trained physicist now running a developmental biology lab. interested in how complex shape and form emerges during embryogenesis.
Joined November 2013
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13 Mar 2020
NUS has moved all of its undergrad recruitment online. As part of this, I spent 3 hours filming on Wednesday for this 2 minute video - but the end result is really pleasing. Definitely the most professional looking thing I've done for work! m.youtube.com/watch?v=cCwcDJ…
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12 Aug 2024

Out now on BiorXiv, doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.10.6… is about the eduWOSM, our advanced optical microscope for educational and resource-limited settings. $9K build cost, compact, open source, super-stable, super-bright, super-controllable, user friendly, easy-to-love, able to do this:
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We are recruiting! Fully funded post-doctoral positions are available. Interested in #morphogenesis #imaging #zebrafish? Join us @TheCrick to help us understand how embryos build a functional beating heart during development. Please RT 🙏
crick.ac.uk/careers-study/va…
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We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor who is pursuing research into how the disruption of electrical function and/or mechanobiology contributes to human pathologies, and in particular cardiac disorders. More info here:
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/a… or get in touch.
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4 Mar 2024
My final (☹️) paper with Ivo Telley now out - doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90541
I felt the elife system worked well - first time publishing there since the changed model. Good to have different approaches- nothing is perfect.
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Many thanks to @HFSP for funding most of this work. And Jorge and Sham who did so much to bring it all together.
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We provide a clear estimate of the length scale of microtubule interaction in the early drosophila embryo.
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We utilise Ivo's great explant system to make clean and quantitative measurements. This is backed up by theoretical modelling of the aster interactions with boundaries and each other.
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We show that in the drosophila early embryo, microtubule asters interact through an effective pushing interaction.
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21 Feb 2024
The eduWOSM is our open source microscope for education and resource-limited settings. We now have a YouTube channel to explain what it is, what it can do, how it works, and how to work it youtube.com/channel/UCmOak4b…
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13 Feb 2024
Really happy to see this out:
journals.biologists.com/dev/…
We use FCS to reveal that Bicoid dynamics vary spatially across the Drosophila embryo. We demonstrate this can explain previous observations about gradient extent and time scale of formation.
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2 Jan 2024
Happy New Year from the British government. Just sad.
1 Jan 2024
From today, the majority of foreign university students cannot bring family members to the UK.
In 2024, we’re already delivering for the British people.
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12 Dec 2023
Ok. This is an absolute #breakthrough and #tourdeforce by @steinaerts lab. Designing functional enhancers has been a dream of the scientific community for decades. Now AI fed with the right data cracked the cis regulatory code. Respect 🤠➡️🎩
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Timothy Saunders retweeted
20 Nov 2023
The deadline for applications to the MRC DTP in IBR Programme at Warwick for 2024 entry has been extended to 4th December 2023!
Please click the link below to find out more about available studentships:
findaphd.com/phds/program/me…
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6 Nov 2023
Excited to share the lab’s very first pre-print (!!) where we describe a new tunable hybrid hydrogel system and discover ECM-specific cues that regulate cardiac aging. Check it out!👇
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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3 Nov 2023
Fabulous programme, and I am taking students this year! Contact me if you want to know more!
2 Nov 2023
Applications are OPEN for the @wellcometrust @UCL
PhD Programme in #OpticalBiology! Apply here: bit.ly/31QPC4A
Want to know more about the Programme? Check out this short video! bit.ly/3lt7VGX
@uclmaps @UCLLifeSciences @UCLBrainScience @LMCB_UCL
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30 Oct 2023
Really great read. Rico is a wonderful scientist.
24 Oct 2023
Q and A with Rico in @CurrentBiology talking about his career in science and what makes a good scientist.
@JohnInnesCentre #PlantSci doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.0…
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27 Oct 2023
Congratulations Jacques! Very, very well deserved 👏🏻🎉
Congratulations to the @APSphysics 2024 Lars Onsager Prize recipient, Jacques Prost @Lab_PCC @CNRS. This prize recognizes outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics including the quantum fluids.
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24 Oct 2023
All-things-mechanobiology 👇#EESMechanobiology embl.org/about/info/course-a…
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15 Oct 2023
(Sad maths-rugby crossover joke). Why does the harmonic series converge in Ireland?
Because they can't get past a quarter.
(As a Welsh fan, yesterday was not a good day either 😭)
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1 Oct 2023
This x1000: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The short sighted policies announced over the past week are just retrograde nonsense.
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