis.bsky.social, Robert Insall, Calvin Tiengwe, and Isabel Roditi on their latest publication in Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

🦴🔬 Congratulations to Lucy Roberts and collaborators on the publication of their latest paper in Nature, led by researchers from the University of Oxford and the American Museum of Natural History. @ucl-cdb.bsky.social 📖 Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧬 New Research Spotlight 📢 Congratulations to @davidversluis.bsky.social on the latest publication in PLOS Computational Biology! 📖 Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

🔬 Calling all UCL staff and researchers! 📢 TODAY, 15 October, join us at 1PM for the Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) Seminar featuring Professor Jody Rosenblatt from King's College London. 📅 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🎉 Join the next @londonsynbio.bsky.social event TOMORROW featuring more exciting work! 📅 Date: 15 October ⏰ Time: 18:00 📍 Location: G08 Sir David Davies Lecture Theatre PLEASE Register at: events.humanitix.com/lsn-15oct26 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

🧬 New Research Spotlight 📢 Congratulations to @davidversluis.bsky.social on the latest publication in PLOS Computational Biology! 📖 Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

📸 New to UCL? Don’t miss a selfie with Jeremy Bentham in the UCL Student Centre. Strike a pose, share your photo and tag us. We’d love to see your best Bentham selfies! #UCLStudents #JeremyBentham #WelcomeToUCL #StudentLife

Balancing a recent post on #wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social, now we mention #bees: Marius @didziokas.bsky.social designs custom #LEGO sets as a hobby, which, if enough support, will be made & offered for sale: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea... @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - comments on #anatomy?!

🔬 Next week, join us for the CDB Seminar featuring Professor Jody Rosenblatt from King's College London. Thursday 15 October | 1-2PM 📅 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🎟️ Tickets go on sale TODAY 9 October for our Amazing Anatomy event at the Grant Museum! 🧠✨ Book your tickets today: 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-eve...

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🔬🧬 Join the next London Bioimage Interest Group (L-BIIG) Seminar TOMORROW 12-1pm. Speakers: 🎤 Andrew Shevchuk (Imperial College London) 🎤 David Arancibia (UCL / Universidad de Chile) @ucllifesciences.bsky.social 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/research-inn...

💊 Thinking about studying Pharmacy? Join our UCL MPharm Q&A sessions on 14 October. Learn more about studying at the world's #1 university for Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences in the 2026 Shanghai Ranking. 🕙 10-11am | 🕑 2-3pm Book now: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... #UCL #Pharmacy #MPharm

🍎📚 👏 This World Teachers' Day, that took place on 5 October, we thank all those who dedicate their time, expertise, and enthusiasm to education and student success. 🔗 Learn about CDB: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... 🔗 World Teachers' Day: www.unesco.org/en/days/teac... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

Welcome to @ucl.ac.uk! We are home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group. Visit us and find out more about our collection. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

🐾🌍 #WorldAnimalDay on Sunday 4 October, we celebrate the animals that inspire discovery. At UCL's C4IA, we explore anatomy, evolution, and biodiversity to better understand life, past and present. 🦴🔬 www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ucl-cdb.bsky.social

🌍🍽️ On 29 Sept #EndFoodWasteDay, we're celebrating sustainability in action! Proud to see CDB recognised with a Bronze Green Impact Award at UCL. Small changes add up to big impact for people and the planet. 🌱♻️ #Sustainability #UCLCDB www.un.org/en/observanc... www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🎓 Welcome to a new term at the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences! Our Dean, Professor Gail Taylor, shares a message for students, staff and researchers as we begin an exciting year ahead. 👋💙 youtu.be/Ymp_ii74Qv8?...

🧬 New research in Nature Cell Biology reveals how tissue flow helps guide immune cell migration and polarity. Congrats to Hoang Anh Le, Jonas Hartmann, Ricard Alert and collaborators! 👏🔬 #CellBiology #Immunology 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

UCL Staff Only | CDB Seminar Series 🧠 Join the upcoming CDB Seminar Series featuring Professor Carolina Rezaval from the University of Birmingham, whose research explores how brains make decisions when faced with competing choices. 1 October 2026 | 13.00 - 14.00 www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🎉 Congratulations to Lauren Bennett @laurenb29.bsky.social, PhD student in CDB, on the publication of her paper, "Subicular spatial codes arise from predictive mapping", in Nature Communications! 📖 Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You may recall this fascinating seminar with UCL CDB's Jonas Hartmann on: 🧠 “A Conceptual Basis for Generalizable Theories of Complex and Diverse Living Systems” If you missed it, or would like to revisit the discussion, the recording is now available on YouTube: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNFM...

Still reflecting on what a fantastic CDB Away Day it was. Great conversations, plenty of laughs, valuable insights, and a real sense of being part of something bigger. Days like these remind you of the power of collaboration and connection. 👏 @laurabporro.bsky.social

MULTIPLE JOB ALERTS 🚨 The newly minted Garner Lab (www.rikkigarnerlab.org) at UT-Austin is hiring at all levels, including undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and research staff! They are looking to build a kind, supportive, and interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. More details in 🧵

🎉 A Big Thank You for a Fantastic CDB Away Day! 🎉 We would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the recent CDB Away Day on Friday 11 September 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

📢 Calling all UCL staff! CDB Seminar on 22 September 2026 Join us for an upcoming Life Sciences seminar featuring Drs. Verónica Eisner and Víctor Cornejo from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 🔗 Learn more: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🧠🔬 The UCL Anatomy Laboratory offers an impressive learning environment, combining specialist facilities with hands-on teaching to support medical education, research, and professional development. 🩺📚 Take a look at the facilities: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

UCL CDB’s Technology Platforms provide researchers with cutting-edge facilities, from advanced microscopy and molecular biology to zebrafish and metabolic research support, helping drive scientific discovery and innovation. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🔬 Meet Barbara Conradt, UCL Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology. Her research uses C. elegans to uncover how programmed cell death shapes development, revealing how cells make life-and-death decisions that impact health and disease. Explore more group leaders: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Robert Insall on his recent appointment as Vice-Dean for Artificial Intelligence. This is a fantastic achievement and a testament to Robert's expertise, leadership, and commitment to advancing innovation in AI.

🧬🔬 Who are we? At UCL's Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, we're passionate about answering some of biology's biggest questions. 🌱🧠🧫 Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🔬Spotlight: Dr Marc Amoyel@amoyellab.bsky.social Adult tissues depend on stem cells to replace damaged or aging cells and stay healthy. At UCL, Dr Marc Amoyel investigates how stem cells balance renewal and self-preservation, helping maintain tissues throughout life. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🧬 UCL Staff: We're delighted to welcome Dr Ernest Palomer from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) "EpiFlow: multidimensional single-cell epigenetic profiling by spectral flow cytometry". 📅 1 September 2026 13:00-14:00 🔒 UCL staff only 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🔬CDB is inviting expressions of interest from early career researchers seeking sponsorship for external fellowships to establish an independent research group. Apply by 31 August 2026 Know someone who'd be interested? Please share with your network. www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

🧠 Dr. Arantza Barrios, Associate Professor at UCL, studies the neural mechanisms that give brain circuits the flexibility to learn, adapt, and make decisions based on changing needs and environments. Explore other Group Leaders in our department: 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...

In 2010, an excavation in the UCL Front Quad, made by Wendy Birch & others in CDB, uncovered a remarkable discovery: 1000s of human and animal remains linked to UCL's 19th century anatomy school. This extraordinary assemblage has been published in the Journal of Anatomy. 📄 doi.org/10.1111/joa....

Looking for a postdoc in a fantastic lab studying how memories are encoded by neurons? You've found the right one here 👇

The Barrios lab is seeking a Research Assistant to work on a project looking at how memories become behaviour. For details and to apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Now you can share fishy news, jobs and research with the Zebrafish Rock! network without a social media account! Get direct access to the #zebrafish community and beyond by filling out the Google Forms at our website 😊 #RockOn 🧪

Please come and join us! Jobs for machine learning and mathy types!

Lovely result from the Stephenson-Jones lab at SWC: during sleep, mice replay newly-learned motor skills in the striatum — and it continues even after the hippocampus is fully removed. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02362-5

🎉 Huge congratulations to Alex Agrotis on his promotion to Associate Professor (Teaching)! This promotion recognises not only his dedication to teaching excellence, but also his leadership and commitment to student success. 👏 Join us in congratulating Alex!

We are delighted to share some fantastic news! 🎉 Vanessa Todorow in CDB has been awarded both a Post-doctoral Fellowship and a Trampoline Research Grant from the French AFM-Telethon. Please join us in congratulating Vanessa on this remarkable achievement! 👏 www.researchgate.net/profile/Vane...

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Sandrine Geranton on her promotion in the latest UCL Senior Promotions Round! As Professor of Behavioural and Molecular Neuroscience, Sandrine's dedication to research, teaching, and academic excellence continues to make a significant impact. 👏🎓🫀

Thank you to the Society for Developmental Biology @socdevbio.bsky.social it was a tremendous honour to receive the Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Education Award. Special thanks to @rrbehringer.bsky.social and all the organisers of the SDB meeting in Las Vegas for such a truly remarkable meeting.